A look at alternative ways to fund the BBC
As Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries signalled that the next BBC licence fee announcement will be its last, Press Gazette looks…
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BBC local news expansion plan is ‘direct threat’ say commercial news publishers
The News Media Association has written to the BBC Board demanding it withdraw plans to extend the corporation’s digital local…
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Warning of ‘end of the BBC as we know it’ after Culture Secretary freezes licence fee
The BBC licence fee will be frozen for the next two years, the culture secretary has said. The annual payment,…
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Andrew Jennings: Maverick reporter who brought down FIFA
Colleagues have paid tribute to maverick investigative reporter Andrew Jennings who died of an aortic aneurysm on 8 January aged…
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BBC director general Tim Davie wants to ‘bring the audience closer’ as he seeks to challenge impartiality concerns
BBC director general Tim Davie has defended the corporation’s approach to impartiality and suggested greater transparency could improve public trust…
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The BBC is launching a new current affairs programme that it said will “provide a voice to our diverse regional…
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ITN’s Deborah Turness named chief executive of BBC News and Current Affairs
The BBC has named current ITN boss Deborah Turness as its new chief executive for news and current affairs, replacing…
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NUJ calls ex-Culture Sec John Whittingdale’s BBC funding ideas ‘extremely dangerous’
The National Union of Journalists has slammed ex-Culture Secretary John Whittingdale’s suggestion that the BBC could be funded through a…
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