Interns at BBC-funded local TV company say they passed out through exhaustion
The boss of That’s TV has denied the company relies on unpaid interns to run its stations after allegations surfaced from former employees this week that they were “constantly exhausted” while working...
View ArticleUK media prepares for start of 2018 World Cup with extended coverage
With the first match of the FIFA World Cup kicking off today media brands have been promoting their coverage of the world’s biggest sporting event. The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail both included...
View ArticleBBC director of news defends Love Island articles as being in the public...
The BBC’s director of news and current affairs has argued there is a public interest in the corporation covering reality programme Love Island in its online news output. Fran Unsworth was today quizzed...
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Just 7 per cent of people in UK pay for online news, Reuters Digital News...
UK readers are at the bottom of the pack for paying for online news, while trust in news providers has remained stable in the past year, according to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018. The...
View ArticleMen still dominate flagship news programmes as improvement in number of...
Improvement in the number of expert women appearing on flagship TV and radio news programmes has stalled in the past year, according to new research. Men still generally dominate flagship news but not...
View ArticleDavid Dimbleby to leave BBC Question Time after 25 years to return to reporting
David Dimbley is leaving BBC Question Time after 25 years to return to his “first love” – reporting. Dimbleby will step down from the BBC’s flagship political debate show in December, having first...
View ArticleEuropean watchdog clears Comcast's £22bn bid for Sky amid bidding war over UK...
European regulators have cleared Comcast’s £22bn bid for Sky, helping fuel a bidding war with Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. The European Commission has given unconditional approval to Comcast’s...
View ArticleBBC recruiting presenters, correspondents and reporters for new 9pm Scotland...
The BBC is recruiting for two lead presenters, a chief news correspondent, an innovation correspondent, a news organiser and reporters for its new hour-long news programme covering Scotland. The 9pm...
View ArticleSky News presenters could be among 700 staff to benefit from £350m bonus...
Journalists at Sky could be among those to receive a share of a £350m performance-related bonus if the UK broadcaster is sold to Comcast. The US giant’s £22bn bid to buy Sky would put the company’s...
View ArticleDisney pledges to run Sky News service for 15 years backed by funding of at...
Disney has pledged to operate and maintain Sky News for 15 years, funded by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox over the same period, in new terms offered as a remedy to public interest concerns over...
View ArticleNUJ eases off strike threat after STV pledges to avoid compulsory...
National Union of Journalism members at STV have voted overwhelmingly to strike over plans to cut almost 60 jobs at the Scottish broadcaster. However, union members will not take immediate action after...
View ArticleAnti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller accuses news media of 'stifling' free...
Leading anti-Brexit figure Gina Miller has taken a swipe at news organisations for “putting the best interests of their owners first” as she delivered an award for broadcast journalism last night....
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Culture Secretary says 'it's about time we had a woman at the helm' of BBC...
The Culture Secretary has said “it’s about time we had a woman at the helm” of BBC Question Time as long-serving host of the flagship political debate show, David Dimbleby, steps down. Matt Hancock MP...
View ArticleBBC World Service boosts global audience by 10m after biggest expansion since...
The BBC World Service has increased its audience by 10m to 279m, according to new figures. The service underwent its biggest expansion since the 1940s last year, adding 12 new languages to its news...
View ArticleAndrew Marr breached BBC editorial guidelines in comment about ‘lots of...
A complaint against BBC presenter Andrew Marr has been upheld after he was found to have broken editorial guidelines over his comments about Israel and Palestine. On BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show,...
View ArticleBBC reports on anonymous complaints against its own staff after surveying...
A survey sent out by the BBC to Welsh Assembly members and support staff following allegations of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace resulted in three anonymous claims against BBC staff....
View ArticleOfcom gives green light to new BBC Scotland channel despite fears of threat...
Ofcom has today given its final approval to a new BBC Scotland channel, which will create more than 80 jobs in news. The new channel, which was first announced in February last year, will run a daily...
View ArticleHelen Thomas takes on new BBC England director role covering TV, radio and...
Helen Thomas has been appointed director of BBC England, a new role designed to “better reflect all of the UK’s nations and regions”, the corporation has announced. Thomas will have “direct editorial...
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Politico and Financial Times seen as most influential media sources at...
Politico and the Financial Times are seen as the most influential media sources for MEPs and other “opinion formers” in Brussels, a new Comres poll has found. However colleagues and personal contacts...
View ArticleBBC apologises to Carrie Gracie and admits ex-China editor was underpaid
The BBC has apologised to former China editor Carrie Gracie and admitted she was underpaid. The corporation said today that it had reached an agreement to resolve its differences with Gracie and said...
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