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Impartiality duty, Fox-Sky merger, ±«Óãtv archive

Jenni Murray and the impartiality of presenters, voices from the ±«Óãtv archive, and the Fox-Sky merger - what next for the contentious media business merger of the year?

Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray wrote an article in the Sunday Times questioning the claim of transgender women to be real women. The article sparked controversy and debate, but also claims that Jenni Murray had breached the ±«Óãtv's impartiality guidelines. Joining Andrea to discuss the fallout from the article are Eleanor Mills, Editor of the Sunday Times Magazine, Alison Hastings, former Chair of the ±«Óãtv Trust's Editorial Standards Committee and Stewart Purvis formely of ITN and OFCOM, now a Channel 4 board director.

A new archive will tell the story of the ±«Óãtv directly through the voices of the people who worked there. The ±«Óãtv and the University of Sussex are creating a digital catalogue of hundreds of audio and video interview with former ±«Óãtv staff. Professor David Hendy talks about what they've found.

Next week the Culture Secretary looks set to refer 20th Century Fox's proposed 11.7 million pound takeover of SKY to the regulators. Karen Bradley has said that she is minded to ask OFCOM to examine the bid on two grounds of a threat to media plurality and whether Fox is committed to the required editorial standards. Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis joins us to assess the prospects for the biggest media deal of the year and how it might change the media landscape in this country.

Producer: Ruth Watts.

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  • Wed 8 Mar 2017 16:30

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