BBC says it 'stands by' reports Egypt has been jailing political opponents...
Egypt’s State Information Service has accused the BBC of “lies and false allegations” over reports claiming the country’s political opponents have been “rounded up” ahead of presidential elections next...
View ArticleVictoria Derbyshire, Sky News and BBC Newsnight among big winners in news at...
BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire, Newsnight and Sky News all received multiple prizes at the Royal Television Society Awards yesterday evening. Derbyshire, who has hosted her eponymous show on BBC Two and BBC...
View ArticleBBC media editor Amol Rajan uses speech to tell journalists to stop blaming...
BBC media editor and former Independent editor Amol Rajan has said “enough is enough” to journalists who “blame everyone but themselves” for the challenges currently facing the industry. In this year’s...
View ArticleBBC and ITV news posted largest viewing figures in up to five years thanks to...
BBC News and ITV News reached their highest audience figures since 2014 and 2013 respectively last week as viewers turned in for the latest on the “Beast from the East” weather front. All of the BBC...
View ArticleBBC journalists call for publication of all staff salaries and benefits to...
Almost 250 BBC staff members have signed a letter calling for full pay transparency at the corporation and the publication of every employee’s salary and benefits. The letter, signed by 156 women and...
View ArticleSky News project aims to send more reporters out of the newsroom in search of...
Sky News will send more reporters out of the newsroom as part of a new initiative to get a “clear and balanced” view of what is happening on the ground across the UK. Throughout 2018, journalists will...
View ArticleIndependent says BBC's Amol Rajan 'must have misremembered' traffic-boosting...
The Independent has said BBC media editor Amol Rajan “must have misremembered” an anecdote claiming he made a column the title’s most read story of the month by tweaking the headline to chase clicks....
View ArticleTop female lobby journalists say 'we need to show it's not an all-boys' club'...
Two of Westminster’s top female journalists say they want to make women’s voices more widely heard as the lobby moves away from the traditional “boys’ club” culture of Westminster. The Telegraph’s Kate...
View ArticleChannel 4 News to open three new bureaux outside London under 'nations and...
Channel 4 News will open three new bureaux outside London, including one “major hub”, as part of a wider push by Channel 4 to extend its reach and representation across all of the UK. In a statement...
View ArticleBBC Global News must find £12m in savings by 2020 as it faces 'significant...
The BBC’s Global News operation faces a “significant challenge” to stay profitable over the coming years and will have to reduce costs by £12m a year, according to a National Audit Office report. BBC...
View ArticleCliff Richard in bid to stop 'private' information from emerging in court...
Sir Cliff Richard wants to stop information he says is private and sensitive from emerging during a High Court battle with the BBC. The singer is suing the BBC over its coverage of a police raid on his...
View Article'Significant changes' to senior Sky News editorial team announced to follow...
Sky News has announced “significant changes” to its senior newsgathering team to follow the departure of head of politics Esme Wren. Dan Williams, currently head of international news at Sky News, will...
View ArticleBBC appeals to United Nations for first time over 'harassment' of BBC Persian...
The BBC has appealed to the United Nations in Geneva for the first time in its history to protect the human rights of BBC journalists – and their families – covering Iran. It follows what the...
View ArticleCulture Secretary Matt Hancock 'confident' Cairncross Review into future of...
The Government’s review into the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the UK will be led by Dame Frances Cairncross alongside an advisory panel including current and former editors. The...
View ArticleRussia Today says MPs are proposing to 'sacrifice' it as a 'political pawn'...
Kremlin-funded TV station RT (formerly Russia Today) has hit back at MPs’ calls to ban it from broadcasting in the UK after the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury. Prime Minister...
View ArticleITN reveals 'disappointing' gender pay gap of 19.6 per cent, more than double...
ITN has revealed that it has a mean gender pay gap of 19.6 per cent, which is more than double the pay gap at rival national broadcaster the BBC. The high pay gap is attributed to the fact there are...
View ArticleBBC management refuses to appear at next DCMS hearing into its pay structure...
The BBC will not send any management representatives to the next Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing into BBC pay despite being asked by MPs to appear. Damian Collins MP, chair of the...
View ArticleChannel 4’s first female chief executive admits 28.6 per cent gender pay gap...
Channel 4 has revealed a mean gender pay gap of 28.6 per cent, more than three times the pay gap between men and women at rival broadcaster the BBC. Although Channel 4 employs more women than men (59...
View ArticleRadio 4 presenter Kirsty Lang worked through cancer treatment after being...
Radio 4 presenter Kirsty Lang said she felt “betrayed” by the BBC after it told her to go freelance for tax purposes, resulting in her working throughout her own cancer treatment, MPs were told today....
View ArticleSky reports overall gender pay gap of 11.5 per cent but figure much lower...
Sky has an overall mean gender pay gap of 11.5 per cent, but the difference in pay falls to 5.2 per cent within the company’s broadcasting division that includes its news teams. The gender pay...
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