ITV News at Ten presenter Julie Etchingham calls for action over 'utterly...
ITV News at Ten presenter Julie Etchingham has pushed for action on “utterly unacceptable” gender pay disparity after ITN revealed a mean pay gap almost twice the size of the BBC’s earlier this year....
View ArticleLBC host Steve Allen breached Ofcom code by mocking blind BBC journalist's...
Ofcom has rapped LBC after presenter Steve Allen mocked a blind BBC journalist who has been assigned a guide horse because he is afraid of dogs, saying: “I’ve never heard of anything so stupid”. The...
View ArticleBBC drops Brexit deal TV debate as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn fail to...
The BBC has backed out of plans to host a head-to-head debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May over the Brexit deal despite being chosen as the Prime Minister’s preferred host of the would-be TV...
View ArticleBBC editorial director dubs Brexit 'a bit rubbish' and says UK economy...
BBC editorial director Kamal Ahmed has dubbed Brexit “a bit rubbish” in an internal email to the broadcaster’s journalists, it has been reported. Writing to BBC correspondents about upcoming economic...
View ArticleITV cancel plans for Brexit deal TV debate between May and Corbyn days after...
ITV has cancelled its plans for a Brexit deal TV debate between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn just days after the BBC pulled out of hosting a bout between the party leaders over a disagreement on...
View ArticleFiona Bruce confirmed as new BBC Question Time host and will still present...
Fiona Bruce has been confirmed as the new host of BBC Question Time. The newsreader replaces David Dimbley who stands down this month after 25 years presenting the BBC One show to return to his “first...
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British Journalism Awards 2018: FT takes top prize, Amelia Gentleman named...
The Financial Times was named News Provider of the Year at the British Journalism Awards as it took home four awards at the event in central London, the most of any newspaper. The Guardian’s Amelia...
View ArticleBBC to explore Rupert Murdoch's influence over British press in new...
The BBC will explore Rupert Murdoch’s influence and reach over the British press in a newly commissioned three-part documentary series. A Tabloid Empire will air on BBC Two – a release date has yet to...
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BBC News appoints first ever LGBT correspondent who says new role is 'dream...
The BBC has appointed its first ever LGBT correspondent who has said the new role is a “dream come true” and will begin work in the New Year. Ben Hunte (pictured) will report on “stories, issues and...
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'Not goodbye, but goodnight' as David Dimbleby signs off after 25 years...
David Dimbleby has broadcast his last Question Time as host after 25 years in the role, thanking the BBC show’s staff on his final programme last night for a “truly team effort” before he goes “in...
View ArticleMoira Stuart moving to Classic FM to read morning news
BBC newsreader Moira Stuart is joining Classic FM to present the morning news from February next year. Stuart will read the news from 6am to 10am – during the radio station’s breakfast show and its...
View ArticleOfcom rejects Murdoch radio group's call for competition review into BBC...
Ofcom has rejected a call from commercial radio group Wireless, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, for a competition review into how the BBC acquires sports rights for Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and...
View ArticleSky News' Kay Burley: 'There are enough people wanting to criticise...
Sky News presenter Kay Burley wants journalists to stop criticising each other on Twitter, saying “there are enough people” doing that already so “we shouldn’t turn on each other”. Burley, who marked...
View ArticleOfcom finds RT (Russia Today) broke broadcasting rules on impartiality on...
Ofcom has found RT (formerly Russia Today) broke broadcasting rules by “failing to preserve due impartiality” in seven news and current affairs programmes this year. The breaches came over a six-week...
View ArticleITN announces BBC Studios boss Anna Mallett as new chief executive replacing...
BBC Studios boss Anna Mallett will replace John Hardie as chief executive of ITN, the production company behind ITV News, Channel 4 News and 5 News, when he steps down at the end of this year. Mallett,...
View ArticleRussian media watchdog announces investigation into BBC World News day after...
Russia’s media regulator has announced it is opening an investigation into the BBC a day after Ofcom ruled that Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today) had breached its broadcasting code....
View ArticleChris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio will be ad free under new deal...
The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio will be free of ad breaks thanks to a sponsorship deal with Sky. The agreement will see Sky will put money into the programme in exchange for branded...
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The Gibraltar shootings: Channel 4 correspondent Alex Thomson on taking on...
In those days it was a rare thing to see a BBC editor not in his suit (and in those days they all seemed to be men). Rarer still to see one running. Running down a corridor on a quiet Sunday afternoon...
View ArticleSky News third most complained about television show of 2018 due to alleged...
Sky News was the third most complained about programme of 2018 due to allegations of bias in an interview with Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson. Annual complaint figures from broadcast...
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NBC News chief global correspondent Bill Neely on horrors which stayed with...
I met a man in my first weeks as a journalist whom I’ve never forgotten. William Rutherford was a senior surgeon at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital. It was 1981, at the height of the hunger strikes...
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