Mediaweek’s James Manning and Kruti Joshi were joined this week for the regular news podcast by author, The Sydney Morning Herald NRL blogger and rock music aficionado Steve Mascord. After an exhaustive world tour promoting his new book “Touchstones”, Mascord is back in Sydney for the NRL Grand Final and preparing for next month’s Rugby League World Cup.
In addition to coverage of some of the hot topics in sports media, the trio also discuss Sophie Monk’s claim against News Corp and other celebrity “borrowing”, the move by Parade Management to sign Andrew Johns and Johnathan Thurston, Elton John and Google, Twitter blowing up its word count to 280 and our regular Instagram update.