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Geri gets£1/2m to spice up Popstars II
Geri Halliwell is about to join the Popstars bandwagon. The former Spice Girl is to sign a£550,000 contract to be...
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'Greg Dyke wears tie' shock
The news that their bosses were sharing£1million in bonuses while they suffered cutbacks had left BBC staff reelin...
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Artsworld chief fears for TV arts
BBC 4 will put all other arts channel operators out of business by the end of next year, according to John Hambley, the chief executive of Artsworld, which was founded by Jeremy Isaacs and last week announced it is to close, writes Paul Revoir
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Internet radio royalties
A group of radio stations is to appeal against last month's draconian decision to charge huge royalties for interne...
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We earn it
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies last night defiantly backed big bonuses for key executives. ...
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TV's Nick Owen loses kidney in cancer op
Newsreader Nicholas Owen has had a kidney removed in a cancer scare. ...
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MP's grill executives over big bonuses
The BBC was forced to defend the£1.2m paid in bonuses to senior executives yesterday, amid accusations of greed an...
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Libel may cost BBC£10m
The BBC has entered the final stages of a battle to avoid a crushing legal bill of up to£10m after finally admitti...
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To stay alive, the BBC must be weaned off the licence fee
George Trefgarne, Economics Editor, says this week's revelations about the bonuses at the Beeb show how far it has ...
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Davies defends£1m in bonuses for BBC chiefs
Gavyn Davies, the BBC chairman, was forced to defend the payment of bonuses worth almost£1 million to senior execu...
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ITN reporter's kidney removed
Nicholas Owen, the ITN reporter and newsreader, was recovering yesterday after undergoing emergency surgery to remo...
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£1m proves a bonus for Dyke
Greg Dyke, the BBC Director-General, may be secretly pleased at the controversy over yesterday's revelation that co...
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Ten O'clock News faces£10m terror libel claim
The BBC will face a claim for£10 million in damages after withdrawing its defences yesterday to allegations that O...
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India turns off World Service
A collapse in the BBC World Service's Indian audience was the main reason for a three million fall in its listeners...
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Dyke looks west for new drama
Greg Dyke denied claims that he plans to 'dumb down' the BBC's political coverage but said that the a drama like ...
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BBC spends too much on its digital channel
The BBC was accused by MPs yesterday of spending too much on digital services that most people cannot receive, and ...
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NewsBBC faces indie rage over quota shortfall
Accusations that the BBC is letting down the independent production sector gained further weight this week as the corporation revealed it had failed to hit its 25 per cent minimum indie quota for the first time, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Liberty pulls out of bond tender
Liberty Media, the investment vehicle of media mogul John Malone, yesterday shocked debt markets by withdrawing its...
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MPs attack BBC over digital spending
BBC executives were forced on to the defensive yesterday as MPs attacked heavy increases in license fee spending on...
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NewsEx-ITV Digital staff launch tribunal actions
More than 150 former ITV Digital employees will this week launch employment tribunal cases against the administrator of the defunct DTT broadcaster in a bid to secure pay-off cash of around£1.5m, writes Paul Revoir