Middle East crisis, Sony's video game flop, T...

Ros Atkins talks to Lisa Nandy MP Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport 

Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall with some of the week’s biggest media stories:Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy talks about her plans to support local news, the £12 million funding package she’s announced, and what she thinks the future holds for the BBC.CNN Senior International Correspo ...  Show more

Bloomberg News Technology Reporter Austin Carr explains how Microsoft and Google are part of the plan to wire rural America. Bloomberg News Social Media Reporter Naomi Nix shares news that Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down. Former FDA Commissioner ...  Show more

For years, Westminster has been addicted to Twitter (now called X). Host Sascha O'Sullivan looks at how the site – and SW1's reliance on it – has changed since tech billionaire Elon Musk took over. Sascha talks to Charlie Peters, journalist at GB News, whose story about grooming ...  Show more

The billionaire owner of X has made misleading claims about Keir Starmer’s handling of the grooming gangs scandal and Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of independent fact-checking on Meta’s platforms in the US. The move comes as Zuckerberg and other tech executives ...  Show more

Plus, Saudi Arabia’s “sportswashing” controversy.  

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