BBC defies Kashmir media blackout by increasing shortwave broadcasts
The BBC World Service has extended its shortwave radio broadcasts in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir after almost two weeks of a media blackout imposed by India. Kashmir is now in the 12th day...
View ArticleBBC's EU election graphic showing win for anti-Brexit parties was 'lapse of...
A BBC News graphic showing anti-Brexit political parties performing best at this year’s European Parliament elections was a “lapse of editorial standards”, the broadcaster’s complaints unit has ruled....
View ArticleDavid Cameron could be 'final big interview' for John Humphrys on Today
A head-to-head with David Cameron as the ex-Prime Minister releases his memoirs could be the “final big interview” for John Humphrys on Today. Harper Collins, which is publishing Cameron’s book, For...
View ArticleChannel 4 news boss labels Johnson and Corbyn 'cowards' for avoiding TV...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are “cowards” for avoiding TV interviews, Channel 4’s head of news and current affairs has said. Comparing Johnson to Putin and Trump in his...
View ArticleChannel 4 news boss Dorothy Byrne's MacTaggart Lecture in full
Thank you very much indeed for the great honour of being the first old lady to be invited to deliver the MacTaggart lecture. I was telephoned late on a Friday night a few weeks ago while dancing at the...
View ArticleGive broadcasters 'regular access' to politicians 'to protect media...
The editor of Channel 4 News has said all broadcasters must have “regular access” to senior politicians “in order to protect media plurality” after yet another snub from Prime Minister Boris Johnson....
View ArticleBBC launches new half-hour politics show fronted by Andrew Neil
The BBC is launching a new BBC Two politics show fronted by Andrew Neil. The Andrew Neil Show will run live for half-an-hour every Wednesday at 7pm on BBC Two, with the first episode to air next week....
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Sophy Ridge on Sunday moves to earlier slot in scheduling battle with Marr
Sophy Ridge on Sunday has moved to an earlier time on Sky News in an ongoing scheduling battle with BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show. Ridge’s show will start at 8.30am when it returns this weekend after...
View ArticleChannel 4 to host snap Brexit debate over suspension of Parliament
Channel 4 has today announced that it will host a live hour-long debate on Brexit and Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament on Monday evening. The Brexit Debate: A Very British Coup? will broadcast...
View ArticleSky's Lewis Goodall to join BBC Newsnight as policy editor
Sky News political correspondent Lewis Goodall is joining Newsnight as the nightly BBC Two current affairs show’s policy editor. Goodall left the BBC, where he was a producer and reporter for more than...
View Article'Fake news' seen as mere 'nuisance' by young people, new Reuters Institute...
So-called “fake news” is seen as “more of a nuisance than a democratic meltdown” by young people, according to new research into news consumption among the under-35s. A survey of 20 young people,...
View ArticleBBC sent coded messages in news bulletins during WW2, archive files reveal
A new archive of BBC interviews and documents has revealed the corporation’s role in secret activities during the Second World War, including sending coded messages to help European resistance...
View ArticleSTV says half-year profit growth 'supports decision' to restructure news and...
Scottish broadcaster STV has linked “strong” profit growth in the first half of 2019 to cost saving measures that saw a restructure of STV News and the closure of the loss-making STV2 channel last...
View ArticleGlobal appoints ex-LBC managing editor James Rea as director of broadcasting
Radio group Global has appointed former LBC and Heart managing editor James Rea as its director of broadcasting. Rea will oversee all programming and brand output for the company’s eight radio...
View ArticleMet loses bid to grab journalists' notes from ISIS bride Shamima Begum...
The Met Police has lost an application to seize journalists’ notes from their interviews with ISIS bride Shamima Begum. The Times, ITN, Sky News and BBC all fought the production orders in court, with...
View ArticleBBC settles Sir Cliff Richard legal bill at £2m after High Court privacy defeat
The BBC has paid out a total of £2m in legal costs to singer Sir Cliff Richard over a High Court privacy case which it lost last year. Sir Cliff was awarded £210,000 in damages in July last year over...
View ArticleBBC Andrew Neil Show launch watched by average audience of 800,000
The first episode of the Andrew Neil Show was watched by an average of 800,000 viewers on BBC Two last night after a rushed launch to cover the Brexit showdown taking place at Westminster. The live...
View ArticleGiles Coren promises 'no Brexit' and 'no Trump' with new Sunday night...
Talkradio has revealed plans for a Sunday night show hosted by The Times restaurant critic Giles Coren. Coren, who stepped down from BBC Two arts show Front Row last year owing to a “busting diary”,...
View ArticleBBC's Kate Adie to be honoured with lifetime achievement award at Society of...
Kate Adie, the BBC’s former chief news correspondent of 14 years, is set to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Editors. The 73-year-old, who held the role until 2003, is expected...
View ArticlePublic service broadcasters face irrelevance if they don’t up their game...
European public broadcasters could face a “very real risk of irrelevance” and struggle to justify the money they receive if they don’t improve their online reach, a new report has said. The study of...
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