he s also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, the media show. welcome to the media show. in a minute, we re going to talk about the christmas period and what it taught us about advertising, both about what ads are working and where companies are wanting to spend their money. we ll also talk to stephen lambert from studio lambert, which made the runaway hit for the bbc, the traitors. but before we do all of that, let s talk about channel 4 privatisation, because it looks like it could be off. global s podcast the news agents broke this story. it s got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it
i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s been a change in tack from the conservatives? look, it depends on what you believe the thrust for all this was over a year ago. channel 4. i think you could make a good case that channel 4 got caught up in a sort of culture wars moment, that it gave borisjohnson, nadine dorries, an opportunity to make a sort of political, cultural point about being seen to be sort of tough on liberal london elites, etc. and if you read the leaked
, three months a ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable eve
, three months ag ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable ev
, three months ag ago. wireless of planning documents in biden s house this weekend? they told us they alerted the department of justice but that s not true. it was the national archives who reported it they told us the reason that the doj denied it. they told us the search was over and there were no more documents before finding more documents. nancy this time the really - - the search really is over maybe they find them every monday wednesday friday between now and 2024 they cannot get their story straight or their house in order it is a complete and utter shambles. joining us now to react is kellyanne conway. what do you make of all of this? it is a sham. that s the best word for it. it is. beyond that sheer hypocrisy from everyone that fighting camp that denounced the finding of the documents at mar-a-lago and acting like it was beyond the end of the world that focus on what we know. we know there has been reckless handling of classified documents that is an culpable ev