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BBC World news Names Linda Yueh as Chief Business Correspondent
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Mumbai: Today BBC World News announced the appointment of Linda Yueh as Chief Business Correspondent, a new Singapore-based position that signals the channel’s continuing commitment to Asia and determination to expand the breadth and depth of its international business coverage.
The BBC is investing heavily in new programmes and facilities...
BBC urges staff to ‘give red tape the red card’ as part of simplicity campaign
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This article titled "BBC urges staff to 'give red tape the red card' as part of simplicity campaign" was written by John Plunkett, for The Guardian on Thursday 17th January 2013 18.03 UTC
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke promised in 2002 to "cut the crap", handing out yellow cards for staff to wave at meetings....
BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV
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This article titled "BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 17th January 2013 14.27 UTC
It was exactly 30 years ago on 17 January that not a particularly expectant nation sat down to watch its first taste of breakfast television.
BBC1's Breakfast Time,...
Jimmy Savile victims: case studies
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This article titled "Jimmy Savile victims: case studies" was written by Josh Halliday, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 16.00 UTC
Ms A (victim)
Ms A was in her early 20s in 1970 when a chauffeur driving a large Rolls-Royce turned up unannounced at her home to take her to see Jimmy Savile. Two years earlier Ms A had...
John McCririck seeks £3m damages from Channel 4 over alleged ageism
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This article titled "John McCririck seeks £3m damages from Channel 4 over alleged ageism" was written by Jason Deans and agencies, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 12.09 UTC
Former Channel 4 horse racing pundit John McCririck is seeking £3m in damages for alleged age discrimination over the broadcaster's...
Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers
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This article titled "Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 11.12 UTC
BBC1's Ben Miller drama Death in Paradise returned to BBC1 with nearly 7 million viewers on Tuesday, a million up on its first series launch.
The fish out...
Rageh Omaar joins ITV News
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This article titled "Rageh Omaar joins ITV News" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 8th January 2013 14.44 UTC
Rageh Omaar, the former BBC war reporter who was dubbed the "Scud stud" during the Iraq war, is to become a special correspondent with ITV News.
Omaar joins ITV this week from Qatar-based...
Michael Buerk savages BBC’s coverage of Queen’s diamond jubilee
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This article titled "Michael Buerk savages BBC's coverage of Queen's diamond jubilee" was written by Caroline Davies, for guardian.co.uk on Sunday 30th December 2012 14.23 UTC
The broadcaster Michael Buerk has heavily criticised the BBC's coverage of the Queen's diamond jubilee, saying it was "cringingly inept"...
The BBC must lay the ghost of Birt’s broadcasting corporation
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This article titled "The BBC must lay the ghost of Birt's broadcasting corporation" was written by Peter Preston, for The Observer on Sunday 23rd December 2012 00.08 UTC
Size matters. Our banks, it is said, have become so big that they must not fail. But why does no one, amid its current travails, make that same point about...
BBC announces changes to its freelance contracting arrangements
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The BBC has published a review of its freelance contracting arrangements. The review was conducted by Deloitte LLP and the BBC’s own internal audit department, and covers all on-air and off-air individuals contracted and paid in the financial year 2011/12.
The review was commissioned following the Government’s Alexander Review...