Rory Cellan-Jones to keep working at BBC 'as long as I’m still enjoying it'...
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has said he intends to keep working at the broadcaster for “as long as I’m still enjoying it” after revealing he is suffering from both Parkinson’s...
View ArticlePolice raid on Australian ABC offices is 'attack on press freedom', BBC says
The BBC has condemned a police raid on the offices of an Australian national broadcaster, calling it a “deeply troubling” attack on press freedom. Australia’s federal police raided the offices of ABC...
View ArticleChannel 4 to host first Conservative leadership TV debate ahead of BBC and Sky
Channel 4 will broadcast the first TV debate between Conservative MPs hoping to become party leader and the country’s next Prime Minister. Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy (pictured) will...
View ArticleBBC 'confident others will follow' as New Zealand sets up own local democracy...
The head of the BBC’s Local Democracy Reporter scheme has said he is confident other countries with follow with similar schemes of their own after media organisations in New Zealand launched a version...
View ArticleOfcom boss Sharon White says role was 'huge privilege' as she steps down
Ofcom’s chief executive Sharon White is set to step down to become the chairman of the John Lewis retail group. The broadcast regulator announced White’s departure this afternoon, four years after she...
View ArticleMPs claim local radio cuts will ‘add to serious decline in local news for UK’...
Ongoing cuts to local commercial radio stations across the UK will “add to the serious decline in local news for UK citizens”, MPs declared this week. However Global Radio, the commercial operator...
View ArticleBBC, Sunday Times and ex-Scottish regional journalists named in Queen's...
BBC London arts correspondent Brenda Emmanus and Sunday Times writer Bryan Appleyard are among five journalists recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Emmanus (pictured, bottom right), who...
View ArticleOfcom investigating Good Morning Britain over European election coverage
Ofcom is investigating whether Good Morning Britain, the ITV breakfast show hosted by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, broke its election rules ahead of last month’s European Parliament vote. The...
View ArticleChannel 4 News blames audience dip on 'Brexit fatigue' and increased viewing...
Channel 4 News has in part blamed “Brexit fatigue” after its average viewing audience fell by a tenth in 2018. The hour-long nightly news programme, which airs at 7pm, was watched by an average of 7.4m...
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Bloomberg journalist wins first fellowship set up in memory of Channel 4 News...
A Bloomberg journalist who first trained in banking has been awarded the inaugural Sarah Corp Fellowship with Channel 4 News, established in memory of the revered foreign affairs producer who died in...
View ArticleBBC turning Brexit podcast into late-night TV show replacing This Week
The BBC is turning its Brexitcast podcast into a late-night TV programme, replacing political chat show This Week hosted by Andrew Neil. Brexitcast will air Thursdays at 11.30pm on BBC One from...
View ArticleBoris looks set to snub Channel 4 debate for BBC at risk of empty chair shaming
Boris Johnson has indicated he will take part in the Tory leadership TV debate hosted by the BBC, but looks set to snub Channel 4’s televised hustings despite the risk of being “empty-chaired”. Johnson...
View ArticleMore than a million viewers tune in to Channel 4 Tory leadership debate
More than a million people tuned in to the Conservative Party leadership debate hosted by Channel 4 last night, the broadcaster has said. Channel 4 said an average of 1.3m viewers watched the debate,...
View ArticleBoris Johnson dodges Tory leadership hustings with lobby journalists
Boris Johnson snubbed a Westminster hustings with lobby journalists today and is the only Tory leadership candidate who has not yet backed the return of monthly Prime Ministerial press conferences. His...
View ArticleBBC Scotland evening news bulletin among 21 programmes with 'no viewers'
BBC Scotland’s 7pm news bulletin, The Seven, is one of 21 programmes on the new £32m channel that have had no viewers at one point. New broadcast viewing figures from the British Audience Research...
View ArticleBBC News reaching 394m people worldwide each week, new figures show
BBC News is reaching 394m people worldwide every week, up 47m on the previous year, according to new global audience figures. The World Service, which broadcasts primarily on radio in English and 42...
View ArticleBBC Tory leadership debate watched by more than five million
More than 5m people watched the BBC’s Conservative Party leadership debate last night, the broadcaster has said. The hour-long programme at 8pm, called Our Next Prime Minister and hosted by Newsnight...
View ArticleEx-BBC deputy director general Anne Bulford joins Reach board
The BBC’s former deputy director general has joined Mirror, Express and Star publisher Reach as a non-executive director. Anne Bulford left the public service broadcaster in the spring, saying she...
View ArticleNew BBC England boss wants to grow its online regional news content
A BBC News editor who was involved in its controversial reporting of a police raid on singer Sir Cliff Richard’s home has been promoted to head of TV and online news for BBC England. Declan Wilson...
View ArticleBBC Tory leadership debate draws 31 complaints and prompts review of guest...
The Tory leadership debate broadcast on BBC One drew 31 complaints to Ofcom, the watchdog has said, and has prompted the corporation to consider “additional steps” in its vetting process for guests....
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