It looks as if the proposals laid down by the Leveson Inquiry will come to nothing.
- Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
Calls for the BBC to be regulated by an external body are part of a plan to shackle the public broadcaster.
On the face of it, John Whittingdale’s appointment as media and culture secretary spells trouble for the BBC.
The Commons media committee has a dangerously flawed vision for the future of Britain’s much-loved public broadcaster.
As criminal trials proceed against more journalists for alleged corrupt payments to public officials, and more evidence emerges about industrial-scale phone hacking at Mirror Group newspapers, The Sun…
Some time over the past few weeks, the nameplate outside the Holborn offices of the Press Complaints Commission was removed, leaving an empty space. And now its successor, the Independent Press Standards…
This is a defining moment for British journalism. Not because of the phone hacking verdicts, which frankly told us little more than the trial had already revealed. In October 2013, three senior News of…
Tomorrow will see the opening salvos in a debate that will determine the BBC’s future. At the Oxford Media Convention, Tony Hall will mount a strenuous defence of the BBC licence fee – and address the…
After News Corp’s failed bid to purchase 100% of BSkyB in 2011 the question of who makes the decisions about media ownership – and how we can ensure there remains a strong and vibrant plurality of competing…
A few days ago Paul McMullan, former deputy features editor on the News of the World, popped up on a Sunday morning debate programme with his oft-repeated lament that, in the wake of the “chilling effect…
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