BBC announces plans for Netflix-style on-demand service to showcase radio...
The BBC aims to create a Netflix-style service to showcase its wide-ranging radio content globally, Lord Hall is to announce. The BBC director-general intends to introduce a “Netflix of the spoken...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys says he could step down from Today 'next week', 'next month' or...
Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys has said he could he could step down “next week”, “next month” or “next year”. He was speaking to The Times as he approaches the 30th anniversary of his first...
View ArticleAppeal launched for 73 music magazine staff laid off with 'no pay' as Team...
More than £40,000 has been raised to help 73 staff made redundant after music magazine publisher Team Rock announced it was going into administration today. Staff have been sent home with no pay for...
View ArticleFormer UKIP leader Nigel Farage to host own show on LBC radio
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage will host his own hour-long radio show on LBC. The Nigel Farage Show is due to air for the first time on Monday from 7pm and will include “opinions, callers and reaction...
View ArticleBBC Trust confirms closure of website and app for Radio One news bulletin...
The BBC Trust today amended its Radio One service licence allowing it to close news bulletin service Newsbeat’s associated website and app. The closure was first announced in May last year in the BBC’s...
View ArticleFormer Bank of England deputy Sir David Clementi named next BBC Chairman
Former Bank of England deputy governor Sir David Clementi has been confirmed as the BBC’s next chairman. Clementi will head up the BBC Board, which replaces the BBC Trust under the reformed BBC...
View ArticleJohn Humphrys says his report on Blair's handling of Iraq invasion 'nearly...
Veteran broadcaster John Humphrys has spoken out about the political pressure put on him during 30 years of presenting the BBC’s flagship radio programme Today. The interviewer said relations with...
View ArticleSir David Clementi receives final backing from MPs for new BBC chairman role
Sir David Clementi cleared the latest hurdle in his appointment as the new BBC chairman after he won the backing of MPs. The former Bank of England deputy governor was revealed as the Government’s...
View ArticleSTV political editor Stephen Daisley resigns in wake of Scottish MPs'...
A political editor who was accused of holding biased views by members of the Scottish National Party has resigned from his post. Digital politics and comment editor Stephen Daisley will leave his job...
View ArticleEvening Standard editor Sarah Sands leaving title to take on editorship of...
Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands is leaving the daily newspaper to join the BBC as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Sands will leave the Standard later this year after five years in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BBC journalists 'annoyed' at another senior job going to outsider from...
Some BBC journalists are understood to be annoyed that BBC director of news James Harding has gone outside the corporation and made a succession of senior appointments from the world of print. A...
View ArticleEvening Standard's Sarah Sands taking pay cut for Today editor role she sees...
Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands has said she comes as a “respectful listener” to the Today programme after being appointed as its editor despite having no broadcasting experience. Sands, who was...
View ArticleBBC presenter Steve Hewlett marries partner in hospital after news he has...
BBC radio presenter and Guardian columnist Steve Hewlett has married his partner in hospital after being told he may only have weeks to live. Hewlett, who is in his late 50s, said he was wedded in his...
View ArticleRadio audience figures: BBC's Today programme claims record 7.45m of...
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme claimed its highest ever audience figures, reaching 7.45m weekly listeners in the last three months of 2016. The Radio Joint Audience Research (Rajar) quarterly listening...
View ArticleTwo journalists shot dead during live Facebook broadcast in Dominican Republic
A radio presenter and a producer were shot dead in the Dominican Republic as they broadcast the news live on Facebook yesterday. Police said the shooting occurred at the radio station, which is based...
View ArticleSteve Hewlett dies: 'A trusted voice that embodied everything positive in...
BBC broadcaster and Observer columnist Steve Hewlett has died of cancer after being told he may only have “weeks, possibly months” left to live earlier this month. Hewlett, 58, married his partner...
View ArticleBBC radio chief: Government demand for more news on Radio One and Two will...
The BBC’s director of radio and education has said Government demands that Radio One and Two increase their news content would result in audience numbers falling. In a speech at the Speaker’s House...
View ArticleThe BBC has closed more than 20 local news district offices over the last...
More than 20 local news district offices have been closed by the BBC over the last decade, according to the National Union of Journalists. The district office closures mean the BBC has concentrated...
View ArticleBBC presenter Dan Walker to 'personally mentor' journalism scholarship...
BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker will personally mentor two journalism students from the University of Sheffield under scholarships worth £20,000. The Dan Walker Journalism Scholarship is open to...
View ArticleAmol Rajan to present BBC Radio 4's The Media Show
Amol Rajan has been appointed as the new presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show. Former Independent editor Rajan takes over from Steve Hewlett, who died of cancer in February. Hewlett had presented...
View Article