Television industry
BBC to axe Radio 4’s The World Tonight after more than 50 years
News programme broadcast every weekday evening is one of first victims of corporation’s drive to cut £500m in costsAs haters and critics circle, will anyone speak up for the BBC? Yes, a huge, loyal army of ordinary Britons
Lindsay MackieThe BBC debate seems dominated by its foes and commercial rivals, but a new survey reveals a hitherto silent majority in supportive voice, says writer and campaigner Lindsay MackieUK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend
I came out as a Christian at work – and this is what happened next
Matthew HallBBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’
BBC News braces for major round of job cuts in broadcaster’s £500m cost-saving drive
All departments will be affected but biggest cuts are in news, with job losses expected to run into the hundredsInvestigative journalist and broadcaster Roger Cook dies aged 83
In a career spanning five decades, journalist was best known for ITV current affairs programme The Cook ReportGB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says
Former Ofcom chair says he welcomed arrival of rightwing news channel five years ago in name of ‘plurality’
Big Lalas Energy to ulcerative colitis meds: Fox is this World Cup’s very soul in the US
Head of Commons media committee denies writing article accusing BBC of bias
Gene Shalit, longtime Today show movie critic, dies at 100
Beloved movie critic and arts reporter was known for bushy hair and mustache and affection for groan-inducing punsCBS News hires Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips as global correspondent
British journalist becomes one of most prominent appointments made by embattled editor-in-chief Bari WeissFox’s full-screen ads during World Cup hydration breaks cause dismay in US: ‘Absolute nonsense’
Fox is facing criticism from fans in the US after introducing full-screen adverts while players take hydration breaks during its World Cup broadcasts
ITV delivers feisty start to World Cup coverage – and taunts BBC from glitzy studio
ITV says its biggest-yet World Cup is a ‘six-week Super Bowl’ for advertising
Will the BBC score an own goal by broadcasting the World Cup from Salford?
Football’s staying home for the belt-tightening Beeb, while ITV and Gary Lineker’s popular podcast present from glitzy studios in New York
UK watchdog to look at Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’
Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it did not echo Trump’s view of the shooting
‘Free of the shackles’: Michael Grade’s GB News defence raises concerns over relaxing of Ofcom rules
Former figures at regulator voice disquiet after series of provocative interviews by recently departed chair