The 42 BBC journalists paid more than £150,000 a year
The BBC has more than 40 journalists who are paid more than the UK prime minister’s £150,000 salary. At the top end of the scale is Jeremy Vine (pictured) – at five prime ministers – who is rewarded...
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Piers Morgan urges rivals to 'settle down' after outrage over tweeting BBC...
Piers Morgan has been called “unprofessional” and “disgraceful” by fellow journalists who accused him of breaking an embargo on BBC stars’ salaries by tweeting figures ahead of their official release...
View ArticleLenny Henry says BBC diversity targets are 'fake' because they don't include...
Actor and comedian Sir Lenny Henry has warned that proposed diversity targets for the BBC will lead to ‘fake diversity’ because they do not take into account off air production staff. In a keynote...
View ArticleCutting top BBC journalists down to £150,000 would pay for an extra 150 local...
I don’t begrudge anyone who gets filthy rich out of journalism. If the opportunity to do so came my way I would grab the cash with both hands and spend it immediately on a solid gold top hat. But the...
View ArticleBBC faces possible legal action over lesser pay for top female journalists
The BBC is facing the possibility of legal action under gender equality legislation if it does not deal with the pay gap between top male and female journalists. The Equality Act 2010 gives men and...
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BBC pay row: Sun and Telegraph call for licence fee to be scrapped, Mail...
The Sun and Telegraph today called for the scrapping of the BBC’s licence fee funding model in response to the row over high pay for “talent” at the corporation. The pay disclosure (including more than...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys defends £600k+ pay but says he would do the job for less money
Presenter John Humphrys has said he does not deserve his six-figure salary when compared to a firefighter on the scene at Grenfell Tower as he claims he would do his job for less money. His comments...
View ArticleCulture Secretary still 'minded' to refer to Murdoch's Sky bid to competition...
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has said she expects to make a decision on the 21 Century Fox bid to takeover Sky “within the coming weeks” even though Parliament rises for summer recess tomorrow....
View ArticleNewsnight's Emily Maitlis negotiating new BBC contract as she's left off...
Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis is negotiating a new contract with the BBC, which the corporation says it hopes to agree “soon”, after she was revealed to be among its lowest paid top journalism...
View Article45 BBC women urge action now from Tony Hall on salaries as Claire Balding...
Sue MacGregor complained about unequal pay on Today 20 years ago Why are senior female foreign correspondents absent from £150k+ list? 45 BBC women sign open letter urging Tony Hall to take action now...
View ArticleDiane Abbott 'sick' of 'gotcha journalism' after ITV News slip up on police...
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has said she is “sick” of so-called “gotcha journalism” after once again tripping up over policing figures during an interview with ITV News. Abbott was seen to...
View ArticleBBC insider: Arbitrary pay rates are due to secretive pay deals over...
BBC News staff have blamed a secretive culture of “chequebook” lunches for the high wages and pay disparity revealed in last week’s disclosure of top-earning on-air talent salaries. A corporation...
View ArticleAl Jazeera fate uncertain as Gulf states put out mixed messages over...
The fate of Al Jazeera remains uncertain as Egypt’s foreign minister said there could be no compromising on demands against Qatar, but Saudi claims shutting down the broadcaster may not be necessary....
View ArticleRadio station loses licence after broadcasting 25-hours of lectures by...
A community radio station has had its licence revoked after broadcasting 25 hours of lectures by an alleged senior al-Qaida figure. Iman FM, which is based in Sheffield and has been broadcasting since...
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The British Journalism Awards 2017 open for entries with seven new categories...
The British Journalism Awards are now open for entries with seven new categories to vie for. The awards celebrate great public interest journalism wherever it appears: in print, online or in a...
View ArticleGeneral election boost for Radio 4's Today as it reached record 7.7m...
Radio 4’s flaghip current affairs programme Today reached a record 7,655,000 listeners a week in the second quarter of this year according to RAJAR. This compares to 7,340,000 this time last year,...
View ArticleLBC boosts national audience by 18 per cent to over 2m - full breakdown of UK...
LBC raised its listener numbers across the UK by 17.9 per cent year on year to 2,038,000 in the second quarter of 2017, according to new audience figures released by Rajar. In May LBC sacked...
View ArticleBBC chiefs dismiss call to use election guidelines in reporting Brexit...
BBC chiefs have dismissed calls for the corporation to report Brexit negotiations using the same editorial standards as it adopts during an election, which put increased scrutiny on impartiality. The...
View ArticleNew threat to Al Jazeera as it is banned in Israel - broadcaster finds the...
Israel has followed Saudia Arabia by seeking to ban Qatar-based TV news channel Al Jazeera. The country has accused the channel of supporting terrorism and both its English and Arabic versions are to...
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Four out of the ten most trusted news sources in America are British...
UK-based news providers make up four of the ten most trusted news sources in America, according to a new survey. The online survey by the University of Missouri was filled in by nearly 9,000 Americans...
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