Muck and Brass (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The events of last Tuesday evening and the ensuing media interest have been something of an eye-opener. It has been fascinating to see how this story broke out into the wider press and TV arena and, on the way, lost much of the detail. As far as I can understand, the story started off with a local reporter, Dave Nichols from the Western Gazette, reporting the story without actually being at the Tin...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
It is now a week since the infamous edition of BBC TV’s Question Time in which Nick Griffin pitted himself against 'mainstream' politicians. Now, the BBC Director General Mark Thompson has indicated that the BNP may appear annually on the programme. The whole saga was more of a watershed for Question Time than for the BNP’s fortunes. The BBC had a good argument for the invitation and no...
Scribblings, Jottings & Musings (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
These are dark times for journalism. The web has pulverised beyond recognition what was once a secure business model; the dead tree press could once control not just the dissemination of news, but the news agenda itself. No more. Blogs (guilty, m'lud!), Facebook & Twitter have changed all that. It's not exactly a bowl of cherries at the BBC either. Whilst the likes of the Daily Mail won't be happy...
icWales (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The BBC is to slash the total amount it spends on more than 600 top bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, by 25% over the next three and-a-half years.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The BBC is to slash the total amount it spends on more than 600 top bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, by 25% over the next three and-a-half years.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The BBC is to slash the total amount it spends on more than 600 top bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, by 25% over the next three and-a-half years.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The BBC is to slash the total amount it spends on more than 600 top bosses, including director general Mark Thompson, by 25% over the next three and-a-half years.
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
When the BBC says it’s finding ways to cut back costs so budgets match the carnage in the commercial sector, it means business . The BBC Trust on Thursday announced that the broadcaster will cut exec pay by one quarter in the next three years and reduce its roster of 634 senior managers by 18 percent, which means that around 114 jobs are now on the line . It’s the result of a pay review...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Senior management to be reduced by 18% and executive board pay frozen for another three years The BBC will cull more than 100 senior managers and freeze the pay of its executive board for a further three years as part of moves to reduce its £79m executive remuneration budget by 25%. These measures were announced today by the BBC Trust as part of an overhaul of the BBC's remuneration structure...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The British National Party will be granted up to one appearance on Question Time each year if it maintains its current level of public support, the Director-General of the BBC said today. Giving evidence to the House of Lords communications committee, Mark Thompson was asked about the controversial appearance of Nick Griffin, the BNP leader, on last week’s instalment of the BBC’s flagship...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Question Time invitation for BNP likely 'no more than once a year and probably less' at current support level, says BBC The British National Party could be invited on to Question Time up to once a year if it maintains its current level of support, the BBC's director general Mark Thompson said today. Following last Thursday's controversial first Question Time appearance by BNP leader Nick Griffin,...
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The British National Party will be granted up to one appearance on Question Time each year if they maintain their current level of public support, The Times reports. Director-General of the BBC, Mark Thompson said today that the party’s showing in the European elections earlier this year, when they gained two MEPs, meant that the BBC had no choice but to include them in some editions of Question...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Jean Todt defeated Ari Vatanen last week to become the new president of the FIA, motorsport’s international governing body, replacing 16-year incumbent Max “ Spank Me ” Mosley. Todt’s candidacy was supported by Mosley himself, so no big surprise here. He took 135 votes against Vatanen’s 49, with 12 abstentions. After a successful rallying career, Todt made his name as...
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
The BBC’s controversial move to invite BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time was driven as much by internal politics and the desire for increased ratings as by high-minded journalistic ideals, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. As the debate continued this weekend over who won Thursday's Question Time debate, the BBC claimed that the programme was a vindication of its decision to invite Mr Griffin...
Planet Politics (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Earlier this week BBC director general Mark Thompson used a Guardian article to justify the corporation's decision to afford the BNP's Nick Griffin an appearance on Question Time . In essence Mr Thompson's rationale was that the BBC had a duty to act impartially, and that with six per cent of the votes and two MEPs elected in this year's European elections the party had earned the right to be heard...
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