Police rush Fiona Bruce to BBC's Millbank studio for 6pm news bulletin after...
News anchor Fiona Bruce was rushed to the BBC’s Millbank studios in a police car to present the 6pm bulletin after a technical issue downed live broadcasts at the BBC’s main studios in central London....
View ArticleSTV News appoints Canadian TV boss to lead three-year 'transformation' plan...
STV News has appointed Canadian Broadcasting Corporation managing editor Steven Ladurantaye as its new head of news and current affairs as the broadcaster undergoes an “extensive change programme”....
View ArticleBBC Asian Network's head of news pleads not guilty to naming Rotherham sex...
The head of news at BBC Asian Network has denied naming a victim of the Rotherham sex abuse scandal in a radio news bulletin. Arif Ansari was charged under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992...
View ArticleBBC News production system to undergo two nights of maintenance following...
The BBC News production system will undergo two nights of maintenance to give it “greater resilience” following a “major fault” that downed live broadcasts from its central London HQ yesterday. News...
View ArticleBBC News leaders told to end 'openly exploitative' unpaid freelance shifts...
BBC director general Tony Hall has reaffirmed the corporation’s policy that freelance shifts should always be paid after it emerged that unpaid trials were used at BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire show...
View ArticleChannel 4 PR boss says fake news is 'cancer to democracy's blood supply' and...
A Channel 4 PR boss has told Peers that fake news is “the most insidious” problem on the internet – more so than child abuse or cyber bullying. Dan Brooke, chief marketing and communications officer at...
View ArticleNews UK chief attacks BBC for 'chasing online traffic' and 'straying' from...
News UK chief David Dinsmore launched an attack on the BBC for “directly challenging core tabloid journalism” as he opened Press Gazette’s Digital Journalism Summit this morning. Dinsmore, chief...
View Article'There's no shortcut to trustworthiness' says BBC Newsnight journalist behind...
BBC Newsnight’s House of Commons bullying and harassment exposé was “old-fashioned” journalism that involved speaking to more than 50 sources over five months, according to one of the journalists...
View ArticleGovernment has ‘no plans’ to change electoral law to back Sky News campaign...
The Government has snubbed a campaign by Sky News to make televised election debates a permanent fixture of any general election. Sky News launched the Make Debates Happen campaign last month calling...
View ArticleBBC failures over equal pay led to 'crisis of trust' among staff, say MPs as...
MPs have demanded an end to the BBC’s “culture of invidious, opaque decision-making” over pay which it said has led to a “crisis of trust” among staff. In its report into equal pay at the BBC, the...
View ArticleCNN president blasts Trump for 'complete lack of understanding' over...
CNN’s president has slammed Donald Trump for his “total and complete lack of understanding” about the impact of his attacks on the media after the US news network was evacuated during a thwarted bomb...
View ArticleOfcom to review depth of analysis and impartiality of BBC news and current...
Ofcom is set to review the BBC’s news and current affairs output to ensure it remains a relevant and “trusted destination for audiences” in today’s “complex and rapidly changing” news environment, it...
View Article2018 British Journalism Awards shortlist revealed: 'This is what Dame...
Press Gazette is proud to announce the finalists for the 2018 British Journalism Awards for public interest journalism. These awards are open to all journalists wherever they work provided they are...
View ArticleBBC launches Today spin-off podcast with 'conversational and punchy' tone to...
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme is launching a spin-off podcast in a bid to reach a growing on-demand audience of younger listeners to offer them a “different take” on the news. Beyond Today will air for...
View ArticleChannel 4 to establish new HQ in Leeds along with 'major' news bureau
Channel 4 has announced that it will establish its new national headquarters in Leeds and a create a “major” news hub in the city. The broadcaster also plans to open two regional news bureaux in other...
View ArticleYoung audiences trust BBC less than older generation but corporation still...
Young people in the UK are less likely to trust the BBC compared to older audiences, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. Just under three quarters of under 30s in the UK said they...
View ArticleOfcom not investigating Sky News interview with Tommy Robinson despite more...
Broadcast regulator Ofcom will not investigate alleged bias in a Sky News interview with Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, despite receiving more than 3,000 complaints. Press Gazette...
View Article'Numbers man' Faisal Islam leaves Sky News political editor job to take on...
Sky News political editor Faisal Islam has been appointed as the new economics editor for BBC News, replacing Kamal Ahmed who has a new senior management role as editorial director. Islam starts his...
View ArticleCNN rejects claim White House correspondent Jim Acosta put his hands on...
CNN has rejected as a lie a claim that its chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, placed his hands on an intern as she tried to take a microphone away from him during a testing exchange with...
View ArticleJohn Bercow invokes parliamentary privilege to block BBC Newsnight's freedom...
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has blocked Newsnight journalists from investigating bullying allegations against fellow MP Keith Vaz by invoking parliamentary privilege safeguards. Newsnight has...
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