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TalkTV debate ends early after presenter Kate McCann faints on air
Update on Thursday 28 July: A day after the ill-fated debate, McCann hosted news bulletin The News Desk on TalkTV and told viewers she was feeling “a little embarrassed, a little bit bruised, but glad...
View ArticleBBC, ITN, Sky and PA win 20-year fight to broadcast from crown court sentencings
Broadcasters will be allowed to film from crown court sentencing hearings in England and Wales after a campaign lasting around 20 years. BBC News, ITN, Sky News and PA Media are allowed to film and...
View ArticleSky security head Mark Grant on how to keep reporters alive in Ukraine
They are usually in the shadows – the security advisers who have a crucial role keeping frontline war reporters safe and alive. Here Dr Mark Grant, who heads up the Sky News location security, takes us...
View ArticleRussia declares war on UK journalists: 41 leading editors and reporters...
Russia has sanctioned 41 UK journalists – including editors at the BBC, Times, Daily Mail and Guardian – banning them from entering the country. A statement published by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticleTalkTV and GB News see radio audience boost in Q2 RAJAR figures
Talkradio’s audience jumped 78% year on year in the second quarter according to RAJAR as it began simulcasting programmes from new sister TV channel TalkTV. Talkradio was also one of only two...
View ArticleReview: The Newsreader offers a rare journalistic hero and 1980s nostalgia
Journalists have traditionally not been portrayed particularly accurately, or even kindly, in UK TV and film. Reporters from the Walford Gazette who pop up in Eastenders are typically ghoulish and...
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Nigel Farage and GB News cleared by Ofcom: Channel yet to be rebuked by...
The first two investigations by broadcast regulator Ofcom into GB News have ended with no rebukes, keeping the TV channel’s record clean as it enters its 15th month. Critics feared the opinion-led news...
View ArticleRecord News Corp profits dwarf $20m TalkTV launch costs
Profits at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp grew by a third to $1.67bn (£1.38bn) in the 2022 fiscal year, according to the company’s latest full-year results. The news-focused parts of the company did well,...
View ArticleTalkTV's Tom Newton Dunn tells Liz Truss attacks on media are 'cheap'
TalkTV journalist Tom Newton Dunn told Conservative leadership contender Liz Truss her attacks on the media were “cheap” following Tuesday’s hustings event. Truss appeared to attack the media several...
View ArticleChannel 4 News' Alex Thomson on how new war reporting challenges combined...
Alex Thomson, chief correspondent at Channel 4 News, is a stalwart of British TV news war reporting with more than 20 wars under his belt. Here he writes from the Ukrainian frontline on 27 April about...
View ArticleWho are GB News' presenters? Everything you need to know
TV channel GB News launched in June 2021, with a wide variety of presenters, but it had a rocky start with technical troubles and the early departure of flagship presenter Andrew Neil. Since then,...
View ArticleBBC's Scotland editor James Cook called 'scumbag rat' and 'traitor' by...
The BBC has backed its Scotland editor James Cook and praised his “professionalism” after he was abused by Scottish independence campaigners on Tuesday. Protesters shouted at Cook, who was appointed...
View ArticleAmol Rajan to step down as BBC News media editor to host University Challenge
Amol Rajan is stepping down from the role of BBC News media editor to host BBC Two’s University Challenge. Rajan will, however, continue to present on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and his series Amol...
View ArticleGB News secures £60m in new investment amid WarnerBros Discovery buyout
GB News said it has received a commitment for £60 million in new investment to boost the next stage of its growth 14 months after launch. US broadcasting giant Discovery Inc was the first major...
View ArticleLiz Truss versus the media: Her attacks on BBC and 'left-wing' questioning
Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has repeatedly criticised parts of the media since her campaign to be the next prime minister began. On Friday, while appearing at a hustings event in...
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TalkTV briefing: Vanessa Feltz joins to present drivetime show after leaving BBC
Vanessa Feltz has joined TalkTV to present its drivetime show after leaving BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio London, replacing Jeremy Kyle in the slot as he prepares to launch a new primetime show. Feltz will...
View ArticleSussex Police charges filmmaker £250 for clips of Brighton Cat Killer
Police charged cash for clips of the Brighton Cat Killer after he died in prison. Sussex Police sold clips of his interviews after Steve Bouquet – known as the Brighton Cat Killer – died of cancer. The...
View ArticleEmily Maitlis versus populism: Five ways journalists can stop 'normalising...
Former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis has set her ideas for a new form of journalism fit to tackle the challenges raised by Trump, populism and Brexit in her MacTaggart lecture. Journalists need to move...
View ArticleProtesters sentenced for verbally abusing BBC Newsnight journalist Nicholas Watt
BBC journalist Nicholas Watt was “intimidated” after giving evidence against anti-lockdown protesters who were found guilty of verbally abusing him, a court has heard. The prosecution barrister also...
View ArticleFormer BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull dies aged 66
Bill Turnbull, the former BBC Breakfast presenter, died on Wednesday aged 66. The journalist was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and his family said he had put up a “challenging and committed...
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