Government seeks further advice from Ofcom over Rupert Murdoch's Sky takeover...
The Government is seeking further advice from Ofcom on Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn Sky takeover bid after receiving “new evidence and comments”. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)...
View ArticleBBC condemns move to freeze assets of World Service staff based in Iran
The Director of the BBC World Service has called on the Iranian authorities to reverse a new order which seeks to freeze the assets of BBC staff in Iran. The order apparently prevents them from...
View ArticleAndrew Neil says claim he gave Brexit Secretary easy time in BBC interviews...
BBC journalists Andrew Neil and John Humphrys have both been accused of being “chums” with Brexit Secretary David Davis and so giving the Tory cabinet minister an easy ride in interviews. The claims...
View ArticleBBC chooses PA-owned tech firm to run shared local content hub in next step...
The BBC has chosen technology company Stream AMG, owned by the Press Association Group, to provide the facility through which it will share local news content with members of the Local News...
View ArticleJobs at risk as Archant looks to sell local TV channel after failing to...
Archant is planning to sell its local TV service, putting staff at risk of redundancy, as the regional publisher’s chief executive admits the station has not been in profit since launching three years...
View ArticleInvestigative journalist Liz MacKean, who helped expose Jimmy Savile's sex...
Investigative journalist Liz MacKean, who left the BBC over its decision to drop her Newsnight probe exposing Jimmy Savile as a serial sex offender, has died at 52 following a stroke. MacKean worked...
View ArticleBBC says it 'regrets' Newsnight debate about Welsh language as 8,000 sign...
The BBC has said it “regrets” not having had “more thorough analysis and debate” in a Newsnight topic about the Welsh language that has led to calls for an independent review. Newsnight asked whether...
View ArticleBBC World Service offers news in Pidgin as part of £289m expansion to include...
The BBC World Service has today launched the first of 12 new language services as part of its biggest expansion since the 1940s, backed by £289m in Government funding. A digital Pidgin service for West...
View ArticleOfcom could face judicial review over Rupert Murdoch's £11.7bn Sky takeover bid
Regulator Ofcom is facing a potential legal challenge on its ruling that Sky would remain “fit and proper” to hold a UK broadcasting licence if it was bought out by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox....
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Andrew Neil to stop presenting BBC's Sunday Politics as Scotland Editor Sarah...
Sarah Smith is set to take over from Andrew Neil as the new presenter of the Sunday Politics show when it returns after the summer break next month, the BBC has announced today. Smith will combine...
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Channel 4's Jon Snow: Facebook and Google 'have to pay more to carry...
Channel 4 News broadcaster Jon Snow has said the likes of Facebook and Google “have to pay more to carry professional journalism” as he warned the status quo “cannot last”. Snow made the comments as he...
View ArticleJeremy Vine blasts BBC over failure to 'right the wrongs' on pay before...
The BBC’s highest-paid journalist, Jeremy Vine, has criticised the coporation for not acting to “right the wrongs” in pay discrepancies before it published salary details of its top earners last month....
View ArticleFox News no longer broadcasting in the UK as feed pulled ahead of Government...
Fox News is no longer broadcasting in the UK after owners 21st Century Fox pulled the plug on a feed of the US news channel today. The channel has been broadcasting in the UK for 15 years through Sky....
View ArticleBBC confirms Radio 4 Today programme paper review will expand to include...
The BBC has confirmed the Radio 4 Today programme’s newspaper review will expand to include “significant stories” from “influential” online websites and foreign publications. It comes after a leaked...
View ArticleBBC boss pledges audited report into gender pay gap as women employees call...
The BBC has commissioned a report into the gender pay gap uncovered at the corporation after it was forced to reveal the salaries of its top-earning on-air talent earlier this year. In a speech to...
View ArticleAs John Motson announces retirement from the BBC - Ian Dennis shares advice...
As former local newspaper reporter John Motson announced his retirement as a BBC football commentator today – a BBC colleague has shared a letter of encouragement he sent him 26 years ago. Motson began...
View ArticleSun 'breaks embargo' on Strictly pairings ahead of BBC show launch but says...
The BBC is “disappointed” at The Sun claiming that the newspaper broke an embargo to reveal one of this year’s celebrity dance pairings on TV show Strictly Come Dancing. The newspaper ran a page three...
View ArticleBBC's Jon Sopel says it is 'wrong' some journalists have become Donald...
BBC North America editor Jon Sopel has said he thinks it is wrong that some journalists covering Donald Trump have “tipped into thinking they are the opposition” to the US president. Trump has...
View ArticleChannel 4 news condemned by Ofcom over fourth accuracy breach in three years...
Channel 4 News committed a “serious breach” of broadcasting rules after wrongly identifying a man thought to be the Westminster terror attacker, Ofcom has said. The mistake was made during a broadcast...
View ArticleCulture Sec toughens stance on Murdoch's Sky bid with referral to competition...
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has said she is now “minded” to refer the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox to the competition watchdog both on media plurality and broadcasting standards...
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