Andrew Neil Show canned as BBC News widens restructure plans with loss of 520...
The Andrew Neil Show has been cancelled as BBC News revives plans for a restructure that will now see more than 500 jobs cut. Plans to cut 450 roles were originally unveiled in January before they were...
View Article'Lifeline' for 600 BBC PAYE freelances as broadcaster offers new Covid-19...
About 600 freelances who regularly work for the BBC on PAYE contracts are to “finally” be offered financial support to cover some of the worst months of the Covid-19 crisis. The BBC will pay average...
View ArticleBBC staff numbers fell by just 2% in ten years despite millions spent trying...
The total number of staff employed by the BBC has fallen by just 2% – fewer than 500 people – in ten years, despite repeated cutbacks aimed at reducing the corporation’s headcount over this period....
View ArticleBroadcasters fear proposed 'duty of care' rules could have 'chilling effect'...
Broadcasters have urged Ofcom to exclude news and current affairs programming from proposed new “duty of care” requirements being drawn up after the deaths of two former reality TV show contestants. In...
View ArticleNewsrooms eye permanent change to working practices after Covid-19 lockdown
The need to maintain social distancing has meant that newsrooms are still largely empty more than four months after the UK went into lockdown, with most journalists continuing to work from home. At the...
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Our top 2020 podcast picks for journalists
Since many people have found more time to listen to podcasts since the Covid-19 lockdown, we’ve compiled a list of the best podcasts we think are useful listens for journalists. Podcasts are booming...
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BBC is force for unity in face of division from fake news and social media,...
It is the BBC’s “duty to help bring the nation together” in the face of disinformation and social media which “feed on fracture and drive polarisation”, outgoing director-general Tony Hall has said....
View ArticleNew BBC director-general says reform needed 'with urgency'
The new director-general of the BBC has said the corporation needs to keep reforming “with urgency” and stressed it must be “a universal public service” on his first day in the job. Tim Davie, the...
View ArticleNew BBC director-general tells staff to work elsewhere if they want to share...
The BBC’s new director-general has made renewing its commitment to impartiality one of its four priorities as he warned staff over their social media use. Tim Davie, the former chief executive of...
View ArticleBBC fails target to close gender pay gap by 2020 + highest-paid BBC...
The BBC has failed to reach its ambitious target to close the gender pay gap by 2020 under former director general Tony Hall, but is continuing its push for parity under his replacement Tim Davie. The...
View ArticleBBC journalists' social media use 'cause for concern' says DG as new rules to...
The new BBC director general has said journalists’ use of social media is a cause for concern when it comes to impartiality, which he said was a “bedrock” for the corporation. Tim Davie, who took over...
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New research finds dearth of women and BAME voices on front pages and in...
The UK’s 11 biggest newspapers failed to feature a single bylined black journalist on their front pages across one week in July, according to new research. Women in Journalism also discovered that just...
View ArticleBBC News director: Newsrooms must 'shrug off' cancel culture and 'social...
The BBC’s director of news Fran Unsworth has admitted the corporation often suffers from “a confusion of identity” as she reflected on the impact of online culture wars on its output. Unsworth...
View ArticleTalkradio's Jamie East quits after fellow presenter cut up face mask on air
Talkradio presenter Jamie East has left the station after one of his colleagues cut up a face mask live on air. East, who presented a Sunday afternoon slot on the News UK station for the past two...
View ArticleNew BBC director-general threatens to suspend staff Twitter accounts if not...
The BBC’s new director-general has said the corporation could force its talent to leave Twitter if they are not sufficiently politically impartial when using the social media platform. Tim Davie said...
View ArticleSale of regional radio station to Bauer could pave way for Oldham Chronicle...
The sale of a regional radio station to Bauer Media could pave the way for the return of the 166-year-old Oldham Evening Chronicle in print. Credible Media sold Revolution 96.2, which has been...
View ArticleBBC says Inside Out cancellation part of 'long overdue' changes to regional...
The BBC’s director of policy has said the refresh of its regional current affairs programming which is resulting in the cancellation of Inside Out is “long overdue”. Clare Sumner told Ofcom that Inside...
View ArticleBirmingham's New Style Radio condemned by Ofcom over two-hour show promoting...
Ofcom is considering whether to fine a Birmingham community radio station after a presenter spent two hours discussing Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Coronavirus misinformation shared by Simon Solomon,...
View ArticleGoogle reinstates Talkradio's Youtube channel after being accused of...
Youtube reinstated the channel of News UK’s Talkradio on Tuesday evening after being accused of “censorship”. On Tuesday morning, visitors to Talkradio’s Youtube page were informed that its account had...
View ArticleEx-Goldman Sachs banker (and Rishi Sunak's former boss) Richard Sharp named...
Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp will succeed Sir David Clementi as BBC chairman, according to BBC News. His appointment comes amid a debate about the BBC licence fee and how the broadcaster...
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