Randall speaks to Murdoch

One programme Radio Five Live doesn't podcast is 'Weekend Business' with Jeff Randall (yes, Daily Telegraph journo who broke the Grade story has a programme on the BBC. Oh, the irony). Shame really, as he's just spent the first half hour interviewing James Murdoch and it was worth a more active listen. He asked the standard fayre of questions - what of the ITV news this week, will Sky have 10million subscribers by 2010, will you be taking over the business - but overall, rather interesting.

Quote for me was from Murdoch, when asked about the BBC, he said they were doing great things with digital, but establishing a "BBC Google" was way beyond the BBC's public service remit. Quite right too.

A little bit naff having the BBC's media correspondent, Torin Douglas, straight off the back of the piece being an instant pundit as he didn't have anything new to say and merely filled a minute. Then again, apart from revealing that the Sky business is "carbon neutral", arguably nor did Murdoch...