media
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20% of content must be EuropeanShake-up of broadcasting rules aims to bring digital on-demand services in-line with traditional TV broadcasters
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BBC will never run adverts online in UK, says director generalTony Hall tells parliamentary committee that running advertising on website in Britain would harm other digital businesses that rely on it for income -
Investigative journalist freed in AzerbaijanRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter pledges to continue investigating finances of the ruling Aliyev family ‘with renewed energy’ -
Set filled with nerves, fluffed lines and good-natured banterIgnore the snide reports about Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc – I was in the first show’s audience and it’s as entertaining as ever
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Deputy editor and other top staff exit in newsroom cullString of senior staff cuts follow announcement that publisher is seeking to reduce costs
talking points
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Celebrity threesome case: context is crucial, whatever tabloids sayExposure of legitimate matters of public concern is one thing, but often papers preach rule of law to flout it on their pages
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The enduring whiteness of the American mediaWhat three decades in journalism has taught me about the persistence of racism in the US
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How Russia's independent media was dismantled piece by pieceFollowing the resignation of three editors from one of the last non-aligned outlets in Moscow, Meduza surveys five years of newsroom destruction
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Perks and pitfalls of Facebook’s live video revolutionThe media is embracing live video but the promise of hits comes with concerns about control and ethics
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‘The BBC luvvies made idiots of themselves’TV veteran on the corporation’s ‘amazing’ white paper deal, stars’ pay, Brexit – and why he wants a Channel 4 sale
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Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton articles in Mail given all-clearIpso takes no action over pieces in print and online repeating claims by US magazine of ‘secret relationship’ between royal and Duchess of Cambridge’s sister
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Lenny Henry joins Broadchurch after previously saying drama was too whiteActor and comedian included ITV series in Bafta lecture highlighting lack of black, Asian and minority ethnic people on TV screens in UK
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New police guidelines reinforce controls on journalistic contactsCollege of Policing wants PRs, rather than officers, to deal with most media inquiries about incidents and underlines rule about not naming arrested people
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US act aimed at curbing impunity for murderers of journalistsLaw named after Sergei Magnitsky would enable the American government to impose sanctions against perpetrators of human rights abuses
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Murdoch MacLennan talks of ‘employee-friendly’ flexible working practices one day and, on the next, announces another a further round of editorial departuresTMG tries to mask job cuts reality with an unsophisticated diversion
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Daily Mail publishes correction to misleading EU migrants' storyNewspaper and its online counterpart concede there was a factual inaccuracy
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Media Monkey: Kevin Lygo, Jim Naughtie and David AttenboroughNew ITV econonics editor Noreena Hertz on decision making and Robert Peston’s Sunday dilemma
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Rupert Murdoch gets right royal welcome despite Sun's Brexit headlinePaper’s owner invited to Buckingham Palace garden party day before watchdog blasts misleading headline
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Mirror gets Square Eyes in TV battle with the SunPaper throws down the glove to its rival by launching what it claims is ‘Britain’s best TV gossip column’
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Andy Coulson follows Rupert Murdoch in touring TelegraphEx-News of the World editor visits paper’s editorial conference, weeks after visit by his former employer
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First Cornish TV ad to air weeks after language funding is axedFamily-run ice cream company will launch a prime-time ad featuring Kernewek, under threat following government cuts
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Why media design is the new media planningIn a personalised age, brands will only succeed if they put their customers at the centre of their media
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Transportation v communication: the fight for control of the new frontiersGoogle’s self-driving cars will have a real and lasting role in our lives while Facebook’s investments in VR will only make a temporary impact
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From rush hour with love: the future of motoringA panel of experts discuss how progressive car firms are future-proofing their businesses amid a wave of disruption
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'We must be smarter with ads' – five lessons for agencies from the USFrom authentic brands to smart ads, five American advertising and marketing professionals share insights from 2016
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