BBC journalist Nicholas Watt felt like 'prey' as he was chased by protesters,...
A BBC journalist felt like “prey” as he was chased by protesters at an anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine rally, a court has heard. Nicholas Watt (pictured) told Westminster Magistrates’ Court he was “very...
View ArticleGB News payments to MPs worth £50,000 revealed
Sitting MPs have received almost £50,000 from presenting gigs on GB News since its launch a year ago, according to new Press Gazette analysis of the register of MPs’ financial interests. Conservative...
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Anti-lockdown protester claims BBC journalist partly 'responsible' for...
A man accused of being part of a crowd that intimidated a Newsnight journalist during an anti-lockdown protest in Whitehall apologised to the BBC man’s family before blaming him, a court heard....
View ArticleTucker Carlson clashes with Ben Smith at pre-launch event for Semafor
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson clashed with former New York Times media columnist Ben Smith at a pre-launch event for Semafor, an upmarket online news startup. Ben Smith has left the NYT to work on...
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Victoria Derbyshire to succeed Emily Maitlis at BBC's Newsnight
BBC News presenter Victoria Derbyshire will succeed Emily Maitlis as a lead presenter of Newsnight, the broadcaster has announced. Derbyshire will start as joint lead presenter on the current affairs...
View ArticleBBC Annual Report 2022: Stephen Nolan overtakes Huw Edwards as journalist top...
Forty BBC on-air journalists made more than £150,000 last year, according to the corporation’s 2022 annual report. These top-earning on-air journalists made a collective £10.2m in the financial year...
View ArticleBBC annual report: £1bn savings made in five years as more cuts needed
The BBC says it has saved more than £1bn over the past five years, according to its latest annual report. Total BBC public service expenditure in 2021/2022 stood at just over £4bn — the same as the...
View ArticleWhat happened to Maajid Nawaz? Where the ex-LBC host went next
Former radio presenter Maajid Nawaz is now promoting freedom of speech following his departure from broadcaster LBC. Who is Maajid Nawaz? Maajid Nawaz is a British radio presenter and activist who...
View ArticleKrishnan Guru-Murthy warns against 'news that divides, shouts and builds...
Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has warned against the arrival of broadcast news that “divides, shouts and builds personalities” in the UK, in a speech to the Oxford Media Convention....
View ArticleBBC News and BBC World News channels merger to see 70 job cuts in London and...
The merger of the BBC News and BBC World News channels will see the broadcaster’s biggest radio shows visualised on TV, starting with 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell. The BBC revealed on Monday it will...
View ArticleTax, rather than adverts or subscriptions, should fund BBC says House of Lords
The House of Lords committee on the future of BBC funding has rejected the idea the corporation can be adequately funded through advertisements or subscriptions. In its report published on Monday the...
View ArticleRT breached impartiality rules 29 times in four days after Ukraine invasion,...
RT breached the UK’s broadcasting code 29 times in four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, regulator Ofcom has said. Ofcom concluded in a 525-page report that 15 individual RT News bulletins on 27...
View Article'Our gear and our training saved me 100%': Sky News' Stuart Ramsay on Ukraine...
Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has revealed he was left “in tears” on his birthday after returning home from Ukraine when he first realised he had been shot six times more than he had...
View ArticleBBC ends seven-year boycott of Rangers FC
The BBC has ended its seven-year boycott of Glasgow-based Rangers FC. The broadcaster apologised for past failures to meet its own editorial standards as it reached an agreement with the club to return...
View ArticleMost popular sources of news in UK for 2022: TikTok fastest growing outlet
Tiktok was the fastest growing news source in the UK between 2020 and 2022, according to Ofcom’s annual news consumption survey. Some 3.9m UK adults over 16 (7% of total population) said they used...
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BBC pledges never to air or license Martin Bashir's Princess Diana interview...
The BBC has paid damages to the former nanny of Prince William and Prince Harry following the investigation into how Martin Bashir secured his world-famous interview with Princess Diana. The journalist...
View ArticleThe data platform which enabled RTE to transform its online video player
Partner Content*: When Piano Analytics began working with Irish state broadcaster RTÉ to help update its digital offering, the company knew it had a daunting task ahead. The broadcaster only had...
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Fox News 'fails to adhere to basic journalistic standards', says credibility...
Fox News’ credibility score has been downgraded to “red” by media watchdog Newsguard, meaning it “fails to adhere to several basic journalistic standards”. Fox has had an overall passing score since...
View ArticleEx-Newsnight producer Sam McAlister on booking Prince Andrew and BBC's...
Producer Sam McAlister convinced Prince Andrew to agree to his headline-making Newsnight interview by telling him people already assumed he was “guilty”. In an interview with Press Gazette, she also...
View ArticleTalkTV ratings three months in: News channel a distant fourth for TV viewers
Rupert Murdoch’s UK news channel TalkTV launched at the end of April but has since struggled to make a splash in the battle of the TV news ratings. Even Piers Morgan, the channel’s biggest name...
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