Kelvin MacKenzie mulls Ofcom impartiality complaint against Channel 4 over...
Kelvin MacKenzie has defended his column questioning whether a newsreader wearing a hijab should have presented Channel 4 coverage of the Nice terrorist attacks. In his latest Sun column he has pointed...
View ArticleSir Philip Green threatens to sue Frank Field over BBC interview where he...
Sir Philip Green has threatened to sue Labour MP Frank Field for libel after he compared the former BHS boss to Napoleon and Robert Maxwell on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme yesterday. Field said in the...
View ArticleTest filming for criminal court sentencings begins as part of 'open justice'...
Criminal court cases could soon be broadcast into living rooms across the country after a landmark project to explore the viability of filming legal proceedings. The pilot scheme has seen cameras enter...
View ArticleBBC's offer of 1% pay rise for staff labelled 'unfair' and could be rejected
BBC staff have been offered a pay rise of 1 per cent following an internal review, but an inside source has called it “unfair” and said there may be an appetite for strike action down the line. Those...
View ArticleTwo million colour-blind voters 'failed' by BBC's general election coverage,...
The BBC failed to consider the needs of colour blind viewers during general election coverage, the broadcaster’s watchdog has found. The BBC Trust upheld a series of complaints about confusing graphics...
View ArticleMPs condemn BBC secrecy over 'talent' paid more than £150k and appointment of...
BBC stars who earn more than the prime minister should be forced to publish their salaries, an influential group of MPs has said. The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee said there is “no good...
View ArticleRajar radio listening figures: Record numbers tuned in to Radio 4 and Today...
The BBC’s flagship radio news and current affairs programme, Today, recorded record figures in the second quarter of this year with 7.3m listeners. The figures, compiled by Rajar, compared with 6.8m...
View ArticleViceland: 24-hour TV from Vice to launch in UK next month
Viceland, the new TV channel from Vice, will arrive in the UK next month. The 24-hour channel, overseen by Oscar-winning director and producer Spike Jonze, will bring original content from Vice’s...
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British Journalism Awards 2016 open for entries with new prize announced for...
The fifth British Journalism Awards for public interest journalism are now open for entries (at the early bird rate until 9 September). These awards were launched by Press Gazette in the wake of the...
View ArticleReport: BBC must end 'he said, she said' approach to coverage of government...
The BBC is guilty of quoting government statistics without holding them up to sufficient scrutiny, according to a report by commissioned by the BBC Trust. The report also found that 73 per cent of...
View ArticleAspiring broadcast and digital journalists can apply for £5,000 award set up...
A bursary award for aspiring broadcast and digital journalists has been set up by the family of a BBC director who championed diversity. The Claire Prosser Award is open to applicants who have secured...
View ArticleLadbible ranks as Europe's 'most watched' for video content
The Ladbible Group has ranked as the number one most watched media property in Europe. Tubular Labs’ July rankings of top online video creators and brands put the UK-based company, which publishes...
View ArticleSky News reporter clashes with Sir Philip Green –'that's going in the f***ing...
A Sky News reporter and his cameraman clashed with retail tycoon Sir Philip Green as they confronted him over the collapse of BHS. Reporter David Bowden tracked down Green’s £100m super yacht, moored...
View ArticleRio Olympics: BBC pulls in highest audience for overseas Games
BBC TV platforms reached an all-time high audience for an overseas Olympics with more than 45m tuning in to watch Rio 2016. The audience reach surpassed previous record figures for the Olympics in...
View ArticleOfcom rejects complaints about Channel 4 news presenter wearing hijab to...
Complaints to Ofcom about Channel 4 news presenter Fatima Manji wearing a hijab while reporting on the Nice terror attack have been dismissed by the communications regulator. The 17 complaints are...
View ArticleLBC chief correspondent Tom Swarbrick joins Theresa May PR team as head of...
LBC radio’s Tom Swarbrick is leaving his role as chief correspondent and presenter at the news and views station to join Number 10 as its head of broadcast. Swarbrick has spent more than four years at...
View ArticleEamonn Holmes leaves Sky News after 11 years presenting Sunrise breakfast show
Sky News breakfast show presenter Eamonn Holmes is to step down after 11 years in the job. He is instead going to focus on documentaries and his other broadcasting work on ITV and Channel 5. Holmes is...
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Survey reveals that nearly half UK journalists think that most PRs are not up...
Nearly half the journalists questioned in a Press Gazette/PR Week survey said a “significant majority” of the PRs they deal with are not up to the job. This was one of the findings of a piece of...
View ArticleStalker obsessed with BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis is jailed for repeated...
An “obsessed” former university friend of BBC journalist Emily Maitlis has been jailed for repeatedly breaching a restraining order. Edward Vines, who read English at Cambridge University’s Queen’s...
View Article'Master of his craft' - Jeremy Thompson to retire from Sky News later this year
Long-serving Sky News journalist Jeremy Thompson has announced he will be retiring at the end of the year following his sixth time covering a US Presidential election. Thompson has worked in journalism...
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