Is it really true, as BBC director-general Mark Thompson claimed to the Lords Communications Committee, that there were only two candidates for the D-G's job which he got in 2004?... more
To sacrifice one of the capital’s greatest musical assets in the next round of arts cuts would not make enough savings to justify the cultural loss, says Barry Millington
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Media Analysis: Just when you think Mark Thompson has nothing more to worry about at the BBC, along comes ITV with a triumphant smash-hit series... more
Media Analysis: BBC director-general Mark Thompson says his strategic review, closing 6Music and Asian Network, “is not a piece of politics”. So why has it taken him so long?... more
BBC executives spent more than £12,000 of taxpayers' money on a trip to Korea, according to the latest figures on staff expenses revealed today.... more
BBC director-general Mark Thompson claims £647.50 of public money on one night's stay at a five-star Las Vegas hotel featured in the George Clooney film Ocean's Eleven... more
Latest: BNP is entitled to be invited back onto Question Time once a year on the basis of the public support it is getting, the BBC’s director-general said... more
Despite attacks from media rivals and politicians of both parties, Lord Reith's ever-burgeoning institution seems to survive - and even strengthen... more
Does the BBC have a death wish? I dislike lining up with the corporation's knee-jerk critics, but I have to admit that I am rapidly becoming an exasperated supporter of Britain's, and the world's, most renowned public service broadcaster.... more
BBC director general Mark Thompson has come out firmly against Government proposals to "top-slice" the TV licence fee to provide around £130 million for commercial broadcasters... more
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... more
WHATEVER the result of today's interviews for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner to succeed Sir Ian Blair, London will get an able, experienced and highly competent police chief... more
The BBC's director-general outlined his support for mergers between commercial broadcasters such as Channel 4 and Five to help them beat the economic downturn... more
The BBC has finally taken decisive action against those responsible for the prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs. It is right that Jonathan Ross should be suspended without pay for three months. Russell Brand would surely have faced similar sanction had he not already resigned. It is right, too, that Radio 2 Controller Lesley Douglas fell on her sword: she had to take ultimate responsibility. It has been a terrible week for the BBC. Now the Corporation must learn from it, although BBC Trust Chairman Sir Michael Lyons's defensive performance on this morning's Today programme does not inspire confidence that it will do so. ... more
The premiere of Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella's final film became a celebration of his life with tributes led by BBC Director General Mark Thompson... more
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