The Media Beat Episode #34

This week, the MB deep dive concerns content providers and comms providers with a particular focus on the Disney / Charter deal in the US. It looks like good news for the writers and advertisers, as spend on the latter looks to past the eye-watering one trillion dollar mark. We also give you and intense round of podmojis covering Alexa talking back to you, All3Media, two remarkable women, a notable retiree, and someone else risking cancellation.