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Ad boycott campaign ramps up as opinion-led GB News launches with scepticism...
GB News launched its opinion-led take on broadcast news and a new website on Sunday, prompting a campaign group to seek to shut it down with an ad boycott. Google Trends showed a surge in interest for...
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GB News reaction: New channel beats BBC News and Sky News on launch night...
GB News, the new opinion-based Andrew Neil-led TV channel, has claimed a bigger audience share than BBC News or Sky News on its launch night. It has shared data from BARB (the Broadcasters’ Audience...
View ArticleTransparency concerns over BBC rehiring of Bashir but decision made 'in good...
There is no evidence that Martin Bashir was rehired by the BBC in 2016 as part of a “cover-up” or to contain the events surrounding the “deceitful” way he secured his 1995 interview with Princess...
View ArticleMartin Bashir was 'in tears' and 'contrite' over Diana interview failings,...
Former BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall has said he grilled Martin Bashir for an hour and a half in 1996 about the circumstances around his interview with Princess Diana, leaving him in tears. The...
View ArticleGB News ad boycott: Kopparberg, Grolsch and Nivea first to suspend marketing...
At least six brands have suspended advertising on GB News in the first 48 hours since its launch. Drinks companies Kopparberg and Grolsch, skincare company Nivea and the Open University have all...
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GB News ad boycott reaction: 'Worst kind of cancel culture'
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said the growing advertiser boycott of GB News is “worrying” and that the new channel is a “welcome addition” to the diversity of the UK media. Around 11 advertisers...
View ArticleAs biggest brands fail to join GB News ad boycott, the questions campaigners...
The campaign to boycott brands that advertise with newly launched opinion-led TV channel GB News continues, but apart from troubling the waters of social media it looks to be making little impact....
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How journalists can hit back at online abuse as C4's Cathy Newman reveals...
Journalists have spoken about how receiving online abuse feels like being “eviscerated by a pack of dogs in the street” and even left them considering a job change as new legal guidance was launched to...
View ArticleBBC Annual Report 2021: Pay for top journalists up 3% as 52 earn more than...
The BBC annual report shows that 52 journalists at the corporation are paid more than £150,000 a year. The BBC has cut spend on its top talent by 10% in total in the past year. However, salary spend...
View ArticleChannel 4 sale should see news provision 'broadly retained' says Govt
The Government has said it would want Channel 4’s minimum news and current affairs programming requirements to remain in the event of its sale. The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on...
View ArticleBBC appointment of ex-Huffpost editor under scrutiny after report of...
Labour has written to BBC bosses demanding they tell Sir Robbie Gibb to resign amid allegations that he tried to block a senior editorial appointment on political grounds. The Financial Times reported...
View ArticleGB News has lost the plot over Guto Harri taking the knee
GB News appears to have lost the plot after suspending one of its presenters for “taking the knee” on air. The day after Guto Harri’s gesture last Tuesday, the official Barb audience figures (which are...
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GB News says it is seeing 'incredible trajectory' online as 3.7m tuned in...
GB News reached about 3.7m viewers on linear TV in its first month on air – just over a quarter of the BBC News Channel audience. However, the fledgling brand said social media engagement figures show...
View ArticleAttempted kidnapping of Iranian journalist in US stokes fears over safety of...
The attempted kidnapping of an Iranian-American journalist in New York has raised fresh concerns over the safety of the Iranian press in the UK, particularly those reporting for the BBC Persian...
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Emily Maitlis hits back after BBC impartiality rebukes: ‘We are not a public...
In some ways, Emily Maitlis has had a fairly typical British lockdown experience. The lead presenter of Newsnight has travelled less (a “relief” for someone who ordinarily has a “grab bag” ready for...
View ArticleBest regarded Covid-19 news sources revealed: BBC, Guardian, Times and Sky...
TV was the top-ranked platform for Covid-19 news in a new Ofcom survey, while the BBC, Sky News, Guardian and Times were among the most valued newsbrands. Ofcom’s annual news consumption survey found...
View ArticleGB News ad boycott latest: Sainsbury's latest to end campaign + full list of...
Update 9 August: Sainsbury’s is the latest brand to respond to campaigners targeting it for advertising on GB News. Following a social media campaign which led to the Led by Donkeys group putting up...
View ArticleJudge says Labour activist's Radio 2 attack on John Ware was defamatory
Journalist John Ware’s reputation was harmed by a Jewish Labour member as she appeared on the Jeremy Vine Show, a High Court judge has ruled. Vine hosted a discussion on his Radio 2 show about the BBC...
View ArticleAnti-vaccine protestors invade ITN's London offices
Journalists working for ITN were trapped in their offices on Monday afternoon after a group of anti-vaxx and anti-lockdown protesters forced their way into the broadcaster’s London headquarters. The...
View ArticleSky News boss John Ryley says 'age of the all-powerful anchor is gone' 30...
John Ryley (pictured), head of Sky News, reflects on the broadcast news industry 30 years on from the retirement of legendary anchor Sir Alastair Burnet. It’s August and the world has been rocked by a...
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