Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Fears over lack of scrutiny for key sectors as health editor position also to go in cuts aimed at saving £5.5mThe BBC will no longer have a dedicated education editor as part of a cost-cutting drive in which 100 jobs are to go across BBC News under a p…
Read MoreCulture secretary’s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK’s biggest commercial broadcasterThe culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is “minded to intervene” in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV, in a move that paves the way f…
Read MoreAnimation studio narrows annual loss to £1.1m amid ‘challenging market’ in children’s contentDon’t break out the celebratory Wensleydale just yet. Aardman, the British animation studio behind the cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his beloved dog Gromi…
Read MoreRachel Jupp takes role as corporation grapples with digital transformation, a cash crisis and its public service roleWith looming job cuts and an ongoing pay dispute, there has not been much to smile about for BBC journalists working in “the pit” – the…
Read MoreMatt Brittin fields questions on whether ‘bloated’ senior ranks are being spared and lays out iPlayer overhaulMatt Brittin, the BBC’s director general, has faced a barrage of accusations that frontline staff are being laid off instead of those from the…
Read MoreEllison admits ‘good relationship’ with administration in remarks to reporters about newly merged media companyDavid Ellison, the chief executive of the newly formed media conglomerate Skydance, denied that he has “politicized” the company despite the …
Read MoreRedundancy process suggests home of Gavin and Stacey and Fleabag could go online-only again in £500m cuts pushThe BBC has started a redundancy process in its TV and streaming division, heightening staff fears that Matt Brittin will announce the closure…
Read MoreWhile the country’s screen sector is growing, only a fraction of production staff are Scottish themselvesScotland’s striking Ardross Castle, the oldest star of Celebrity Traitors, which kicks off on Thursday night, is just one of the stops on the Scott…
Read MoreClarkson’s Farm star says broadcasters should make ‘bigger, fewer, better programmes’ in face of competition from streamers and digital platformsJeremy Clarkson has called on British broadcasters to merge into a single “Britflix” platform to survive, a…
Read MoreAdolescence co-writer criticises government inaction and calls for laws banning secret use of AI to generate scriptsJack Thorne, one of Britain’s most successful screen and stage writers, has warned that some people in his profession are using AI “to c…
Read MoreDefence secretary says five-part TV series, featuring Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, has helped write his ‘defence spending review submission’A docudrama depicting a Russian attack on a Britain led by an unlikely pairing of Michael Gove and Nicola S…
Read MoreGuy Campanile addresses ouster in Facebook post and says ‘we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs’The former managing editor at 60 Minutes, who was fired in May with several other top correspondents, has spoken out about the ouster,…
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