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Jul 21
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Ofcom's Cristina Nicolotti Squires on PS...

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Public service content should be findable on YouTube - so says media regulator Ofcom, in today's announcement of a public service media review.


Cristina Nicolotti Squires speaks to Matt Deegan about treating YouTube as a new form of EPG, the need for media literacy - and looks back at the challenges the regulator has faced this year with impartiality at GB News and BBC Radio's spin-off stations.


We record at Podshop Studios - for 25% off your first booking, use the code MEDIA CLUB at podshoponline.co.uk


We're taking a break now until the Edinburgh TV Festival in August - if you're there, please do say hello!


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