BBC ‘confident’ in its Brexit coverage in face of complaint from Labour peer...
The BBC has said it remains “confident” in its Brexit coverage after receiving a formal complaint from Labour Lord Andrew Adonis. In a letter sent to director-general Tony Hall yesterday, Adonis urged...
View ArticleRussian TV news reporters condemned for 'appalling behaviour' after sneaking...
Police were called to the hospital where former double agent Sergei Skripal is being treated for exposure to a toxic nerve agent after a Russian TV news crew snuck in to film a report. Officers from...
View ArticleFox branch raided by European Commission in final weeks before competition...
The office of Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox Networks Group in London has been raided in an unannounced inspection as the European Commission investigated “suspected anti-competitive practices”. Companies in...
View ArticleBBC was 'obsessive' in scooping rivals on police raid at Cliff Richard's home...
Sir Cliff Richard’s lawyers have told a High Court judge that the singer should get compensation at the “very top end of the scale” because BBC coverage of a police raid on his home caused him “great...
View ArticleDisney must make offer for Sky if its deal to buy Fox assets completes before...
Disney must make an offer to buy Sky if its deal with 21st Century Fox is completed before Fox’s takeover of Sky, which is still being reviewed by the UK competition watchdog. Disney’s bid must match...
View ArticleWhat next at UK media companies with highest gender pay gap figures?
The Telegraph is the only news outlet to target a zero gender pay gap across the whole company, but Press Gazette understands there remains “growing anger” among staff over the size of the salary...
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5 News editor Cait Fitzsimons says lots of her viewers voted for Brexit and...
The new editor of 5 News says the programme’s audience is “a lot of people who back Brexit” and that far from trying to compete with the BBC and ITV, it offers a different service. Ask Cait Fitzsimons...
View ArticleIntern suing Monocle for unpaid wages leaks 'extreme' handbook given as guide...
An intern who is preparing to sue Monocle over unpaid wages has revealed the “extreme” 18-page handbook she was given as a guide while working at the glossy magazine and radio station brand. According...
View ArticleCliff Richard tells court he felt 'forever tainted' by BBC coverage of police...
Sir Cliff Richard has told a High Court judge he felt “forever tainted” following BBC coverage of a police raid on his home. The 77-year-old singer is suing the BBC over its coverage of the search,...
View ArticleBBC reporter made deal with police not to report Cliff Richard sex abuse...
A former South Yorkshire detective today told the High Court about a meeting in which he struck a deal with a BBC reporter over coverage of a police raid on singer Sir Cliff Richard’s home. Ex-Det Supt...
View ArticleBBC reporter thanked police press officer for 'bonkers but brilliant' day...
A BBC reporter who reported on the South Yorkshire Police search of Sir Cliff Richard’s home texted a force press officer about a “bonkers but brilliant” day, a High Court judge was told today. The...
View ArticleOfcom opens seven investigations into impartiality of RT news programmes...
The UK’s broadcast regulator has opened seven investigations into the due impartiality of Kremlin-funded TV station RT (formerly Russia Today). Ofcom said its decision follows a “significant increase”...
View ArticleBBC reporter says there was no 'formal' deal with police over Sir Cliff house...
A BBC reporter has denied “strong-arming” South Yorkshire Police into disclosing details of the raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home, and said he believed the story was in the public interest. Journalist...
View ArticleBBC offers second edition of Look East evening news bulletin for viewers in...
Live evening news programme BBC Look East will offer two separate editions as of next week, targeting news at viewers based on the west side of the region and separately for those based on the east...
View ArticleBBC reporter told editors it was 'possible' police felt 'pressured' into...
A BBC reporter came to an “understanding” with a senior detective over a search of Sir Cliff Richard’s home but told his editors it was “possible” police felt “pressured” into co-operating, a court...
View ArticleOfcom gives provisional green light to new BBC Scotland channel with expanded...
The UK’s broadcasting regulator has provisionally approved the BBC’s proposal to launch a new TV channel for Scotland, with news and current affairs coverage “at its heart”. Since the BBC announced its...
View ArticleFormer Newsnight deputy editor Liz Gibbons named new editor of BBC's Victoria...
The BBC has named former Newsnight deputy editor Liz Gibbons as the new editor of the Victoria Derbyshire programme. While at Newsnight, Gibbons oversaw its report in 2012 that wrongly linked Lord...
View ArticleBBC boss: We had 'responsibility' to report Sir Cliff Richard allegations...
The BBC did “the right thing” by revealing that detectives were investigating Sir Cliff Richard and searching his home following a child sex assault allegation, an editor has told a High Court judge....
View ArticleNUJ warns of national strike by BBC journalists angry at ongoing pay and...
Union reps have warned that BBC newsrooms across the country could go on strike after “anger and frustration” at issues including pay and terms and conditions in staff contracts. The National Union of...
View ArticleSurvey: Majority of journalists globally believe public has lost trust in...
A majority of journalists globally (71 per cent) believe the public has lost trust in in the media and that accuracy is more important than speed when it comes to stories, new survey results show. More...
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