Who are the BBC News presenters? Everything you need to know
BBC One is the biggest individual news source in the UK, reaching 62% of online adults last year according to Ofcom. The broadcast regulator also reported a growth in audiences of all ages using BBC TV...
View ArticleGB News in-depth briefing: Alex Phillips and Colin Brazier leave channel in...
This pages rounds up all the latest developments about GB News in one place. Includes: Hiring and firing, latest ratings and other developments. 1/9/22: GB News presenters Alex Phillips and Colin...
View ArticleClive Myrie urges Liz Truss to reject Netflix-style funding of BBC and...
Clive Myrie has warned the government against turning the BBC into a subscription business, arguing that doing so could imperil the future of its news service. The BBC journalist and presenter also...
View ArticleBBC chairman says Emily Maitlis 'completely wrong' on Newsnight monologue...
The chairman of the BBC has said Emily Maitlis was “completely wrong” in her complaints over how the broadcaster acted following her monologue about Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip to Durham. In her...
View ArticleNew Americast host Justin Webb: A BT wifi endorsement? ‘If that’s getting...
Justin Webb, the new co-host of the BBC’s popular US podcast Americast, has a confession to make. When I ask him if he was a regular Americast listener under its former hosts, Emily Maitlis and Jon...
View ArticleSky, ITV, BBC and GB News clear schedules to cover the Queen's funeral: Full...
ITV’s Tom Bradby will go up against the BBC’s Huw Edwards for viewers on Monday as TV schedules are cleared for coverage of the Queen’s funeral. ITV will simulcast funeral coverage from all of its...
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Anna Botting on covering death of the Queen: 'My aim is to be there for the...
Sky News presenter Anna Botting’s empathy skills, as displayed while covering the conflict in Ukraine, helped persuade her bosses she was the right person to anchor coverage of the Queen’s funeral....
View ArticleLiz Truss government to re-examine 'business case' for Channel 4 privatisation
The new government led by Liz Truss is re-examining the business case for the privatisation of Channel 4, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday. “We are looking especially at the business...
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How UK national newspapers covered the Queen's state funeral
A Getty image of pallbearers carrying the Queen’s coffin to her final resting place in Windsor made several of the front and back pages on Tuesday. The funeral and procession scenes in London and...
View ArticleBBC defends royal coverage amid 'sanitised perspective' accusations
Media commentators have questioned whether broadcasters were adequately impartial in their coverage of the Queen’s death. Critics at Birmingham City University’s media department said there had been...
View ArticleITN chief executive Rachel Corp urges government to help 'level up'...
New ITN chief executive Rachel Corp has used her first speech in the role to urge government to “properly address” the sustainability of journalism in the UK. Speaking at Press Gazette’s inaugural...
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TalkTV briefing: Tom Newton Dunn's news programme moves to 10pm as Jeremy...
News UK’s TalkTV is shaking up its schedule, moving Tom Newton Dunn’s news programme from 7pm to 10pm. Jeremy Kyle will take on the 7pm slot with a new programme, entitled Jeremy Kyle Live, from 10...
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Lorraine Kelly says politicians have regained 'control' of TV interviews but...
ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly has criticised the way politicians have regained “control” of TV interviews – but said they often underestimate her. She also addressed the trend of reporting on “Twitter...
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BBC's Tim Davie dismisses 'brain drain' and 'nonsense' claims of board bias
The BBC’s director-general Tim Davie has slammed “nonsense” claims of political interference by members of the broadcaster’s board. Davie also responded to claims of a BBC “brain drain”, saying he...
View ArticleWhat local BBC radio presenters asked Liz Truss in her bruising media round
Prime Minister Liz Truss spent Thursday morning running the gauntlet of sharp questioning from eight BBC local radio hosts. Over one hour, Truss encountered presenters in Leeds, Norfolk, Kent,...
View ArticleBBC World Service to cut almost 400 jobs in 'digital-first'£28.5m saving drive
The BBC is planning to cut almost 400 jobs in the World Service as part of a plan to save £28.5m from its £340m annual budget and shift more content from linear to digital. The BBC is proposing to end...
View ArticlePanorama journalist John Ware settles libel claim over Labour activist's...
John Ware, the journalist who presented a BBC Panorama investigation into the Labour Party’s handling of antisemitism allegations, has received an apology from a Jewish members group over defamatory...
View ArticleJohn Cleese joins GB News after being told it's 'not a right-wing channel,...
Former Monty Python star John Cleese is returning to British TV screens to join GB News for a regular slot in 2023. Cleese said he would front a one-hour show produced by stand-up comedian and GB News...
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GB News royal reporter recalls going into deep end for Queen's death...
In April, Cameron Walker landed his first TV reporting role – covering the royal family for GB News. Until then the former ITV News trainee had been working behind the scenes as a producer on the...
View ArticleGB News in-depth briefing: John Cleese set to join channel after departures...
This pages rounds up all the latest developments about GB News in one place. Includes: Hiring and firing, latest ratings and other developments. 10/10/22: Monty Python star John Cleese is joining GB...
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