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Dyke defends£1m bonuses.
BBC director general Greg Dyke has defended the #1m in bonuses paid to himself and other
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BBC faces indie rage over quota shortfall.
Accusations that the BBC is letting down the independent production sector gained further weight this week
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NewsPaxman apologises for intrusive interview with Lib Dem leader
BBC political linchpin Jeremy Paxman was forced to apologise yesterday after a Newsnight interview in which he interrogated Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy over his drinking habits, writes Luke Satchell
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Baying for blood
How did Jade from Big Brother become the object of such a searingly vicious hate campaign? ...
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Drama's queen
At 16 she was a working-class girl pushing a pram on a Leeds estate. Now she's one of Britain's most successful tel...
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Malone withdraws Telewest bond offer
The battle for control of Telewest has taken a surprising twist with billionaire John Mallone withdrawing his offer...
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AOL suffers a double blow
AOL Time Warner, the US internet and media group created at the height of the dotcom boom, lost one of the leading ...
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Fortuyn exhumation to be shown on TV
In death as in life Pim Fortuynm, the maverick Dutch politician, has the power to provoke controversy, and a decisi...
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Brits vie for Emmy awards
The macabre US funeral drama Six Feet Under, which has developed a cult following on Channel 4, has topped the list...
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Paxman apology for grilling Kennedy on drink
Jeremy Paxman made a rare apology yesterday after being accused of overstepping the mark in an interview with Charl...
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Liberty Media scraps Telewest bond offer
Liberty Media's attempt to influence the future of the UK cable company Telewest took another twist yesterday after...
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AOL's Pittman departs after shake-up sees Time Warner take control of board
Turmoil at AOL Time Warner, the world's largest media conglomerate, burst into the open yesterday with the resignat...
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'Six feet Under' buries rivals on Emmys shortlist
A black comedy about a family of dysfunctional undertakers, Six Feet Under, is leading the field of nominees for th...
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Paxman apologises to Kennedy for questions about drinking habits
Jeremy Paxman, the Newsnight presenter, had apologised to Charles Kennedy after he subjected the Liberal Democrat l...
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AOL on ropes as Time Warner merger crumbles
AOL Time Warner unveiled a major management shake-up last night as it fought off allegations of improper accounting...
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Greg Dyke cancels the papers
Matey relationship between Fleet Street and the BBC director-general is over. ...
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'Newsnight is safe. On the Record my not be'
Richard Sambrook, the BBC news chief, reveals his plans to shake up politics on television. ...
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Countryside dalliance
A spate of TV shows about relocating the countryside leaves Caitlin Moran grateful she's stuck in the rat race. ...
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Liberty pulls Telewest bonds offer
Liberty Media, the investment group controlled by John Malone, the cable billionaire, unexpectedly abandoned its at...
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TV 'exploits vulnerable in theatre of cruelty'
Vulnerable figures include Paul Gasgoine and Big Brother contestants are being exploited by television producers in...