Posted by
Andrew Pugh
on 7 June 2011 at 14:18
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Journalism
The BBC is refusing to disclose how much it spent on its royal wedding coverage, the anti-royalist campaign group Republic has claimed.
Under the Freedom of Information Act the BBC is exempt from releasing information relating to journalism, but Republic is now appealing to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). (more…)
Posted by
Andrew Pugh
on 2 June 2011 at 06:40
Tags: BBC, Customer publishing, Freedom of Information, Journalism Jobs, Journalism education, Launch Pad, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, Online, PR, People, Regional Newspapers, Television
Swindon Advertiser editor Dave King is standing down after four years at the helm of the Wiltshire daily.
In an interview with local community news website Swindon Link, King said he was quitting to relocate back to the south coast, but the report also said:
Unfortunately, Dave was not able to bid farewell to colleagues and friends. Having made the decision to leave, Dave was told by Newsquest management not to return after the Whitsun Bank Holiday - although he was due to depart on 6 June.
According to Swindon Link, King is being replaced by Gary Lawrence, the current editor of the group’s Wiltshire weeklies, who has been appointed group editor for Newsquest Wiltshire.
The website also reports that Newsquest is undertaking a “major reorganisation” and creating a publishing hub in Oxford.
It added:
The features department is being folded into news and all the sub-editors jobs are being moved to Oxford where they will be expected to work on a range of titles covering Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
Quite a few staff have chosen to take redundancy rather than make the 30-mile trek to Oxford to work on non-area specific publications.
King dismissed rumours that the Advertiser could become a bi-weekly or weekly title.
Newsquest was asked to comment on King’s departure but the regional managing director for Newsquest Oxfordshire & Wiltshire, Shamus Donald, yesterday did not return calls.
Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 19 April 2011 at 13:29
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Journalism, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Radio, Television
A study carried out by Tim Bishop of the BBC for both the BBC and the Newspaper Society sheds new light on where local news comes from.
He monitored news stories reported in Northamptonshire for a month on various media and concluded that the vast majority of frontline news reporting was carried out by the local newspapers in the patch.
It underlines the point that the regional press is the bedrock of British journalism because it does so much of the original reporting that other media rely on. (more…)
Posted by
Andrew Pugh
on 19 April 2011 at 12:19
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Journalism, Television
A BBC Trust investigation into the Panorama episode ‘Death in the Med’ has concluded the programme was “accurate and impartial” overall but contained three breaches of the corporation’s editorial guidelines.
‘Death in the Med’, broadcast on 16 August 2010, focused on events on the night of 31 May 2010, when Israeli commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara, which was part of an aid flotilla attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 8 April 2011 at 10:01
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, International, People, Radio
BBC newsreader Arslan Koichiev has resigned after claims emerged that he’d help foment a revolution in Kyrgyzstan, according to a report. (more…)
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Press Gazette
on 7 April 2011 at 11:23
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, International, Journalism education, People, Radio, Television, awards
The BBC and Channel 4 lead the shortlist for the One World Media Awards with each picking up nine nominations.
The nominations come across 13 award categories with Lindsey Hilsum, international editor of Channel 4 News, and Jill McGivering, South Asia editor for the BBC World Service, both nominated for the journalist of the year prize.
(more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 5 April 2011 at 08:25
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, National Union of Journalists, Television, press freedom
BBC journalists have been asked by the Metropolitan Police if they would hand over footage of last month’s march on Government cuts to help an investigation into violence that erupted, according to a report. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 31 March 2011 at 11:30
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Television
Around 30 per cent of the staff working on the BBC Breakfast programme will make the move with the show when it relocates to the corporation’s new northern headquarters in Salford, according to a report today. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 31 March 2011 at 10:47
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business
The BBC is close to agreeing the terms of the sale of its magazine business with Bauer Media entering protracted negotiations with the corporation, according to reports this morning. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 30 March 2011 at 09:29
Tags: BBC, New Media, Online
BBC senior editors apologised last night after the corporation’s website went offline for almost an hour.
A series of technical problems resulted in BBC.co.uk being unavailable for users until just before midnight. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 25 March 2011 at 11:04
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, People, Television
Sir Alex Ferguson is to meet BBC director-general Mark Thompson in a bid to end the feud between the Manchester United manager and the broadcaster, according to reports today. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 23 March 2011 at 11:22
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines
BBC Magazines has launched its History Magazine in Italy this month following a licensing deal being struck with Sprea International srl, part of the Sprea Editori Publishing Group.
The first Italian edition of the monthly title is April 2011 issue marking the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
The magazine is on sale on newstands across Italy, price €3,90 with an initial print run of 70,000 and will be edited by Salvatore Giannella.
Joanna Marshall, head of international licensing and syndication at BBC Magazines, said: “We are delighted to have signed our first international licensing deal with Sprea International.
“There is a lot of interest in BBC History Magazine at the moment and we are confident that it will be a great addition to the specialist magazine market in Italy.”
The UK version of BBC History Magazine had a circulation of 69,353 during the second half of last year according to the most recent figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations - up 7.2 per cent year on year.
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 18 March 2011 at 11:24
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Journalism education, People, Television
Stephen Mitchell, deputy director and head of programmes at BBC News, has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Council for the Training of Journalists’ Qualifications Board.
Mitchell, who has been on the board for a year, took over from Sunday Post editor Donald Martin at a board meeting earlier this month.
He will be joined on the board by John Ryley, head of Sky News, who has been appointed as a director. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 15 March 2011 at 09:32
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Radio
The BBC said last night that it was exploring ways to keep the Asian Network open – raising hope that it had reversed an earlier decision to close the service.
The decision comes after a series of U-turns by the BBC in recent months over service closures. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 7 March 2011 at 11:43
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Radio
The BBC said today that it intended to retain a part of the Hindi news service it had originally earmarked for closure while it explores the possibility of transferring the service to a commercial organisation.
The BBC Hindi radio was one of five separate services scheduled for closure as part of the outcome of the corporation’s Spending Review 2010 settlement. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 23 February 2011 at 09:27
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business
Specialist magazine publisher Future has become the latest business to emerge as a possible buyer for BBC’s portfolio of magazines, according to a report this morning. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 22 February 2011 at 09:29
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, People, Radio, Television
Tom Bradby, political editor of ITV News who bagged the first interview with Prince William and Kate Middleton after their engagement was made public, has criticised the inflated salaries of senior journalistic staff at the BBC.
Responding to revelations made over the weekend that Andrew Marr was paid £600,000 annually by the BBC; Bradby used a series of Twitter updates to lay into BBC bosses for paying such exorbitant fees.
He accused the BBC of outpacing its commercial rivals in terms of salaries to senior journalistic staff, saying things had got out of control and that the corporation had created “its own internal market”. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 21 February 2011 at 11:12
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business
BBC Worldwide has narrowed its hunt for a buyer for its magazine business down to two companies, according to a report this morning.
One of those in the running, according to The Guardian, is Bauer Media, which it claims is considered to be the favourite to become the new owner of magazines such as the Radio Times.
A second report today, by Media Week, claims Bauer Media and H Bauer entered into an “unprecedented alliance to pitch for BBC Worldwide’s commercial magazine business”. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 18 February 2011 at 14:02
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business
BBC Worldwide has paid AUD$67.2m (£42.1m) to acquire the 25 per cent of shares it does not already own of Lonely Planet.
Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler have exercise of an option allowing them to sell their remaining shares to the commercial wing of the BBC, which controversially took a controlling interest in their business in 2007.
The BBC’s purchase of Lonely Planet led commercial rivals of the corporation to criticise it for entering into territories not linked to its core public service remit. Lonely Planet magazine has since become one of the BBC’s best performing magazines. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 8 February 2011 at 10:38
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Journalism, Television, awards
Channel 4 leads the Royal Television Society Journalism Awards shortlist with 13 nominations, including in the news coverage category, the international category and for the scoop of the year.
Coverage of the Chilean Miners Rescue brought Channel 4 its news coverage nomination and a Dispatches programme Politicians For Hire, produced by Vera Productions, brought the scoop nomination. (more…)
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