BBC resolved just one quarter of formal pay grievances in year since first...
The BBC has resolved just a quarter of pay grievances lodged in the past year since its list of top earners was first published, according to new figures. The corporation was forced to publish the...
View ArticleTelegraph's Kate McCann joins Sky News politics team as Sky's Beth Rigby...
The Telegraph’s Kate McCann is joining Sky News as a political correspondent, with Sky’s Beth Rigby promoted to deputy political editor. McCann is currently chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery...
View ArticleBBC must appeal Sir Cliff ruling on behalf of UK media or help bring about...
The BBC must appeal a High Court ruling effectively granting anonymity to people under police investigation or allow a dangerous new precedent to curtail press freedom and, by extension, the public’s...
View ArticleBBC Radio 4 Today programme loses 800,000 listeners after record high last...
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme has lost 800,000 listeners since last year, according to the latest RAJAR audience figures. The BBC has attributed the 10.5 per cent drop to its listenership stabilising...
View ArticleAlex Salmond hits out at BBC after pro-Scottish independence videos taken off...
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has accused the BBC of bias after the corporation took action against a pro-Scottish independence website after claiming its use of BBC News excerpts in videos was a...
View ArticleToday editor Sarah Sands rejects claims BBC Radio 4 programme 'in crisis'...
Today editor Sarah Sands has dismissed claims the Radio 4 news and current affairs programme is “in crisis” after new audience figures showed it had lost 800,000 listeners in a year. Today has 7m...
View ArticleLongest-running UK local TV station to close as licence bought by That's TV
The longest-running local TV station in the UK has announced it will close this month, with the licence to transfer to rival That’s TV. Grimsby-based Estuary TV will stop broadcasting on 31 August,...
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BBC most trusted TV newsbrand in US with Fox News in second place, new...
The BBC has been ranked the most trusted TV newsbrand among American viewers, beating CNN and Fox News, according to new analysis. The data is based on a 2018 customer loyalty and engagement index and...
View ArticleTalkradio presenter James Whale suspended over interview with alleged sex...
Talkradio presenter James Whale has been suspended over an interview with a woman about her alleged sexual assault after the radio station said he “completely lacked sensitivity” in handling the...
View ArticleLocal radio station appoints news editor after breaching Ofcom impartiality...
A radio station that breached impartiality rules by predicting local election results on polling day has hired a news editor after admitting the errors took place when no full-time journalists were...
View ArticlePanorama episode on G4S-run youth jail abuses breached Ofcom rules by...
An episode of Panorama about the abuse of children at a scandal-hit G4S-run youth jail has been found to be in breach of one of Ofcom’s broadcasting rules, the media watchdog has said. The...
View ArticleEddie Mair departs PM two days early after saying last show was 'as close to...
Eddie Mair presented BBC Radio 4’s current affairs programme PM for the last time after 20 years yesterday, leaving without mentioning on air that it was his last show and avoiding any “fuss or faff”....
View ArticleBBC Radio 4 World at One editor Owenna Griffiths to join PM and be replaced...
The BBC has announced that Owenna Griffiths will move from editing Radio 4’s World at One to take the reins at PM and work with Eddie Mair’s on-air successor. Griffiths has edited the World at One and...
View ArticleBBC, NUJ and IFJ condemn 'thinly-veiled threats' on lives of Persian Service...
Statements issued through a judiciary-linked news agency in Iran calling BBC Persian Service journalists “anti-Iranian” and “terrorist-nurturers” have been condemned as “thinly-veiled threats” on their...
View ArticleChannel 5 current affairs show The Wright Stuff to be renamed Jeremy Vine...
The Wright Stuff is to be renamed Jeremy Vine when the new host takes over next month. Vine will join the Channel 5 current affairs show in place of Matthew Wright, who left earlier this year. Wright,...
View ArticleBritish Journalism Awards 2018: Now open for entries at early-bird rate
The British Journalism Awards 2018 are now open for entries at the early-bird rate. Last year saw a record number of entries for the 20 awards categories which aim to celebrate public interest...
View ArticleBBC's Kamal Ahmed says corporation needs to examine 'how we do news' as...
The BBC’s incoming editorial director has said the corporation needs to examine “how we do news” after admitting younger audiences do not engage with traditional bulletin news packages. Economics...
View ArticleLive news to broadcast on 60 screens across 15 London Underground stations...
Commuters in London will now be able to watch live “positive” news being broadcast onto screens placed across the Underground network. Transport for London has partnered with ad agency Exterion Media...
View ArticleBBC will not appeal Sir Cliff Richard privacy ruling but asks for Government...
The BBC will not formally appeal a High Court privacy ruling made against it for revealing a police investigation into singer Sir Cliff Richard in an afternoon news bulletin. However the corporation...
View ArticleTalkradio's James Whale back on air after suspension over interview with...
Talkradio presenter James Whale is back on the air after he was suspended over an interview with an alleged sex assault victim that was said by the station to have “completely lacked sensitivity”....
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