There are two Spotify stories circulating this week; one involves a new service - Spotify Connect - and the other concerns a lawsuit brought against it by the Ministry of Sound. John Plunkett is joined by former Observer media reporter James Robinson and broadcasting consultant Paul Robinson (no relation) to see what the fuss is about.
In other news, Tony Parsons defects from the Mirror to arch-rival the Sun on Sunday, Ian Katz has his first week on BBC2's Newsnight and Geoff Hill is appointed editor of ITV News.
And with the launch of this year's MediaGuardian 100 this week, we ask the panel for their own top players of the year. Who would be in your list?
Plus, we enter Rebecca Nicholson's TV lair to review the return of The X Factor and What Remains (both on ITV1), as well as Sky1's A Touch of Cloth.
