From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours …

Media Watch chair to fill … Better tune into Media Watch tonight if you’re a Jonathan Holmes fan — he’s expected to stand down soon. The Crikey bunker is afire with gossip over who might be the next in the hot seat. There’s some speculation the new regime could involve a rejig of the show, with perhaps two hosts (one conservative-leaning, e.g. an IPA type). Or it could be a kind of round-table affair.

Other guesses from the Crikey crew include former host Paul Barry, Janet Albrechtsen (apparently she tested for the role some years ago), Andrew Denton, Julian Morrow and John Safran. A reader offered this: “not the inside running, just an outsider’s bet … Geraldine Doogue? She’d do a stellar job!” Keep your eyes peeled for a clue from Holmes tonight. And if you’re an ABC mole, put us out of our misery and reveal the secret.

… while Q&A heads overseas? Pollies have certainly colonised tonight’s ep of Q&A, with Sarah Hanson-Young of the Greens taking on Labor’s Mark Butler and the Libs’ Jamie Briggs in the race to spurt their prepared talking points (there are a couple of other faces who’ll be fighting to get a word in). It’s being filmed in rAdelaide, so they’re all MPs from SA. Is the rumour true an upcoming episode may be filmed in Indonesia? A jet-setting mole passed this on:

“Spotted at an Anzac Day gunfire breakfast in Jakarta was Peter McEvoy, the executive producer of the show, along with an ABC marketing person from Melbourne. It seems McEvoy is sizing up prospects for recording a show in Jakarta in the next few months to be broadcast back in Australia, an impressive logistical feat if they can pull it off. Now home to one of the freest media in Southeast Asia, Indonesia these days is no stranger to lively and combative TV debates.”

Twitter confirmed our spy’s report.

We put the rumour of an Indo ep to McEvoy but haven’t heard back. Tips is excited at the prospect, as it just might mean the boring Australian pollies with their rehearsed scripts might be kept out. However, they would probably follow the show across the Banda Sea.

Bangladesh tragedy. The death toll from the factory collapse in Bangladesh stands at 381 and is expected to rise as more bodies are discovered. The ABC reports the building housed five garment factories. Clothing insiders have told us Bangladesh is one of the world’s cheapest places to make clothes, there has been a string of fatal accidents stretching back years, and workers are paid as little as US$1 a day.

Crikey would like to know if any clothes selling in Australia were made at the factory — or in Bangladesh more generally. A reader passed on this: “the clothing retailer Rivers sells menswear made in Bangladesh” (we’ve put that to the company), and we’ve heard claims that G-star, Mango and Benetton manufacture in Bangladesh. We’re looking into this further and will bring you more details — if you know more, send us an email. Another reader pointed out yesterday was International Workers’ Memorial Day, to remember those who’ve died at work.

Bad taste ad illegal? Last week we brought you a tasteless Anzac Day ad from shoe shop Zomp. Thanks to several helpful readers who pointed out the ad could be illegal under Commonwealth law (click on the image to see a larger version) …

I’ll have some. A caller to 3AW today reckoned a morning gardening show on TV had a dope plant behind a presenter. Anyone happen to take a screen shot?

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