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By Gavriel Hollander 24 May 13:13

 

The National Union of Journalists has condemned the BBC for wasting “vast sums of public money on hopeless projects” after it announced it was writing off £98.4 million spent on the Digital Media Initiative.

By Gavriel Hollander 24 May 7:45
News organisations have defended their decisions to broadcast controversial video footage shot in the immediate aftermath of the Woolwich terror attack. The Sun and ITN both obtained videos from members of the public on Wednesday showing one of the attackers brandishing what appears to be a meat cleaver and delivering a politically-charged diatribe moments after he murdered a soldier.
By William Turvill 23 May 18:03
One of the big surprises at last week’s Bafta Awards was that Mark Williams-Thomas did not win the current affairs category for his ITV Exposure documentary on Jimmy Savile.
By Axegrinder 23 May 11:43
Exclusive: Today Presenter John Humphrys bribed a police officer.
By Gavriel Hollander 23 May 9:32
The BBC has increased its pay offer to its lowest-earning staff but the improved deal looks unlikely to prevent industrial action.
The joint winners of the London Press Club scoop of the year prize
By Dominic Ponsford 22 May 15:19
BBC Newsnight's spiked Jimmy Savile child abuse story was today named joint winner of the scoop of the year at the London Press Club.
By Press Gazette 20 May 15:27
ITV News has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a new editor and that Deborah Turness is leaving to become president of New York-based NBC News. She will leave in July after eight years as editor. She was both the youngest ever ITV News editor and also the first woman to hold that role.
By Gavriel Hollander 20 May 9:43
John Prescott has launched an attack on the BBC for its “ridiculous” wages and the cost of its relocation to Salford. The former Deputy Prime Minister used his regular Sunday Mirror column to criticise the taxpayer-funded broadcast after the National Audit Office last week unveiled its relocation bill.
By Dominic Ponsford 16 May 17:51
The reporter involved has hit back at BBC claims that a Newsnight report broadcast on 9 August about the charity Help for Heroes was “misleading and unfair”.
By Press Gazette 16 May 14:11
The Times political reporter Anushka Asthana has moved to Sky News as political correspondent.
By Press Gazette 16 May 13:16
Newsnight is tonight set to broadcast an on-air apology after mistakenly accusing the charity Help for Heroes of misspending cash.
Ian Katz
By Dominic Ponsford 16 May 11:59
Guardian deputy editor and head of news Ian Katz has been recruited by the BBC as the new editor of Newsnight.
By Dominic Ponsford 14 May 10:23

Veteran broadcast David Frost has suggested that new BBC director general needs to thin out BBC management.

By Press Gazette 14 May 8:58
The BBC won most of the journalism prizes at last night’s Sony Radio Academy Awards.
By Gavriel Hollander 08 May 15:50
Guidelines over staff behaviour in the BBC's New Broadcasting House newsroom have led to the NUJ lodging a complaint.
By Gavriel Hollander 08 May 13:02
The BBC has been accused of “double standards” after offering below-inflation pay rises while splashing out £1 million on new senior salaries.
By Dominic Ponsford 08 May 12:03
The BBC’s £270,000-a-year head of television Roger Mosey has been appointed to the new job of head of editorial standards.
By PA Mediapoint 08 May 9:08
An edition of BBC1's Panorama has breached the Ofcom code after a man who was supposed to remain anonymous was identified by his friends.
By Angus Walker 03 May 15:21
Ranked number two according to size of economy but 179th for press freedom out of 196 countries.
By William Turvill 03 May 13:25
Three separate Jimmy Savile stories have this year been shortlisted for scoop of the year at the London Press Club Awards.

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