News, Society & Culture and News Official website: https://shows.acast.com/rogerboltonsbeebwatch Subscribe in all apps: https://podnews.net/podcast/ia425 In Roger Bolton’s Beeb Watch, Matt Deegan is interviewed about the BBC's plans to take podcast advertising in the UK, and is a bit punchy: “The BBC already gets £5.7 billion of income from a variety of sources. It does not need £1 million a year out of the podcast business. I could go in and find seven managers to fire, and I could save a million pounds.” Meanwhile, media commentator Raymond Snoddy says it's a distraction. © Good Egg Productions