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Would play you in the movie? its funny, we actually had this conversation in the office... what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of this job, so ross kemp was mooted. that is harsh. martin compston would suit me. great. and the other person we have got here isjim waterson, the guardians media editor, and you have been at the royal court ofjustice every day since the trial began, i believe. there is a whole lot of interest in this case, how long i...

Well, more from both of you in a moment and indeed from pandora, but let us start the show with john micklethwait, editor in chief of bloomberg, because bloomberg, famous for its financial coverage, is on a mission to become a major presence in uk news. it has launched a new subscription website and wants to rival the likes of the sunday times and the ft for business stories. john micklethwait, welcome to the media show. what have you launched then, exactly? how much does it cost and what do we ...

Editor now and you look - at bloomberg, we have reached 400,000 people — 400,000 people are paying for us in only four- years on a consumer basis. and we think that has a lot to grow and i dont think. all the evidence at - the moment is the same... jim, i am sorry to interrupt. i was just going to say, jim, quickly you wanted to come back in on that. i just want to say, this is what we are trying to solve at the guardian by having that model, which is outside a paywall, but still doing quality...

Ahead of other people - and that is why i think there is more room. i and what has happened and i remember back at the economist - when we were only about 400,000 people, people talked _ about there being a limit then. |the economist i think it is now| 1.6 million under a much better editor now and you look at bloomberg, we havel reached 400,000 people, i 400,000 people are paying for us in only four years on a consumer basis . and we think that has a lotl to grow and i dont think all the eviden...

Thought to the supreme court on that one even though they lost because they at least managed to make a stand on that.— they at least managed to make a stand on that. that is it for today. thanks to john — stand on that. that is it for today. thanks to john nichol _ stand on that. that is it for today. thanks to john nichol fight, - stand on that. that is it for today. | thanks to john nichol fight, editor thanks tojohn nichol fight, editor of chief at limburg, pandora sykes, co—host of unr...

Photographers outside and it has been so popular they have had to open up another courtroom just to try and make space for the journalists that want to cover it. what that says about our industry and all the other court cases going on, well, you can make up your own mind on that. absolutely. well, more from both of you in a moment and indeed from pandora, but let us start the show with john micklethwait, editor in chief of bloomberg, because bloomberg, famous for its financial coverage, is on a ...

The real challenge, is there enough interest to sustain all of these places, because advertisers love these readers, but are there enough people, with enough time in the world, to read all of this news being produced for them and what does it mean for all the people who cannot afford a paywall, because they are just left with stuff that is made on the cheap. john, just picking up on that, is the idea that people would give up their digital subscriptions, and switch to bloomberg or are you propos...

And went around adding upl all the places that i gone forward and sadly, therej were not very many of them. many accused us of bias in that, whilst i think. in many cases in britain, almost automatically, i when people read things, they imagine which side i they are coming from, and we are not in that category. - interesting. jim watterson, media editor at the guardian, let mejust bring you in, what do you make of the bloomberg proposition question mark well, there is just this enormous amount o...

Had this conversation in the office... what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of thisjob, so ross kemp was mooted. that is harsh. martin compston would suit me. great. and the other person we have got here isjim watterson, the guardians media editor and you have been at the royal court ofjustice every day since the trial began, i believe. there is a whole lot of interest in this case, how long is the queue for the press each morning? it is quite e...

Micklethwait, editor in chief of bloomberg, because bloomberg, famous for its financial coverage, is on a mission to become a major presence in uk news. it has launched a new subscription website and wants to rival the likes of the sunday times and the ft for business stories. john micklethwait, welcome to the media show. what have you launched then, exactly? how much does it cost and what do we get for our money? well, two things, to some extent, we are just using i what we have, we have been h...