Media Masters

The right to be forgotten, TV's stubborn popularity, and the end of lads' mags?

July 10, 2014 BigFings Media
Media Masters
The right to be forgotten, TV's stubborn popularity, and the end of lads' mags?
Show Notes
The Independent's Social Media editor, Felicity Morse, and Head of Digital Communications for the Liberal Democrats, Bess Mayhew, join Paul Blanchard to discuss the latest media stories. A new ruling lets people remove their personal information from Google results. Do people have a "right to be forgotten" - and what does it mean for reporting? ITV's Director of Television has said that "TV has conquered" the Internet - but will it ever be replaced by YouTube and free user-generated content? And Loaded and Stuff have both dropped cover models saying they were "lowering the tone" of their magazines...is this the beginning of the end for lads' mags?