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BBC says Newsnight a 'firm fixture' as Katz and Harding departures fuel...
The BBC has said Newsnight is a “firm fixture” in response to questions about the nightly current affairs programme’s future as editor Ian Katz departs for Channel 4. Newsnight’s credibility was dealt...
View ArticleBBC reverses plan for £10m local radio cuts and insteads wants to make...
BBC director general Tony Hall marked the 50th anniversary of BBC local radio by reversing planned cuts of £10m to the service’s annual budget. But it remains unclear where planned cuts of £80m to the...
View ArticleJune Sarpong to talk about media diversity at London Press Club event on 16...
Broadcaster and author June Sarpong will be talking about diversity in the media next week when Samantha Simmonds interviews her for the London Press Club. The latest In Conversation With… event takes...
View ArticleScottish Sun planning to launch three music radio stations in 2018
News Scotland and Wireless Group plan to launch three music radio stations under the Scottish Sun brand in 2018. The stations, set to go live on 1 January, 2018, will be called Scottish Sun Hits,...
View ArticleFormer SNP leader Alex Salmond signs deal with Kremlin-backed broadcaster...
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond is to host his own political talk show on Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today. The move comes as the former Scottish first minister is also being lined up as a...
View ArticleNUJ taking action for equal pay on behalf of more than 100 journalists at the...
Eight out of ten women journalists at the BBC believe they are paid less than male counterparts, according to a survey carried out by the National Union of Journalists. The union surveyed all its...
View ArticleManchester Evening News editor Rob Irvine on why he will never put Arena...
The editor of the Manchester Evening News has said he will never use a picture of the terrorist who killed 22 people at a pop concert in the city earlier this year on his front page. Rob Irvine said he...
View ArticleChannel 4 News tells the story of Grenfell Tower residents using detailed...
Channel 4 News has published an interactive website for the Grenfell Tower tragedy which aims to tell the story of what happened in each flat on night of the fire. Some 71 people are confirmed to have...
View ArticleSnoozenight: Sun front page highlights pictures of journalists sleeping on...
The Sun today published multiple pictures of sleeping journalists in the main BBC New Broadcasting House newsroom as an MP said: “It’s extraordinary licence fee payers are paying for people to have a...
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Survey: Radio most trusted medium for national news while social media comes...
Radio is the most trusted medium for national news stories, while social media is the least trusted, according to a new survey. The survey, commissioned by commercial radio industry body Radiocentre,...
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Head of of Sky News John Ryley tells NCTJ conference lack of diversity meant...
Head of Sky News John Ryley said yesterday that British journalists were taken by surprise by the outcome of last year’s Brexit vote because of lack diversity in newsrooms. And speaking at the National...
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James Harding was sacked as Times editor by Rupert Murdoch because he backed...
James Harding was sacked as editor of The Times because he backed President Obama in the 2012 US presidential election, according to Lord Puttnam. The Labour peer made the claim in evidence to the...
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Former Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson: The hacking scandal and Leveson...
Former Sky News anchor Jeremy Thompson said he wouldn’t rule out Sky closing its news channel as the price of securing Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn take over. This was the radical solution put forward by...
View ArticleLabour MP Tulip Siddiq apologises for 'ill-judged' comment to pregnant...
UPDATE 12.30pm: Tulip Siddiq MP has issued an apology, saying in a statement: “I want to apologise unreservedly for my comments to Channel 4’s producers, which were an off-hand and ill-judged attempt...
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Journalists and Grenfell Tower: 'You aren't the guys getting the call at 2.30...
A national newspaper website journalist decided not to attend Press Gazette’s Grenfell Tower debate last night after being told by their editor “nobody’s reading our Grenfell stuff any more”. The story...
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BBC heeds Samaritans' advice on moment Slobodan Praljak drank poison - Times...
The BBC made an editorial decision not to show the moment a war criminal drank poison while in the dock at The Hague based on advice on reporting suicide from charity the Samaritans. As well as...
View ArticleSky News presenter Claudia-Liza Armah to front 5 News 6.30pm bulletin
Sky News anchor Claudia-Liza Armah is to join 5 News as a presenter in the New Year. Armah has previously worked at London Live, ITV and the BBC over a ten-year career. She will present 5 News at...
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BBC News at Ten reported on death of Shashi Kapoor with video clips of two...
In reporting the death of Bollywood star Shashi Kapoor last night the BBC used footage from films starring two Indian actors – neither of whom were Kapoor himself. The short News at Ten segment showed...
View ArticleHuw Edwards and Kamal Ahmed among BBC journalists sent into schools as part...
The BBC is sending some of its best paid journalists into schools to provide mentoring on fake news. Huw Edwards, Kamal Ahmed and Amol Rajan are among those who go into around 1,000 schools and sixth...
View ArticleFox in fresh talks to sell Sky stake to Disney, reports claim
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is said to be in talks to sell its 39 per cent stake in UK broadcaster Sky to entertainment giant Walt Disney. Discussions between the two global companies are said to...
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