34 jobs cut on Newsnight as it becomes interview and discussion show
127 jobs cut across BBC News but 147 new digital roles created.
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Kirsty Wark to step down from Newsnight after election
Thursday marked 30 years since Wark began presenting the programme.
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Ex-Newsnight producer Sam McAlister on booking Prince Andrew and BBC’s ‘fatal’ class problem
Producer Sam McAlister convinced Prince Andrew to agree to his headline-making Newsnight interview by telling him people already assumed he…
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Victoria Derbyshire to succeed Emily Maitlis at BBC’s Newsnight
BBC News presenter Victoria Derbyshire will succeed Emily Maitlis as a lead presenter of Newsnight, the broadcaster has announced. Derbyshire…
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Newsnight’s Esme Wren named next Channel 4 News editor
Newsnight editor Esme Wren is leaving the BBC after three years to lead Channel 4 News. Wren will succeed Channel…
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Emily Maitlis hits back after BBC impartiality rebukes: ‘We are not a public announcement tannoy’
In some ways, Emily Maitlis has had a fairly typical British lockdown experience. The lead presenter of Newsnight has travelled…
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Man who called Newsnight journalist Nicholas Watt ‘traitor’ denies public order offence
A man who called Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt a “traitor” as the BBC journalist was chased near Downing Street…
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Jeremy Paxman interview: Why he’s not woke, won’t ‘shitbag’ colleagues and thinks time is up for BBC licence fee
“Look,” says Jeremy Paxman sternly. “I am not going to get into the business of shitbagging my former colleagues if…
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