News UK chief attacks BBC for ‘chasing online traffic’ and ‘straying’ from editorial remit
News UK chief David Dinsmore launched an attack on the BBC for “directly challenging core tabloid journalism” as he opened…
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Channel 4 PR boss says fake news is ‘cancer to democracy’s blood supply’ and ‘most insidious’ problem on internet
A Channel 4 PR boss has told Peers that fake news is “the most insidious” problem on the internet –…
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BBC News leaders told to end ‘openly exploitative’ unpaid freelance shifts used on Victoria Derbyshire show and World Service
BBC director general Tony Hall has reaffirmed the corporation’s policy that freelance shifts should always be paid after it emerged…
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BBC News production system to undergo two nights of maintenance following ‘major fault’ that downed live studio broadcasts
The BBC News production system will undergo two nights of maintenance to give it “greater resilience” following a “major fault”…
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BBC Asian Network’s head of news pleads not guilty to naming Rotherham sex abuse victim in radio bulletin
The head of news at BBC Asian Network has denied naming a victim of the Rotherham sex abuse scandal in…
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Police rush Fiona Bruce to BBC’s Millbank studio for 6pm news bulletin after ‘technical issue’ with live broadcasts at HQ
News anchor Fiona Bruce was rushed to the BBC’s Millbank studios in a police car to present the 6pm bulletin after…
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BBC backtracks on plan to cut programming on Parliament channel
The BBC has U-turned on plans to cut some programming from its Parliament channel, announced earlier this year. In a…
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BBC’s Tony Hall: Journalists must do everything we can to combat suggestion we ‘peddle fake news’
BBC director general Lord Tony Hall made an impassioned speech in defence of a free press as he delivered the…
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