Victoria Derbyshire; Leaders' debates; Telegraph chief's exit; Lib Dem media policy

The Telegraph's chief content officer and editor-in-chief Jason Seiken has left the newspaper after just eighteen months. His tenure was not without controversy - recruited from public service broadcaster PBS in the USA, Jason was tasked with responsibility for all editorial operations and transforming the newsroom into a dynamic, entrepreneurial culture with digital products at its core. What impact did he make and where does this leave the Telegraph and its digital strategy now? Steve hears from Peter Preston, columnist and former editor of the Guardian and Douglas McCabe of Enders Analysis.Victoria Derbyshire's new daily current affairs show debuts this week on BBC 2 and the News Channel. It's led by a 'Digital First' strategy, in which specially commissioned films are published to the website before broadcast. Steve speaks to Victoria about how a programme can work for both news and daytime formats, and the challenge of making the informality and intimacy of radio work on TV.Last week's 7 way leaders' debate on ITV attracted 7 million viewers, with different polls declaring different 'winners'. It's the second of the much debated TV debates to be broadcast; over the next month the "challenger parties" will meet, as will the leaders of the three larger parties. So, half way through the process, are the formats working and is the audience really learning anything from the debates? Steve Hewlett discusses with Jenni Russell, political columnist for The Times, and Peter Preston, columnist for The Guardian.And in the latest of our interviews with political parties in the run up to the general election, we hear from Liberal Democrat John Leech about the party's media policy.Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

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