Licence fee decline forces BBC to ramp up commercial operations
Broadcaster plans to boost market-based revenues by 30pc to £1.5bn within five years
10 March 2021 • 3:56pm
The BBC may begin charging overseas audiences for access to news, as it seeks ways to make money in the face of waning support for the licence fee.
Under plans being considered by Tim Davie, the director-general, news content on bbc.com would be restricted. Breaking news would remain free to read but analysis pieces, features and video content would be placed behind a paywall.
The move is part of ambitious plans to boost returns in the BBC s commercial arm by nearly a third as income from the licence fee drops and viewers head online instead.
Breakfast TV searches for new sizzle as Piers Morgan departs
The controversial presenter may have divided opinion but helped win viewers for Good Morning Britain and leaves ITV seeking a replacement
Piers Morgan s departure from
Good Morning Britain has brought into sharp relief the value broadcasters place on breakfast television.
The combative presenter reportedly earned £1.1m a year during his time on the ITV show - a figure that would have put him among the top three earners at the BBC.
The huge sum underscores ITV s commitment to winning the breakfast TV wars - with GMB and BBC
Breakfast jostling for viewers attention before they start work.
American supermarket tabloid celebrity gossip magazines used on Oprah to show British media bias
As the fallout from the bombshell interview rumbles on, analysis of British headlines used to show bias reveals some taken out of context
9 March 2021 • 7:14pm
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their interview with Oprah Winfrey which was broadcast in the US on March 7
Credit: Joe Pugliese/Harpo Productions
Foreign celebrity gossip magazines made up a third of examples of biased British coverage about Meghan Markle during the Oprah interview, with many headlines meant to illustrate racist overtones being taken out of context.
Analysis of more than 30 headlines shown during the two-hour Duke and Duchess of Sussex interview reveals how stories from 11 glossy American and Australian “supermarket tabloids” were shown.