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The BBC Trust has dismissed calls for BBC Worldwide to offload the Lonely Planet travel guides business – but has ruled that the corporation's commercial arm must not undertake similar acquisitions in future unless there are "exceptional circumstances".
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BSkyB in fresh attack on BBC over Project Canvas BBC management accused of paying lip service to letting other broadcasters join Project Canvas on-demand venture BSkyB has accused the BBC of paying no more than "lip service" to allowing other broadcasters...
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BBC to refuse to publish stars' salaries Viewers are not interested in what our presenters earn, says corporation The BBC will not reveal how much stars such as Graham Norton are paid. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images The BBC will reject calls...
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The broadcaster will disclose in January that it pays a small group of its “top talent”, which includes presenters such as Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton, a total of more than £70 million a year. But the full figure for all performers, which will also...
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Classes on goodies and baddies, endless rows about jokes in poor taste . . ...Mark Lawson on the climate of fear at Broadcasting House Under the spotlight … Mock the Week. Photograph: BBC On Saturday, it will be one year since the BBC Trust ruled on...
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Religious propaganda from the BBC The decision to deny atheists access to 'Thought for the Day' is just one aspect of the BBC's lamentable pro-faith stance So, religion keeps its monopoly on Thought for the Day ...Whatever happens in the world around...
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The BBC's governing body has rejected a series of complaints about a ban on non-religious contributors to the Radio 4 Today programme's Thought for the Day. The BBC Trust said yesterday that only allowing religious contributors on the slot did not breach...
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Addressing the Society of Editors annual conference in Stansted, Holdsworth said that the initiative would drive traffic to newspapers' online offerings. He also revealed that the BBC is set to announce by the end of the year that the website set up by...
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BBC encroaching on local media, says regional newspaper editor Hull Daily Mail editor accuses BBC director of news of failing to strike resource-sharing partnerships The BBC 's director of news, Helen Boaden, came under attack from a regional newspaper...
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If I may adopt, tongue-in-cheek, the title of the country's most popular show: It's A No-Brainer!" Few in the industry, however, share the prime minister's optimism. It is already a tense November in Westminster, as the parties prepare for the general...
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