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Radio 4,12 Jul 2017,30 mins
Channel 4's David Abraham; India's WhatsApp news service; Robot reporters
The Media ShowAvailable for over a year
Channel 4 has published its annual report. The broadcaster posted a record turnover of nearly a billion pounds, but a slowdown in the TV advertising market means it has been forced to dip into its reserves to cover the cost of making programmes. David Abraham is chief executive of Channel 4. Shivendra Gaur is a journalist from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and has founded Rocket Post Live, a news service delivered to paying subscribers via WhatsApp. Will robots replace journalists? The Press Association has been awarded a grant by Google to run a news service where stories are produced automatically by computer. Peter Clifton is PA's Editor-in-Chief. Alan Renwick is CEO of Urbs Media. Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Richard Hooper Assistant producer: Helen Fitzhenry.
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