BBC News must 'help counter the global democratic deficit' as broadcaster...
BBC News must be strengthened in order to “help counter the global democratic deficit” and push back against fake news, BBC director-general Tony Hall will say tomorrow. Lord Hall will also raise the...
View ArticleSky News launches campaign to push for live party leader TV debates at every...
Sky News has launched a campaign to make live televised party leader debates a permanent fixture of general elections, saying it is “about doing what’s best for the voting public”. The broadcaster has...
View ArticleCulture Secretary: Public service broadcasters must do more to build trust...
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright is set to urge public service broadcasters to do more to gain public trust by focusing on high-quality journalism amid a global battle against widespread disinformation....
View ArticleEvan Davis to leave Newsnight and replace Eddie Mair as presenter of BBC...
Evan Davis is set to leave Newsnight by the end of October after being appointed presenter of BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme PM. Davis, who has been the lead presenter on Newsnight since 2014,...
View ArticleFox and Comcast bidding war for Sky to be settled in weekend auction
The long-running bidding battle for Sky will be decided in a quick-fire auction finishing on Saturday night, Britain’s Takeover Panel has announced. The panel said Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox and...
View ArticleUS giant Comcast wins control of Sky after its £30bn bid sees off Rupert...
Comcast has won the long-running battle for control of Sky after beating Fox with a £30bn bid for the broadcaster. In a dramatic end to one of the City’s most complex and convoluted takeover sagas in...
View ArticleGood Morning Britain breaches Ofcom code after Piers Morgan ‘can’t be...
Good Morning Britain breached the broadcasting code when presenter Piers Morgan refused to read out a council’s response to a feature about a homeless SAS veteran, telling them to “stick your...
View ArticleStudent journalists awarded bursaries through NCTJ's Journalism Diversity Fund
Three journalism students have been awarded bursaries by the Journalism Diversity Fund. Kay Loveridge, of Leeds Trinity University, Josephine Fay and Nicola Kenton, both of News Associates in London,...
View ArticleComcast stands by pledge to maintain funding for Sky News over ten years and...
Comcast has said it stands by its earlier commitments to Sky News after winning out over Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox in a bidding war to buy all of Sky on the weekend. A spokesperson for the US...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch's Fox to sell stake in Sky to Comcast after losing bidding war
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is to sell its 39 per cent stake in broadcaster Sky to Comcast. Fox said that following Comcast’s victory in a £30bn bidding war for the British broadcaster, it would...
View ArticlePeston apologises after experiment to broadcast new midweek show on Twitter...
Robert Peston issued a “big apology” last night after a social media experiment to broadcast his first show in a new midweek time slot on Twitter “didn’t work properly” due to technical problems....
View ArticleNewly announced Newsbeat presenters say reading bulletins on BBC Radio 1 is...
BBC Radio 1 has named two new presenters for Newsbeat, with the pair saying it is a “dream come true” to present the regular news bulletins. Ben Mundy will read out the 12.45pm and 5.45pm bulletins...
View ArticleFirst midweek episode of ITV's Peston beats BBC Newsnight in late-night...
The first midweek episode of Peston on ITV won the late-night ratings battle against Newsnight on Wednesday, with the editor of the rival BBC show saying she “welcomes the competition”. ITV political...
View ArticleBBC News to invest further £1m in recruiting journalists with disabilities...
The BBC has announced plans to invest a further £1m in recruiting journalists with disabilities to tackle under-representation across the corporation. Extend in News was first launched in 2017 as a...
View ArticleLBC radio presenter who served as Downing Street adviser 'shared questions...
An LBC presenter and former Downing Street adviser shared questions with cabinet ministers prior to interviewing them in a bid to entice them on his show, promising them a “gentle” ride, Buzzfeed News...
View ArticleUK broadcasters sign letter of complaint to Theresa May's top PR man over...
Every UK national news broadcaster has signed a letter of complaint sent to the Prime Minister’s top PR man to complain about Theresa May’s lack of availability for TV interviews during the...
View ArticleComcast agrees to buy Fox's stake in Sky for £11.6bn after bidding war victory
US cable group Comcast has confirmed an agreement to buy 21st Century Fox’s 39 per cent stake in Sky, including Sky News, for £11.6bn after emerging victorious in the takeover for the pay TV giant....
View ArticleITV to sell London South Bank HQ and abandon five-year redevelopment plan for...
ITV has revealed plans to sell its London headquarters as it abandons its major five-year modernisation of the studios and offices. The broadcaster announced in February 2017 that it would move out of...
View ArticleOfcom pushes for meeting with LBC bosses after Sadiq Khan interviews Jeremy...
Broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled that an LBC radio phone-in, which featured Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and was hosted by Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan, came close to breaching impartiality rules....
View ArticleBBC backtracks on plan to cut programming on Parliament channel
The BBC has U-turned on plans to cut some programming from its Parliament channel, announced earlier this year. In a memo published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee...
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