Lockdown Lowdown: Krishnan Guru-Murthy says broadcasters are failing to find...
Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy answers Press Gazette’s questions about life, work and the news industry during lockdown. How have you been keeping happy and healthy during lockdown? I’ve...
View ArticleStephen Fry and Lenny Henry among 100+ names urging BBC not to cut Inside Out
Actor Stephen Fry and comic Lenny Henry are among more than 100 prominent people defending the BBC’s regional current affairs and politics programmes from the axe in a letter to the corporation. Press...
View ArticleEx-BBC Westminster boss Sir Robbie Gibb says Twitter 'distorts' journalism
A former head of BBC Westminster and director of communications for Theresa May in Number 10 has claimed Newsnight has “totally distorted” its editorial agenda because of social media. Sir Robbie Gibb,...
View ArticleLockdown Lowdown: ITV's Mary Nightingale on coping with 'relentless grimness'...
ITV News presenter Mary Nightingale answers our questions about broadcasting during a pandemic, how she copes with the “relentless grimness” of the Covid-19 story and why the new “super-efficiency” in...
View Article'Are they talking about me?' BBC's George Alagiah on seeing headlines about...
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has recalled seeing headlines about his cancer diagnosis and thinking it was time to “start ordering the white lilies”. The TV journalist, 64, was first diagnosed with the...
View ArticleMPs join call to save BBC regional current affairs shows over...
MPs have urged the BBC not to cut its local political and current affairs programming, saying its “regional strength” should in fact be strengthened to distil the effect of a “London-centric” media....
View ArticleEx-Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens takes helm at TLS as Stig Abell focuses...
Stig Abell is stepping down as editor of the Times Literary Supplement after four years to take up a new role of executive editor at News UK’s radio and podcast division Wireless. His new appointment...
View ArticleNews UK launches Times Radio with Boris Johnson's 'first sit-down broadcast...
Times Radio launched with what it described as an exclusive Boris Johnson interview. The prime minister was interviewed by Aasmah Mir and Sig Abell on their breakfast show. Times Radio described the...
View ArticleTom Newton Dunn on Times Radio and how he was never told what to write at The...
Times Radio’s man in Westminster Tom Newton Dunn insists the new station has “absolutely no intention to give anybody an easy ride” despite its pledge to be less adversarial. Instead, the former Sun...
View ArticleBBC England to cut 450 jobs across TV, radio and online as £25m savings...
The BBC has revealed plans to cut 450 jobs in England as it seeks to make savings of £25m in the nation by the end of March 2022. The roles affected include journalists as well as presenting, technical...
View ArticleTelevised press conference to permanently replace afternoon Downing Street...
The Government should not be allowed to choose who asks questions at its planned new daily televised press briefing or let it replace other opportunities for scrutiny, Lobby journalists have said....
View ArticlePM editor Owenna Griffiths to take over from Sarah Sands at Today
PM and Broadcasting House editor Owenna Griffiths will take the helm at BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in September. Griffiths will take over from Sarah Sands in early September. Ex-Evening Standard...
View ArticleRegional freelance producers and editors protest BBC plans to change regional...
The BBC’s plans to alter how its regional current affairs programming is made will leave “many viewers very poorly served”, according to production crews who worked on previous output. The broadcaster...
View ArticlePoliticians urge BBC to protect Politics Live from Covid-19 cuts
More than 100 MPs and peers have united to demand the BBC protect its Politics Live programme from the axe as it looks to make savings following the Covid-19 shutdown. The cross-party band of 106...
View ArticleAndrew Neil Show canned as BBC News widens restructure plans with loss of 520...
The Andrew Neil Show has been cancelled as BBC News revives plans for a restructure that will now see more than 500 jobs cut. Plans to cut 450 roles were originally unveiled in January before they were...
View ArticleUK-based Iran International journalists' rights 'trampled' amid threats from...
London-based journalists at broadcaster Iran International are embroiled in a battle over union recognition alongside threats from the Iranian regime. The National Union of Journalists has been trying...
View ArticleLockdown boosts traffic for Montgomery's Local TV as That's TV cuts news content
Former national newspaper editor David Montgomery’s Local TV network grew its viewership by 61% year-on-year during the Covid-19 lockdown, it has claimed. The local news and information network, which...
View ArticleJournalist John Ware pursues legal action against Jeremy Corbyn after Labour...
Investigative journalist John Ware is taking legal action against Jeremy Corbyn after the former Labour leader said it was “disappointing” the party had apologised to the Panorama reporter over his...
View ArticleITN reaches ethnic minority representation target but pay equality with white...
Production company ITN has reached its target of one fifth black, Asian and ethnic minority staff two years ahead of plan, but admits a lack of improvement in the pay gap is a “huge disappointment”....
View ArticleBBC reaches record global audience of 468.2m people every week
BBC News is now reaching 438.4m people outside the UK every week, up 11% from 394m last year. The corporation revealed it has reached its highest ever global audience of 468.2m people a week, with BBC...
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