Brian Barron: ‘Tenacious, ruthless…the ultimate professional’
Jon Snow, the Channel 4 News presenter, said that BBC news correspondent Brian Barron, who died yesterday, was “the most…
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Carmarthernshire Council to launch internet TV station
Carmarthenshire Council plans to launch a new internet TV channel. The news comes just a week after the Newspaper Society,…
ByC4 chairman: ‘BBC doesn’t want what we want’
Luke Johnson, Channel 4 chairman, has talked down proposals for a tie-up between the channel and BBC Worldwide, the Telegraph…
BySun admits it was fooled by terrorism ‘expert’
The Sun today admitted it had been duped by a phoney terrorism expert, who leaked a faked fundamentalist list of…
ByMark Thompson: ‘I would rather abolish the BBC than charge for news online’
BBC director general Mark Thompson has ruled out easing News International’s planned transition to paid-for online content by charing for…
ByLondon Press Club Ball embraces ‘austerity’ theme
Austerity is the theme of this year’s London Press Club Ball. BBC Breakfast presenter Kate Silverton will host the event…
ByPublic backs under-fire BBC, says poll
An ICM poll sponsored by the Guardian has found that viewers and listeners still broadly back the BBC despite recent…
ByFoI requests cost the BBC £3m
Freedom of Information requests have cost the BBC £3m to answer since the FoI Act was introduced in 2005. An…
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