Tonight Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, will make what could possibly be the defining speech of his Corporation career when he takes to the stage in Edinburgh to deliver the MacTaggart lecture. Continue Reading

So now everyone knows about the Charles Taylor case. Who? The former Liberian president accused of 11 war crimes, including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers, relating to civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone. News worthy enough for you? Continue Reading

It seems the BBC can’t go a single week without having to defend itself from some form of criticism. Last week it was news that BBC apps have been given the all-clear by the BBC Trust, irking commercial outlets, and this week a thinktank has decided that the licence fee should be replaced with a subscription service. Continue Reading

Time magazine has pre-released its cover for next week’s issue: the picture of an 18-year-old Afghan girl, Aisha, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban. Why? Because Aisha ran away from her abusive in-laws. Continue Reading

It’s been a dizzying week for Daily Mail and General Trust. Despite figures suggesting that its national operations are beginning to make a recovery (advertising revenues are up 13 per cent in the past three months), its regional arm is still struggling to find a way out of the fiscal doldrums. Continue Reading