Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBBC plans, IPSO, X Factor
The BBC outlined its vision this week for a more open and more distinctive BBC that would involve working more closely with arts and science institut…
10 years, 8 months ago
Rebekah Brooks returns, Call for controls on BBC website, Turkish media, Chair of Atvod
Rebekah Brooks is returning to News Corp as chief executive of its UK division, a year after she was cleared of all phone hacking charges. Her appoin…
10 years, 8 months ago
Edinburgh TV Festival, BBC director of strategy James Purnell, Channel 5 director of programming Ben Frow, Spotify
The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, says that the government has no desire to dismantle the BBC and that …
10 years, 8 months ago
Royal pictures, Managing talent, Archant's positive performance
Buckingham palace has appealed to the world's media not to publish unauthorised images of Prince George. It says some paparazzi have gone to, "extrem…
10 years, 8 months ago
Celebrity injunctions; Economist sale; FT editorial independence; football bans
A prominent sportsman has been granted an injunction preventing The Sun newspaper from publishing a story about a relationship he had before he was m…
10 years, 9 months ago
Media bans for sports journalists, Vice's new women's channel, Clarkson on Amazon Prime
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the Football Association to act on a "worrying trend" among its member clubs of handing out med…
10 years, 9 months ago
Nikkei buys Financial Times, ITV and Sky results, Al Jazeera journalists' retrial, Press regulation
The Japanese Nikkei group has bought the Financial Times from publisher Pearson for £844 million. Pearson has also confirmed it's now in talks to sel…
10 years, 9 months ago
The chair of the BBC Trust, Digital news providers, Ofcom's review of BT Openreach
The BBC Trust, the governing body of the BBC, has published its response to last week's government green paper on the BBC Charter Review. The review …
10 years, 9 months ago
BBC's annual report, Chris Bryant on the 'BBC under siege', Alan Whicker award.
The BBC's Director-General Lord Hall has said it is up to licence fee payers to determine the size and shape of the BBC. It's Annual Report, out yest…
10 years, 9 months ago
The new deal for the BBC in today's budget. Good for the corporation? Good for the audience?
In today's budget, the Chancellor George Osborne announced that responsibility for the policy and delivery of free TV licences for the over 75s is to…
10 years, 10 months ago