EPISODE · Feb 24, 2021 · 27 MIN
Squaring up to the tech giants
from The Media Show · host BBC Radio 4
A spat between the Australian government and Facebook resulted in the Silicon Valley giant blocking every news organisation from their platform in Australia. But what does this display of might from Facebook mean for other countries preparing to take on Big Tech? Plus the boss of new station Boom Radio on whether niche, age-based services are the future of radio.Guests: Latika Bourke, journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald; Dr Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority; David Lloyd, head of Boom Radio; Gillian Reynolds, radio critic at the Sunday Times.Studio engineer: John BolandProducer: Hannah SanderPresenter: Amol Rajan
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A spat between the Australian government and Facebook resulted in the Silicon Valley giant blocking every news organisation from their platform in Australia. But what does this display of might from Facebook mean for other countries preparing to take on Big Tech? Plus the boss of new station Boom Radio on whether niche, age-based services are the future of radio.Guests: Latika Bourke, journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald; Dr Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority; David Lloyd, head of Boom Radio; Gillian Reynolds, radio critic at the Sunday Times.Studio engineer: John BolandProducer: Hannah SanderPresenter: Amol Rajan
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