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Fat-cat pay defended by BBC's boss
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies yesterday defended paying bonuses worth£900,000 to top executives. ...
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Pensions surplus wipeout for BBC
Plunging stock markets have all but wiped out a once-huge surplus in the BBC pension scheme, a grim indicator of th...
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Radio 2 boss quits
Radio 2 controller Jim Moir will leave his post at the end of the year, he said last night. ...
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BBC's 10 o'clock news attacked? by the BBC
The BBC got a public blasting from its own governors yesterday for a series of bluders and flops. ...
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The chemistry set
Sexual chemistry. What is it exactly? We know it when we don't see it, that's for sure. And we don't see it betwe...
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YTV turns back on indie outfit
Yorkshire Television (YTV) has terminated another of its indie offshoots after severing ties with YAP, its joint-venture with Canadian production company Ace Pictures, writes Steve Aston
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Cancer op ordeal for ITN veteran
ITN newsreader Nicholas Owen was in hospital last night after an operation for cancer. ...
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Geri gets£1/2m to spice up Popstars II
Geri Halliwell is about to join the Popstars bandwagon. The former Spice Girl is to sign a£550,000 contract to be...
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'Greg Dyke wears tie' shock
The news that their bosses were sharing£1million in bonuses while they suffered cutbacks had left BBC staff reelin...
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Artsworld chief fears for TV arts
BBC 4 will put all other arts channel operators out of business by the end of next year, according to John Hambley, the chief executive of Artsworld, which was founded by Jeremy Isaacs and last week announced it is to close, writes Paul Revoir
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Internet radio royalties
A group of radio stations is to appeal against last month's draconian decision to charge huge royalties for interne...
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We earn it
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies last night defiantly backed big bonuses for key executives. ...
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TV's Nick Owen loses kidney in cancer op
Newsreader Nicholas Owen has had a kidney removed in a cancer scare. ...
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MP's grill executives over big bonuses
The BBC was forced to defend the£1.2m paid in bonuses to senior executives yesterday, amid accusations of greed an...
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Libel may cost BBC£10m
The BBC has entered the final stages of a battle to avoid a crushing legal bill of up to£10m after finally admitti...
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To stay alive, the BBC must be weaned off the licence fee
George Trefgarne, Economics Editor, says this week's revelations about the bonuses at the Beeb show how far it has ...
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Davies defends£1m in bonuses for BBC chiefs
Gavyn Davies, the BBC chairman, was forced to defend the payment of bonuses worth almost£1 million to senior execu...
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ITN reporter's kidney removed
Nicholas Owen, the ITN reporter and newsreader, was recovering yesterday after undergoing emergency surgery to remo...
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£1m proves a bonus for Dyke
Greg Dyke, the BBC Director-General, may be secretly pleased at the controversy over yesterday's revelation that co...
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Ten O'clock News faces£10m terror libel claim
The BBC will face a claim for£10 million in damages after withdrawing its defences yesterday to allegations that O...