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ITN CEO Deborah Turness, a former NBC News President, has been appointed CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, replacing Fran Unsworth.

Popular radio DJ Janice Long has tragically passed away at the age of 66, her agent has confirmed.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has made his second mega impartiality intervention since taking over a year ago as the review set up in the wake of the Martin Bashir scandal reports back.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe BBC is under fire for Director General Tim Davie’s alleged involvement in blocking the appointment of prominent diversity champion Marcus Ryder, with a growing chorus of industry voices declaring that campaigning for racial equality shouldn’t be viewed as an impartiality issue.In an open letter to BBC chairman Richard Sharp, published on Wednesday, a body of journalists, producers and freelancers of color have asked for reassurance that “advocating for

Senior Black and Asian UK creatives including Sir Lenny Henry, Afua Hirsch and Pat Younge have written an open letter to BBC Chair Richard Sharp seeking reassurances that “advocating for our industry to be diverse will not block people from being employed by the BBC.”

BBC Studios has appointed chief finance officer Tom Fussell as CEO, more than one year after Tim Davie moved to become DG.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBBC director general Tim Davie has said that the government’s shock cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, which saw the ousting of yet another Culture Secretary, points to a dire need for a “really serious, grown-up” government to discuss the future of the creative industries.Davie, whose Thursday morning keynote opened the second and final day of the Royal Television Society convention in Cambridge, said he had yet to “make contact” with new Culture Secretary

Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director-General, has said the broadcaster needs “a really serious dialogue with government” in the context of Nadine Dorries replacing Oliver Dowden as the UK’s new Culture Secretary.

Naman Ramachandran Some 25 years after Martin Bashir’s bombshell interview with Princess Diana on BBC’s “Panorama” program, the scandal continues to rage on.On Tuesday, a U.K.

BBC director general Tim Davie and two of his predecessors, Tony Hall and John Birt, have eaten large helpings of humble pie under intense questioning from British lawmakers over the Princess Diana scandal.

Martin Bashir was not rehired by the BBC in 2016 to cover up for the deception he deployed in securing an interview with Princess Diana two decades earlier, an independent review has concluded.

Naman Ramachandran The BBC has commissioned an investigation, led by former BBC director of nations and regions Ken MacQuarrie, into the circumstances under which Martin Bashir was rehired by the corporation in 2016.Bashir left the BBC in 1999, four years after the scandalous 1995 interview with Princess Diana on the “Panorama” program, which an enquiry by Lord Dyson found was obtained by him by deceit.

BBC director general Tim Davie has announced that the corporation has launched an independent investigation into why Martin Bashir was rehired in 2016 amid concerns over his conduct in securing a sensational 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

axing of his show The Mash Report, suggesting that the BBC should challenge claims that it was taken off air to appease right-wing critics.The cancellation of the satirical comedy after four series was confirmed back in March, with the broadcaster saying at the time that the “difficult” decision was to “make room for new comedy shows”.The axing came after the corporation’s director general Tim Davie, who took up the position last year, said he wanted to enforce a “radical shift” to better

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has gone back out to the market in its search for a new chief executive at the request of new BBC chairman Richard Sharp, Deadline can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Actors’ union Equity has condemned BBC plans to scrap Radio 4’s 15 Minute Drama slot, an audio institution that has featured stories starring the likes of Helen McCrory, Bill Nighy, and Sian Clifford.

Naman Ramachandran Since instating a new chair in Richard Sharp and a newish director general in Tim Davie, and in the wake of a U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) report flagging its financial challenges, public broadcaster BBC has sent a wide-ranging survey to license fee payers.The £3.52 billion ($4.8 billion) license fee is the BBC’s primary source of income.

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA winners Louis Theroux and David Olusoga will deliver masterclasses at BBC Studios’ annual Showcase.Now its 45th year, the event — which normally takes place in Liverpool across five days — is fully digital due to the pandemic.

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EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has been ambitious and wide-ranging in its search for a new chief executive, but after nearly six months of recruiting, sources say that BBC director general Tim Davie is no closer to landing the big name he desires.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe BBC has been cleared of pay discrimination against its female employees following complaints made by several presenters.The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, set up in March 2019, found no unlawful acts of pay discrimination against women.

Gary Lineker has appeared to question whether the BBC would have the power to remove its staff from Twitter.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC’s new director general Tim Davie has made it clear that he will have little or no patience for stars and staff who break the UK broadcaster’s strict impartiality protocols on social media.Davie referenced tough new social media rules for employees in his maiden speech earlier this month and has today offered more details on how he intends to enforce the guidelines, which will be unveiled in the coming weeks.Giving evidence to British Parliament’s

The BBC is to publish new guidelines under which it could suspend employees’ Twitter accounts, the new director-general has said.

Naman Ramachandran Tim Davie, who recently took charge as director general of U.K. broadcaster BBC, has said that he is trying to create a differentiated service to retain customers.Speaking at a session that kicked off the Royal Television Society Digital Convention on Thursday, Davie referred to the “incredible competition” in the market and said, “You just cannot take an audience for granted anymore.

Steve Clarke It is, by common consent, the job from hell, but within days of starting as BBC director general, Tim Davie, achieved the impossible by generating positive headlines in outlets normally critical of the Beeb.He achieved this simply by reversing a decision not to sing “Rule Britannia” — a patriotic song linked to the United Kingdom’s colonial past — at the famed Last Night of the Proms, the finale to the BBC’s annual summer music festival, and as much a part of the English psyche as

The BBC’s new boss has warned staff that the broadcaster cannot be “complacent” about its future.

Naman Ramachandran New BBC director general Tim Davie, who took charge Sept. 1, replacing Tony Hall, has announced the reduction of 900 jobs from the service, creating a “leaner organization” because of “pressure to keep focusing our money on audiences.”“We will keep a focus on cost reduction – so BBC U.K.