BBC head of news Fran Unsworth says pay equality 'vital' with top talent...
The BBC’s director of news Fran Unsworth has broken her silence about pay equality after a tumultuous 48 hours for the corporation following the resignation of China editor Carrie Gracie. In an email...
View ArticleScottish Sun launches three music radio stations playing chart and classic hits
The Scottish Sun has launched three new music radio stations available online and on digital radio. The three stations comprise Scottish Sun Hits (playing chart hits), Scottish Sun 80s and Scottish Sun...
View ArticleOfcom to review BBC plans for Scotland channel over potential impacts on...
The broadcast regulator Ofcom has said it will assess plans for a BBC Scotland channel over fears it could crowd out local media. In a letter to the BBC published by Ofcom today, the regulator shared...
View ArticleBBC's John Humphrys and John Sopel caught exchanging 'silly banter' about...
BBC Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys and North American editor Jon Sopel exchanged “silly banter” about the gender pay gap while off-air. The two discussed former China editor Carrie Gracie’s...
View Article'I'm not dead' says Big Brother star after UK press wrongly report her demise
The BBC and five major newspapers have had to clarify that Big Brother star Rebekah Shelton is not dead. BBC Newsbeat, Metro, Mail Online, The Express, The Sun and The Mirror published stories about...
View ArticleNewsnight's Emily Maitlis tells of stalker's effect on her work and family...
Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has spoken out over how a 20-year campaign of harassment at the hands of a former university friend is destroying her life as he was jailed for nearly four years....
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Ex Guardian columnist Paul Mason says claim he was 'aggressive' in call with...
Former Newsnight broadcaster Paul Mason has come under fire for being “aggressive” and “intimidating” toward an LBC producer. Shelagh Fogarty claimed that Mason “bellowed” down the phone at her...
View Article'People's champion' BBC radio broadcaster Ed Doolan dies aged 76
Ed Doolan, the first local radio presenter to be inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame, has died after a long battle with vascular dementia. Doolan was born in Sydney and has been a broadcaster...
View ArticleFormer Sky News foreign editor Tim Marshall: 'It's not job of reporters to be...
In his former role as diplomatic and foreign affairs editor for Sky News, Tim Marshall has seen first-hand how far divided societies can fall. The broadcaster, who has reported on civil conflicts from...
View ArticleDaily Mail TV gets second season stateside after average daily viewers reach...
Daily Mail TV has been renewed for a second season in the United States. The hour-long daily show is hosted by presenter Jesse Palmer and draws on stories from Mail Online – known in the US as...
View ArticleMore than 70 MPs write letter to Culture Secretary about 'chilling effect' of...
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has been criticised in a letter signed by more than 70 MPs demanding that the BBC allow female staff campaigning about equal pay to talk about it on air. The letter,...
View ArticleBBC Panorama staff say plans to halve production team will deliver 'terminal...
BBC Panorama staff have said plans to halve the number of producers on the flagship current affairs and investigative journalism programme have dealt it a “terminal blow”. Press Gazette reported in...
View ArticleChannel 4 News hire 'security specialists' after presenter Cathy Newman...
Channel 4 News has hired security specialists to analyse threats to presenter Cathy Newman following an interview with a psychology professor about gender politics. Newman discussed trans issues with...
View ArticleJames O'Brien parts ways with BBC Newsnight rather than 'wind neck in' on...
James O’Brien has parted ways with BBC’s Newsnight. The broadcaster is an open critic of Brexit and US President Donald Trump, views which he airs on his daily LBC radio show. But his opinionated...
View ArticleChannel 4's Dispatches pull Brexit lobbying story hours before it was due to air
Channel 4 will be broadcasting a controversial Dispatches investigation into Brexit lobbying, a spokesperson for the channel has said. The programme, titled Politicians For Hire: Cashing In On Brexit,...
View ArticleKen MacQuarrie to take charge of BBC English Regions as it moves out of news...
BBC radio’s English regions will move out of the news division, with nations and regions director Ken Macquarrie taking charge. The move comes as the broadcaster looks to enhance its regional news...
View ArticleCompetition watchdog says Rupert Murdoch's bid to takeover Sky is 'not in...
The UK competition watchdog has provisionally ruled that the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox is not in the public interest. The deal was referred to the Competition and Markets Authority...
View ArticleSky News not 'critical' to business, chief executive tells analysts
Sky News is not “critical” to Sky’s business, according to the company’s chief executive Jeremy Darroch. Earlier this week, the UK’s competition watchdog said in its provisional findings that the...
View ArticleSix top-earning BBC journalists agree to salary cuts in move towards equal pay
Six top-earning BBC journalists have agreed to have their pay cut as the row over equal pay at the organisation continues. Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine, News at Ten anchor Huw Edwards, Today...
View ArticleBBC Women call on managers to 'correct all unequal pay decisions' made over...
BBC Women have called on management at the corporation to focus on a strategy to “correct all unequal pay decisions it has made”. The group, representing more than 170 broadcasters and producers, made...
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