Media Talk podcast: Radio 1 chart show moves the goalposts

Feb 20, 2014, 11:22 AM

John Plunkett is joined by MediaGuardian reporter Maggie Brown and Shortlist editor Mike Soutar to discuss the week's media news. Radio 1 has announced another shakeup to the way the Top 40 singles will be counted, as streaming services such as Spotify are taken into account. But what will be the weighting compared to downloads and physical sales? And the latest ABCs for the magazine industry are out – and it's good news for Good Housekeeping, but not so good for the NME. Mike Soutar explains why. Maggie Brown has been hearing Ofcom's departing chair, Dame Colette Bowe, explain how she thinks the BBC should share its licence fee, in an extension of contestable funding. What will it mean for the other public service broadcasters – and can any top-slicing avoid government bureaucracy? Plus, in Rebecca Nicholson's TV Lair, the reviewer discusses the second series of House of Cards, Sky1's new drama The Smoke and ITV2's The Big Reunion. John PlunkettMatt HillMaggie BrownRebecca Nicholson