Russian radio presenter sacked for calling Putin voters 'primates' after his...
A Russian radio presenter has been sacked for calling Vladimir Putin voters “primates” after he swept to victory in the country’s presidential election. As Putin was reported to have won around three...
View ArticleBBC opens Lagos news bureau creating 100 jobs and launching new talent schemes
The BBC has opened an official news bureau in Lagos, which will serve as the home for three new services in Nigerian language Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba regions. The new bureau can host up to 200 people...
View ArticleToday's Sarah Montague in BBC job swap with World At One's Martha Kearney
BBC Radio 4’s Sarah Montague and Martha Kearney will do a straight job swap, with Montague taking over lead presenting duties on World At One and Kearney joining the Today programme’s main roster. The...
View ArticleBBC appoints first ever podcasts commissioning editor with aim of engaging...
The BBC has appointed its first commissioning editor for podcasts to lead the “podcasting revolution” as the corporation begins to target younger listeners who are less likely to listen to live...
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Today presenter Justin Webb says era of 'big beast' news anchors could be at...
BBC Today programme presenter Justin Webb has questioned whether the era of the “big beast” news anchor may be coming to a close. In a column for the Radio Times this week, Webb suggests that the Today...
View ArticleBBC annual plan aims to tackle 'false information and fake news' by taking...
The BBC has taken aim at “false information and fake news” in its annual plan, which it says is aimed at “bringing the nation together”. Setting out its priorities for the year ahead, the BBC said it...
View ArticleChannel 4 News editor calls on industry to build own news platform as he says...
Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has called on the news industry to create an alternative to Facebook that will fund publishers, as he revealed the social network is now paying nothing to the...
View ArticleMonocle defends editorial internships after former intern claims to be suing...
Monocle magazine and radio station has defended its use of editorial internships after a Guardian article by a former intern claimed she had begun legal action for “unpaid wages”. The magazine’s...
View ArticleFox offers to separate Sky News from Sky and guarantee 15 years of funding in...
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has offered to separate Sky News from the rest of Sky and establish it as a distinct company with guaranteed funding for 15 years. The offer is a revision of...
View ArticleKrishnan Guru-Murthy says Channel 4 News podcast is way of 'getting to grips'...
Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy has said his new podcast offers a “different approach” to the “punchy” interviews he is known for. Ways to Change the World sees Guru-Murthy undertake...
View ArticleBBC UK news editor defends lack of coverage of anti-Brexit marches against...
The BBC’s UK news editor has defended the corporation’s coverage of Brexit after accusations that a “deliberate blackout” had been imposed on coverage of protests attended by hundreds of thousands...
View ArticleBBC pushes for 50:50 gender split among expert contributors across all news...
The BBC has set itself a target of having a 50:50 gender split of expert voices in its news, current affairs and topical programmes by April 2019. BBC News at Six and Ten have already signed up to the...
View ArticleSTV targets gender balance among top earners within five years after...
STV Group, which broadcasts news across Scotland, has pledged to achieve gender balance among its highest earners within five years after revealing a mean gender pay gap of 22.8 per cent. The group...
View ArticleGender pay gap figures in full: Conde Nast, Telegraph and Economist groups...
Conde Nast has the largest mean gender pay gap favouring men among all UK publishers and broadcasters, but, when the median is taken, The Economist Group has the largest pay gap. Figures from all major...
View ArticleNo bonus for ITN boss John Hardie unless he meets gender and diversity...
ITN chief executive John Hardie has said he will “not receive a penny” in bonus pay unless he hits new targets on “strict” gender and diversity objectives alongside existing financial ones. Hardie said...
View ArticleVideo: Sky News veteran Jeremy Thompson talks to Neil Sean about his 40-year...
During a forty-year career in television news, Jeremy Thompson gained a reputation as the consummate broadcaster, latterly as the anchor of Sky News’ early evening programme, though as frequently...
View ArticleITV News head of planning Jessica Bulman appointed 5 News deputy editor
ITV News head of planning Jessica Bulman has been appointed deputy editor of 5 News. Bulman has overseen the planning of UK and specialist content at ITV News since 2015. ITV News, Channel 4 News and 5...
View ArticleFacebook 'locks down' building as Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow looks for...
Channel 4 presenter Jon Snow said he saw “panic stations” inside Facebook’s London headquarters after attempting to secure an interview by walking up to the front door. Snow visited the UK offices of...
View ArticleBBC's Sarah Montague was 'incandescent with rage' after learning she was paid...
BBC Radio 4 presenter Sarah Montague has said she felt like a “sap” and was “incandescent with rage” after learning that she was paid less than her co-presenters on the Today programme. Montague, who...
View ArticleToday programme broke accuracy guidelines in interview with climate change...
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme broke accuracy guidelines in an interview with a prominent climate change sceptic, Ofcom has ruled. There were “significant inaccuracies” in an interview with former...
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