Hello, this is the Redbox Podcast. I'm Matt Shorty, bringing you the best of my Times

Radio show. You can listen live, Monday to Friday, 10 till 1. You can listen on your

DAP radio at home or in your car. You can listen on your smart speaker or on the Times Radio

app and don't tell anyone, but we've just got some listening figures and we're the

biggest show on Times Radio, which is very exciting. 300,000 people a week listen to

the show, which is, which is good. And you could, if you're already one of them,

lovely to have your board. If not, why not join us? Tell your friends, lovely stuff.

Coming up on today's episode, really enjoyed this. This is a chat about local newspapers.

Some regular listeners will know I started out on local newspapers, but lots of them have

bought up by big multi-national companies. Well, there's now a rise of the hyper local,

including in print. We'll find out how they're making their sums add up in a digital world.

That's our big thing today. It's just a moment we'll bring you the columnist panel. But first,

if you're listening to PMQs on the podcast yesterday, you might have heard that Keir Starman

mentioned that he thought the government was doing the Hoki Koki, which gave me an idea.

One minute, they're rolling it in. For next, they're rolling it out. Then,

bow, then, bow, shape it all about. Do the Hoki Koki turn around. That's what it's all about.

The Hoki Koki, the Hoki Koki Koki, the Hoki Koki Koki, the Hoki Koki Koki, taking the

arm for stretch. It's not a proper job, this is it. This is how I spend my mornings.

Right. Now, then, it's time on a Thursday for the columnist panel. No India night this week.

So, instead, we had James Marion and Martha Gill. The columnist on Times Radio.

Yes, that's all for the morning, and while we always speak to our favourite columnist,

no India night today. So, instead of India, we've got Martha Gill. Morning, Martha.

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