Ben Bradshaw’s speech in full: BBC has probably ‘reached limits of reasonable...
Ben Bradshaw’s speech from the Royal Television Society’s binnenial convention in Cambridge last night, his first since becoming the British culture secretary in June. In his speech he criticised James...
View ArticleBBC faces attack from both sides
“At a time when the government’s Digital Britain report has argued that the licence fee should be ‘top-sliced’ and shared with the BBC’s competitors, the corporation finds itself unusually short of...
View ArticleMark Thompson on the defence: BBC review will be ‘radical and open-minded’
BBC director-general Mark Thompson yesterday responded to the various criticisms of News Corp’s James Murdoch and culture secretary Ben Bradshaw at the Royal Television Society’s binnenial convention...
View ArticleBBC Trust responds to MPs’ accusations over commercial expansion
As reported by the Guardian, a report published today by the House of Commons culture select committee criticises the ‘arrogance’ of the BBC Trust and the BBC for brushing off MPs’ concerns over the...
View ArticleBBC denies ‘radical’ overhaul of websites
What’s the difference between a refresh and a re-launch? We’ll leave that for the Guardian and the BBC to fight out… The Guardian today reported that a ‘radical redesign’ and re-launch of BBC websites...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: BBC faces inquiry calls after BNP comments on Radio 1 Newsbeat
Roy Greenslade first picked up on this one at the beginning of the month when he commented on how the BBC had used BNP comments in its Radio 1 Newsbeat programme, and on its site. Now Peter Hain, the...
View ArticleKeep It Legal: BBC’s £1m libel bill
The discovery that the BBC has paid out almost £1 million in costs and damages for libel from current affairs programmes in two years has shocked the Sunday Express, but not Richard Sharpe, writing on...
View ArticleSunday Times: BBC considering sale of magazine division
While rumours circulate about the future of the Sunday Times, the newspaper reports on another potential sale – the magazine division of the BBC: Radio Times and Gardeners’ World magazine could soon...
View ArticlePeston to tackle audience questions in TV debate
BBC business correspondent and blogger Robert Peston is to take live audience questions for BBC Three’s ‘Peston on Money’ – and the BBC is calling for audience members for recording on March 1. Put...
View ArticleWhat format for the political leaders’ TV debates?
So what format will the first televised leaders’ debates take? The Guardian today reports that, amid lengthy negotiations, “some of the parties, notably the Liberal Democrats, have been pressing for a...
View ArticleIs the BBC really falling out of love with blogging?
From reading recent media news you might think the the BBC’s passion for blogging was cooling. First off, we learnt (via the Times initially, and then confirmed by the BBC) that the corporation is to...
View Article#IWD: Chie Elliott –‘Sidelining of TV’s older women could be reflective of...
Blogger and freelance journalist Chie Elliott (@orangeblossomer) has written a wide-ranging piece to mark International Women’s Day and its relevance to the media/publishing industries. The post can be...
View ArticlePublic service broadcasting symposium to discuss digital future
Places are still available for a one-day symposium on the Future of Public Service Broadcasting, on Thursday 10 June 2010. The event is the result of the Public Service Broadcasting Forum project,...
View ArticleTop 100 media list suggests print power is losing ground to digital
The MediaGuardian’s top 100 list illustrates the growth and influence of digital over traditional media, according to an analysis by the EditorsWeblog. And if the list is anything to go by, digital...
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From alpha users to a man in Angola: Adventures in crowdsourcing and journalism
Yesterday’s Media Standards Trust data and news sourcing event presented a difficult decision early on: Whether to attend “Crowdsourcing and other innovations in news sourcing” or “Open government...
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