Rebekah Wade’s first public speech in full
If the Wordle and other coverage isn’t enough, here’s the Hugh Cudlipp speech by the editor of the Sun, Rebekah Wade, in full [note: may have differed very slightly in actual delivery]: The challenging...
View ArticleITN launches iPhone news app
ITN has launched a free news application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is the first, video-focused news application created for the Apple products and its special offline function allows users to...
View ArticleAmnesty International Media Awards winners in full
Here are the winners from last night’s Amnesty International Media Awards; nominees and judges were reported here. The awards, designed to recognise ‘excellence in human rights reporting’, feature ten...
View Article#Digital Britain: Ten good links
Yesterday it arrived: the final version of the Digital Britain report. Landline users among us will have to sacrifice around three lattes a year to meet the 50p a month levy for the Next Generation...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: ITV suspending ITN news on website
MediaGuardian reports: “ITV is to suspend carrying news supplied by ITN on its website from next month after ending its contract, resulting in the loss of five journalists from the content supplier....
View ArticleGoodbye City University: @amonck reflects on four years as journalism head
As reported in May, Adrian Monck is to leave his position as head of journalism at City University, London after four years, to lead the communications team for the World Economic Forum, which holds...
View ArticleOpposition to BBC’s newspaper video-sharing plans grow (the links)
Journalism.co.uk feels like its gone back in time today – specifically to autumn last year when regional newspaper groups, unions and industry bodies were voicing unanimous opposition to the BBC’s...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: Channel 4 axing News at Noon and More4 News
Channel 4 is cutting its lunchtime news bulletin and More4 News ‘as part of a cost-cutting move that will place a number of journalism jobs under threat,’ the Guardian reports. “Staff at ITN, which...
View ArticleJournalism Daily: Sub-editing for online, new role for Heat editor and more...
A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here. News and features: How to:...
View ArticleBroadcastNow: Ofcom warns ITV could lose £64m a year on regional news
Ofcom has warned that the ITV network will be facing a loss of up to £64m a year by 2012, if it has to continue providing regional news bulletins, reports BroadcastNow.co.uk. “The regulator indicated...
View ArticleMedia Release: Tyne Tees and Borders picked for regional news consortia pilots
The Tyne Tees and Borders television region has been selected as the English pilot region for the Independently Funded News Consortia (IFNC) proposed by the government’s Digital Britain report....
View Article#ge2010: Who was first-past-the-post in this year’s election coverage?
It is an event producer’s nightmare. You book three big speakers, and they pull out with two hours to go. Reader, that was my nightmare on Tuesday. Five day after polls had closed and Britain was still...
View ArticleBroadcast election editors go head-to-head at Media Society event
It is the 100 metres of the TV Factual Olympics. General election night. The three main news broadcasters – BBC, ITN and Sky News – vie to get results to the nation first. A month on, the election...
View ArticleMedia release: ITN signs new video content deal with Independent
ITN announced today it has signed a deal with the Independent to provide video content for its website news player. The deal with the Independent involves the delivery of bespoke content taken daily...
View ArticleGuardian: ITN chief executive’s pay package nearly £700K
ITN chief executive John Hardie earned £682,000 in 2010, the Guardian reports. The boss of the commercial broadcaster received less than the director general of the BBC, Mark Thompson for the year,...
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