The Price of BBC Cuts & Tortoise Turning 3

Are the problems at the BBC’s We Are England strand the sign of things to come? The Guardian’s Jim Waterson explains.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qvvXykBAZ1Uk2a5y4iN30

As the newsroom startup raises another £10m, the co-founder of Tortoise, James Harding talks to Matt Deegan about slow news, startups and paid memberships.

Elsewhere, Paramount Plus is coming - how does it fit into the streaming wars? TV indie chief Cat Lewis (Nine Lives Media) fills us in

And, in the Media Quiz... we discover the old dogs learning new tricks. And vice versa.

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Are the problems at the BBC’s We Are England strand the sign of things to come? The Guardian’s Jim Waterson explains.