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updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick... now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review — both reported on this programme — a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off by david eades, who himself left the bbc this week. just to say that tonight has been the fin...

legend pele is undoubtedly sad and certainly very newsworthy, to have six days of continual updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick... now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review — both reported on this programme — a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off b...

Like pmqs was mentioned there, which has been contentious week in, week out for some time. and live is a big component of what we do now, and the audience wants to follow along. and we see that when we alert those things for follow live, the audience comes in millions and they stick with the live page, as well. so its very much not a clickbait thing. one of the viewers there was saying, shouldnt it be for specific events, and shouldnt you have the option to say, "i just want breaking news alerts...

"whats happened now? " but no, its not breaking news — its a plug for comment - ianalysis, an article on the bbci news app or website, or theres coverage about to start on the news channel. i sometimes its an open question and you have to click _ to find the answer — some people call. that "clickbait". so what is the editorial guidance on the use i and abuse of news alerts? well, to answer that very question, im joined by stuart miller, the digital news editorfor bbc news. thank you for comi...

But fundamentally, we want people to get the biggest stories and the best bbc content and analysis to their phones without them having to go and looking for it. i suppose what some of the viewers feel, which is coming across, is they dont like the idea ofjust getting adverts for bbc news content, because thats not what they signed up for, its not an alert. yeah, and i think what alerts are has evolved a lot over the last few years, not just for the bbc but for every news organisation — from th...

More opportunities for people, people to tailor what they get to their own needs and for personalisation. but fundamentally, we want people to get the biggest stories and the best bbc content and analysis to their phones without them having to go and looking for it. i suppose what some of the viewers feel, which is coming across, is they dont like the idea ofjust getting adverts for bbc news content, because thats not what they signed up for, its not an alert. yeah, and i think what alerts are h...

Have the sound there, as well. but as well as the biggest news moments, we also want to alert people when to follow live when theres a big news event — like pmqs was mentioned there, which has been contentious week in, week out for some time. and live is a big component of what we do now, and the audience wants to follow along. and we see that when we alert those things for follow live, the audience comes in millions and they stick with the live page, as well. so its very much not a clickbait ...