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Peers fail to impose curb on Murdoch
The prospect of Rupert Murdoch owning a terrestrial television channel sparked a row in the Lords yesterday after o...
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BBC rejects deal on naming dossier source
The BBC and government were last night engaged in an extraordinary game of cat mouse over the source of the story w...
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Capital will resist Clear Channel advances
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield yesterday pledged to fight any takeover bid by US group Clear Channel...
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BBC chiefd savour scent of victory over Campbell
Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, and Gavyn Davies, its chairman, who masterminded the public relations f...
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MoD man admits: I spoke to BBC
Downing Street's battle with the BBC took a dramatic turn last night as a government advisor admitted that he had m...
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NewsMansfield snub for Clear Channel
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield has said he would strongly resist any takeover bid by the American radio giant Clear Channel, insisting putting the two businesses together would result in a 'major cultural clash', writes Leigh Holmwood
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Geri's spicing up her sex life
With a string of unsuitable ex-boyfriends behind her and even a lesbian fling to her name, Geri Haliwell's love lif...
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Is it all over for sitcoms?
Underderstandably, redoubtable actress Gwen Taylor is disappointed that the sitcom in which she takes the title rol...
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MoD claims to have identified BBC source
The feud between the government and the BBC reopened last night when the Ministry of Defence claimed it had identif...
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NewsBBC warned over radio standards
Ofcom chairman Lord Currie has said he will have 'no hesitation' in taking action against the BBC if its radio services don't meet minimum standards once the new super-regulator comes into force, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC plans press ban on reporters
The BBC steeled itself for a row with senior journalists yesterday amid plans to stop staff writing for the press f...
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Civil Servant 'admits talking to BBC man'
The Government reopened its row with the BBC over weapons of mass destruction last night by announcing that a Minis...
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NewsITV1 axes the Vice
ITV1 has axed police drama The Vice after five series following plummeting ratings during its latest run, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsBSC clears ITV1 Shipman drama
TV watchdog the Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared Granada's controversial dramatisation of the events surrounding the crimes of serial murderer Dr Harold Shipman, after it was accused of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy, writes Luke Satchell
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Off The Record - Petrol emotion.
Jeremy Clarkson's testosterone-fuelled presenting style on Top Gear continues to divide the readers of BBC propaganda
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Off The Record - Showcase newsroom.
Hacks at that bastion of hard hitting local news, BBC London, were left spluttering into their
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TX - Pictures in the mind.
Radio drama is a very visual medium, apparently. 'You're trying to provoke pictures in the audience's
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Off The Record - Simon Fuller recipe.
Ever wondered what the secret behind UK producers who make it big in the States is?
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Radio Analysis - A new sound for the West Midlands.
Competition is intense for the new FM licence in Britain's heartland, with 11 contenders lining up bids that range from rock to talk radio, from jazz to country - all wanting a slice of a buoyant local market.
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Off The Record - Win or lose, it's all the same beer.
Despite Virgin chief John Pearson's insistence that there were no raucous celebrations last week following Virgin's