BBC plan for regional hubs makes financial sense and is good politics for the government
Funding cuts will force the national broadcaster to implement a root and branch reorganisation.
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The BBC faces formidable challenges as it searches for a new leader
As the BBC starts its search for the next director general, it faces multiple problems, but there is also opportunity.
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What would Richard Baker have thought of China’s new AI newsreader?
Who to trust? A new Ipsos Mori Veracity index reveals 62% of respondents replied ‘yes’ when asked if they trusted television newsreaders.
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Documentaries, rom-coms – and tentative first steps in a new era of Sino-British film collaboration
The era of Sino-British film co-production has arrived.
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The Strange Case of Jeremy Corbyn’s Hat
Newsnight, the BBC 2 Current Affairs programme, had a studio discussion about Jeremy Corbyn’s position on Russia – and used a studio graphic which combined a picture of him set against the Kremlin. Cue outrage.
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The Daily Mail versus the BBC –the eternal battle goes on
The Daily Mail on BBC profligacy. Again.
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Anti-Semitism attack is part of a rich tradition aimed at undermining the BBC’s status
The BBC is a singular, publicly-funded broadcaster with a rich history and an international reputation which – deserved or not – means that it has a much scrutinised news output.
Read moreBBC gets out of the kitchen as government turns up the heat.
I suppose it says a lot about our current national obsession with all matters gastronomic that the focal point of
Read morePanama Papers: media attacks on Cameron may have more to do with Brexit than banking
In an era in which public trust of traditional media is slowly rising from the low point of the phone-hacking scandals
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