Trump thanks Telegraph for ‘exposing’ BBC as Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign
And The Telegraph's revenue and profit are flat in 2024 amid ongoing ownership limbo, plus British Journalism Awards News Provider of the Year 2025 shortlist.
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📺The BBC has made a hash of dealing with the Michael Prescott report on impartiality and the misleading edit in Panorama’s Trump documentary, Dominic Ponsford writes from breakfast at the Lisbon Web Summit.
And The Telegraph deserves kudos for airing an important issue the BBC tried to sweep under the carpet.
Trump’s statement that “these are very dishonest people” and his spokesperson Karoline Leavitt’s comment that the BBC is “100% fake news” are alarming.
The BBC is rightly the most trusted news organisation in the world.
At a time when truth and objective facts are under concerted attack from the Trump White House, strong BBC journalism is needed like never before.
Side bar: No one today has mentioned the BBC’s disastrous indecision and refusal to air the brilliant Gaza: Doctors Under Attack documentary as among the mistakes leading up to this crisis.
This documentary was eventually shown on Channel 4 and has already won awards (and been shortlisted for two British Journalism Awards).
The delay in airing allegations the Israeli military was deliberately targeting hospitals and healthcare workers in Gaza was a betrayal of brave sources that may even have cost lives.
🏆Speaking of the British Journalism Awards, on Friday we revealed the shortlist for the coveted News Provider of the Year prize, Charlotte Tobitt writes.
This award takes into account the shortlist for all the other categories and the public interest journalism done by each publisher/broadcaster over the past year.
We also have a lovely piece of partner content from sponsor People’s Postcode Lottery hearing about the work former Scottish Sun editor Alan Muir does telling winners’ stories. He says it’s remarkably like being back as a junior reporter in a local newsroom.
🗞️And despite the commendable work being done by The Telegraph, it’s still in ownership limbo and its newsroom is getting increasingly vocal again about what they think their future should - and shouldn’t - look like.
The Telegraph Media Group accounts published at the end of last week revealed flat revenue and operating profits, although digital subscriptions and advertising both saw strong growth.
The publisher needs some certainty around its future soon, though, so it can properly work towards a long-term strategy rather than treading water.
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🗞️News In Brief
Your news diary for the week ahead: a High Court hearing on Prince Harry v Associated Newspapers, foreign secretary David Lammy facing questions on mistaken prisoner releases, and the return of I’m a Celeb. (Press Gazette)BBC Middle East editor Raffi Berg is suing Owen Jones for libel over an article published on the Drop Site website about the BBC’s coverage of Gaza. Jones said he looks forward to “vigorously defending my reporting”. (Jewish News)Sky owner Comcast is in talks to buy ITV’s media and entertainment arm (which does not include ITV Studios) in a potential deal that would value it at £1.6bn including debt. (Bloomberg)News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun and defunct News of the World, has agreed to pay “substantial damages” to Chris Jefferies, who was wrongly arrested in 2010 for the murder of Joanna Yeates, over the invasion of his privacy. (The Guardian)Conde Nast has fired four members of staff, including a politics reporter for Wired and a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, who were part of a group who gathered outside the office of chief people officer Stan Duncan demanding to discuss recent layoffs. (Semafor) Former media commentator Roy Greenslade and TV producer Paddy French have launched a crowdfunding bid to pay for publication of a new book looking at the exploits of former News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood. (Go Fund Me)The BBC has upheld 20 impartiality complaints after presenter Martine Croxall changed a script she was reading live from “pregnant people” to “women”. The BBC complaints unit said her “exasperated” facial expression gave an impression of her personal view. (BBC)The Farmers’ Almanac, a US publication known for its weather predictions, farming tips and folklore, has gone out of print after 208 years due to financial challenges in the publishing industry. (New York Post)📈Top five on Press Gazette this week:
1) How Tiktok inspired the New York Times vertical video strategy
NYT director of video Solana Pyne and VP for product Jordan Vita met Press Gazette to talk video strategy.
2) Newsweek editor on making brand ‘more reflective of the modern era’
Editor-in-chief Jennifer H Cunningham says redesign is about making brand premium and elegant.
3) Journalists going solo on Substack at risk from hackers
New found independence for journalists comes with cybersecurity concerns.
4) New police media guidance aims to reset post-Leveson culture of suspicion
New guidance allows off-the-record briefings and encourages police openness.
5) Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain: Interviews shouldn’t be about ‘winning or losing’
Husain says she is the same journalist she was at the BBC despite leaving behind strict impartiality rules.
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