Biggest publicly-traded news companies worth $38bn more now than before...
The US and UK’s largest publicly-listed news companies are worth $38bn more today than they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, Press Gazette research has found. News Corp, the New York Times, Thomson...
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Why popularity of podcasts is finally turning into revenue for publishers
Publishers and media companies across the United States and beyond have invested significant time and resources into launching and running podcasts in recent years. For many, building a large audience...
View ArticleNews UK broadcast boss David Rhodes departs as publisher scales back TV...
News UK’s head of broadcasting David Rhodes, who joined the media giant a year ago to lead its push into video, is set to leave as its first streaming show prepares for launch. Ex-Fox News vice...
View ArticleJon Snow to step down as Channel 4 News presenter after 32 years
Jon Snow will step down after 32 years presenting Channel 4 News at the end of 2021. The 73-year-old will continue to represent Channel 4, including by fronting longer-form projects, and will also...
View ArticleBBC and Sky opened the door to GB News with lack of alternative viewpoints,...
Talkradio breakfast presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer has claimed the BBC and Sky News opened the door to GB News by providing a lack of “alternative” viewpoints. GB News has caused alarm as it is widely...
View ArticleOfcom dismisses competition concerns from LBC, News UK and ITN over BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds is not having a “significant adverse impact on fair and effective competition” in the podcast and radio market, Ofcom has said, despite concerns from commercial broadcasters. The broadcast...
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Interview: CNN Digital's Smolkin and Straight on Trump, misinformation and...
CNN this week announced two promotions at the top of its digital operation, which runs one of the world’s largest news websites. Rachel Smolkin has been promoted to vice president (VP) for news at CNN...
View ArticleHow newsrooms can deal with delayed mental health fallout from covering...
Journalist and trained psychologist Sian Williams of 5 News has warned news organisations about the mental health fallout as the UK emerges from the coronavirus crisis. Williams, who has spent the past...
View ArticleInterview: BBC North America editor Jon Sopel on 'banter' with Trump,...
“If you’re a journalist, and you need your daily heroin fix of being on the news, Joe Biden ain’t great.” Jon Sopel, the BBC’s North America editor, is probably not the only White House correspondent...
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Paddy French says 'rogue journalist' report about John Ware was 'measured and...
Press Gang website editor and former TV producer Paddy French has claimed his criticisms of Panorama’s John Ware, who he dubbed a “rogue journalist”, were “measured, considered and responsible”. Ware...
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Lord Dyson condemns 'woeful' BBC response and cover-up after Bashir faked...
Martin Bashir commissioned fake bank statements and used “deceitful behaviour” in a “serious breach” of the BBC’s producer guidelines to secure his Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, the...
View ArticlePrince William praises journalists for exposing BBC but Harry says...
Princes William and Harry have condemned BBC leaders who “looked the other way” and a “culture of exploitation and unethical practices” within journalism after a BBC cover-up of the deceit that led to...
View ArticleBBC to hold 'legal discussion' on compensation for Bashir whistleblower Matt...
Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, has said there will be a “legal discussion” around compensation for the whistleblower who first raised concerns about Martin Bashir’s faked bank statements....
View ArticleBBC's disregard for FoI and victimisation of whistleblowers among unresolved...
Update 27/5/21: One week after the Dyson report the BBC is addressing issues around its governance and culture and the rehiring of Martin Bashir – but victimisation of whistleblowers and the...
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A triumph of good journalism over bad: The reporters who uncovered the Bashir...
This timeline of the Bashir scandal includes testimony from the journalists who brought it to light. The Dyson report has exposed a failure of journalism at the BBC – but it has also highlighted a...
View ArticleMan given hospital order after telling news crew he would 'shoot everyone at...
A “threatening” man has been given a hospital order after telling a camera crew he would “shoot everyone at the BBC” because they were “linked to satanic child abuse”. Russell Rawlingson, 52, launched...
View ArticleBashir whistleblower wants to 'move on' after BBC apology
The whistleblower who tried to expose Martin Bashir’s methods for landing his exclusive Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales has said he wants to “move on” after he received a personal...
View ArticleCNN's Brian Stelter interview: If you strip the word 'news' out of Fox News,...
Over 17 years as a media journalist, Brian Stelter has firmly established himself as an adversary of Fox News, its anchors and many of its viewers. “Last night, around 8.15, I started getting hate mail...
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GB News 'won't be hate-filled divisive shout-fest' says journalism chief John...
“I didn’t ask anyone at their interview how they voted,” GB News director John McAndrew tells me when I ask whether the channel will lean to the right politically. It’s a suggestion he rejects ahead of...
View ArticleAndrew Neil says GB News plans to take war on 'woke' establishment media global
If GB News proves a success in the UK the model could be replicated in other countries, according to the news channel’s chairman Andrew Neil. GB News launches at 8pm on Sunday 13 June across freeview...
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