BBC News appoints its first ever global trade correspondent
BBC News has appointed business and economics journalist Dharshini David as its first global trade correspondent. The role has been created ahead of the UK officially leaving the European Union later...
View ArticleSky boss calls for urgent online harms legislation while Ofcom eyed as...
Sky’s chief executive has urged the Government to speed up its plans for an online regulator as a bill to grant interim powers to Ofcom was introduced in the House of Lords. Jeremy Darroch, who has led...
View ArticlePresenter Sarah Montague accepted apology and six-figure payout from BBC over...
Radio presenter Sarah Montague has won a £400,000 settlement and an apology from the BBC after being treated “unequally” by them for many years. Montague, 53, who previously presented BBC Radio 4’s...
View ArticleTony Hall to step down as BBC director-general, says leaving was 'hard decision'
BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall will step down this summer after seven years at the head of the corporation. It comes after the BBC has faced criticism over its coverage of last month’s general...
View ArticleVictoria Derbyshire Show journalists say BBC decision to take it off air is...
Journalists working for the Victoria Derbyshire Show have said the BBC’s decision to take the award-winning news programme off the air is “gutting” and “devastating”. The morning show, which has won a...
View ArticleSky and NBC team up for new global news channel under owner Comcast
Sky and NBC News are teaming up under joint owner Comcast to launch an international news service with a base in the UK, senior executives have revealed. The English-speaking channel will be called NBC...
View ArticleVictoria Derbyshire speaks out over BBC decision to take show off air
Victoria Derbyshire has spoken out for the first time about BBC plans to take her eponymous show off the air, saying she is “devastated” by the news which she first learned about through press reports....
View ArticleBBC's Fergal Keane steps back as Africa editor due to PTSD from war reporting
Fergal Keane is stepping back as the BBC’s Africa editor after revealing he is suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder. Keane was said to have been “dealing privately with the effects of PTSD”...
View ArticleBBC teams up with Angelina Jolie on news show for younger audiences
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is working with the BBC on a show for younger audiences that will explain “the stories behind the news” and give teenagers the tools to spot so-called “fake news”. BBC My...
View ArticleTimes titles launch daily news podcast with BBC journalist brought in to present
The Times and Sunday Times have become the latest titles to launch a daily news podcast, with a BBC News journalist hired to present it. Stories of our Times will be available from March, going live...
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BBC sorry for 'human error' in report on basketball legend Kobe Bryant's...
The BBC has apologised after it wrongly used images of basketball star LeBron James in a report on the death of giant of the game Kobe Bryant. Bryant, 41, was killed in a helicopter crash just outside...
View ArticleSun's Dan Wootton takes over Talkradio drivetime slot from Eamonn Holmes
The Sun’s Dan Wootton is taking over the drivetime show on Talkradio from Eamonn Holmes. It comes weeks after he broke the story that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were planning to move to Canada and...
View ArticleChannel 5 renews contract with ITN to produce news until 2022
Channel 5 has renewed a three-year contract with ITN to produce 5 News. More than 2m viewers tune in to the 5pm News at 5 bulletin, presented by ex-BBC journalist Sian Williams, and 6.30pm bulletin 5...
View ArticleVictoria Derbyshire claims TV show rivals Newsnight audience as she hits back...
Victoria Derbyshire has said her morning BBC show, which is being taken off the air, is a close rival to Newsnight in terms of TV audience figures. The journalist revealed she first learnt about cuts...
View ArticleTimes and Sunday Times to launch ad-free digital talk radio station Times Radio
The Times titles are launching their own talk radio station, which promises “provocative and well-informed” news and current affairs analysis in a bid to boost subscriber numbers. Times Radio is the...
View ArticleFormer Victoria Derbyshire guests among campaigners to save BBC show as...
The mothers of several knife crime victims are among former guests of the Victoria Derbyshire Show who are protesting the BBC’s decision to take it off air. There has been an outpouring of support for...
View ArticleBBC should be better at 'exploring nuances' of political debate over chasing...
Outgoing BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall has suggested the broadcaster has contributed to a toxic public discourse with journalism aimed at trying to catch politicians out. Lord Hall (pictured),...
View ArticleBBC News to cut 450 jobs in major restructure to 'modernise' newsroom
Up to 450 jobs will be cut across BBC News in a major restructure of the organisation that will reduce its news output and size, with Newsnight and 5 Live News among programmes directly affected. In a...
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ITV News anchor Alastair Stewart steps down over social media 'misjudgement'
ITV News anchor Alastair Stewart has stepped back from presenting duties after he was found to have breached its editorial guidelines online. Rachel Corp, acting editor of ITV News, told staff today...
View ArticleToday editor Sarah Sands resigns after BBC News announces major cuts
Today editor Sarah Sands will leave the flagship BBC Radio 4 news programme later this year, she has announced. Sands took a pay cut to join the programme in 2017 from her role as editor of the Evening...
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