Why is Sky taking the owners of HBO and Discovery+ to court? Broadcast consultant Paul Robinson is here to unpick the tangled relationship between Sky and a new wave of streamers. Media news and analysis with Matt Deegan and guests.

Also on the programme: are freelancers across our sector getting the mental health support they need? Manori Ravindran, London Correspondent at The Ankler, explains.

All that, plus Matt Deegan takes us through the latest insights on the audio industry, and pits our guests against each other in a game involving the BBC Sound Effects library.

That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!

A Rethink Audio production, produced by Matt Hill with post-production from Podcast Discovery.

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The Media Club’s stories of the week:

Sky vs HBO & Max

CNN and Reuters announce paywalls

Karl Warner Off to BBCS

Jim Waterson’s first London Centric story (and that X post)

New MIDAS report

Looking Glass survey sounds alarm on worsening mental health

Boris Johnson interview cancelled after Laura Kuenssberg gaffe

Big Talk Studios planning Cheers UK reboot

Phillip Schofield on Cast Away - review

(00:00 ) Intros

(00:39 ) Manisha Ferdinand

(02:20 ) Bill Morrow

(03:42 ) Sky vs WBD

(12:20 ) Paywalls

(16:25 ) Karl Warner

(21:50 ) Overheard

(22:54 ) FAST

(25:10 ) Ad-Funded Programming

(27:47 ) MIDAS Study

(31:15 ) Mental Health

(33:40 ) Media Quiz

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