Why do YouTubers and podcasters want government recognition? Tim Burrowes of Unmade Media joins us to discuss the perils of securing a mortgage as a digital creator - as well as the latest from MADFest in London.

Also on the show: amid Glasto controversy and Channel 4 picking up a supposedly partial doc on Gaza... does the BBC need to reset its news coverage? Edelman’s Karin Robinson fills us in.

And, in the Audio Network Media Quiz, we try out another shiny floor format destined for primetime. Probably.

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

YouTube calls on government to recognise creators

Audio UK calls for recognition as a creative industry

Channel 4 broadcasts BBC’s cancelled Gaza Medics doc

Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post

CBS pays $16m to settle with Trump

Paramount Layoffs Hit UK As MTV Axes ‘Gonzo’ & ‘Fresh Out’

Tony Blackburn slams Ofcom’s Radio 2 decision

Squid Games breaks more records

BBC to charge US audiences for news access

Pay TV decline to hit sports rights holders

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