21+ hour, 2+ min ago (660+ words) Emma Lloyd, whose previous employers include Sky, is among the candidates being considered to replace Alex Mahon as chief executive of the state-owned broadcaster, Sky News learns. Saturday 29 November 2025 13:06, UK A senior executive at Netflix is among the contenders vying to become the next boss of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Emma Lloyd, the streaming giant's vice-president, partnerships, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is one of a handful of media executives shortlisted to replace Alex Mahon as Channel 4's chief executive. Ms Lloyd, whose previous employers included Sky, the immediate parent company of Sky News, also served on the board of Ocado Group, from which stepped down this month after nine years as a non-executive director. She is understood to be a serious contender to take the helm at Channel 4, with other candidates understood…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (1144+ words) Monday 10 November 2025 22:09, UK After Tim Davie's resignation announcement only 24 hours ago, talk is turning to who could replace him and take on the highest-profile role in British broadcasting. The BBC's director-general position is a crucial role, serving effectively as both the corporation's chief executive and its editor-in-chief across television, radio and online. Davie, who has worked for the BBC for 20 years and been in charge for the past five, is not stepping down immediately. He said in his departure note to staff that he is "working through exact timings with the board to allow for an orderly transition to a successor over the coming months". It is still early days, but here are some of the names being discussed as contenders for the role. Chief executive of Left Bank Pictures, a British independent TV and film production company owned by…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (441+ words) The BBC officially apologised to the US president for the "error of judgement" on Thursday, but added that "we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim". Saturday 15 November 2025 01:02, UK Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for between $1bn and $5bn over the editing of his speech on Panorama. The US president confirmed he would be taking legal action against the broadcaster while on Air Force One overnight on Saturday. "We'll sue them. We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion (792m) and five billion dollars (3.79bn), probably sometime next week," he told reporters. "We have to do it, they've even admitted that they cheated. Not that they couldn't have not done that. They cheated. They changed the words coming out of my mouth." The Daily Telegraph reported earlier this month that an internal memo raised concerns about the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (613+ words) Sky's Paul Kelso examines why both parties would be keen to see an agreement reached, with the future firmly focused on streaming. Friday 7 November 2025 12:20, UK The proposed "1.6bn takeover of a big chunk of ITV by Sky would be the biggest consolidation in British broadcasting in more than 20 years, and reflects fundamental changes in viewing habits and commercial realities. For Sky, a deal that brings together Ant and Dec with Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher would make it the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, and strengthen its hand in the battle with US streaming giants that have upended the entertainment business. For ITV's shareholders, who have seen the value of their investment decline as advertising revenue, like viewers, has migrated online, it may be a chance to say, "I own a terrestrial broadcaster, get me out of here." Money latest: Mortgage price…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (1401+ words) Speaking to Mornings with Ridge and Frost, former prime minister and chancellor Gordon Brown said he is expecting a change in the two-child benefit cap. He says he wants the tax on gambling to rise to pay for more child poverty spending. Monday 10 November 2025 09:02, UK With the slew of erroneous releases from prisons in recent weeks, months and years, pollsters at YouGov have been asking the public who they hold accountable. And it will be welcome news for the government, as the prison service seem to be copping most of the blame. A total of 19% of the 6,436 people asked on Friday blame the politicians, while 58% blame the prison service. While both Reform and Tory voters are a bit more likely to blame the government than their Labour and Lib Dem peers, all four groups most blame the prison operators. "Sam…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC, saying"some in the House" have suggested the corporation is institutionally biased, but that she disagrees as it is a "light on the hill for people here and across the world". Tuesday 11 November 2025 21:42, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures, including director-general Tim Davie, resigned amid concerns about impartiality - notably the editing of a Panorama documentary from October 2024. It aired the week before the US presidential election and showed an edited speech made by Mr Trump before the 2021 Capitol riot, in which he appeared to tell supporters he was going to walk there with them to "fight like hell". Ms Nandy has defended the BBC, saying…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC, saying"some in the House" have suggested the corporation is institutionally biased, but that she disagrees as it is a "light on the hill for people here and across the world". Tuesday 11 November 2025 21:42, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures, including director-general Tim Davie, resigned amid concerns about impartiality - notably the editing of a Panorama documentary from October 2024. It aired the week before the US presidential election and showed an edited speech made by Mr Trump before the 2021 Capitol riot, in which he appeared to tell supporters he was going to walk there with them to "fight like hell". Ms Nandy has defended the BBC, saying…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (1326+ words) The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness come as the BBC is expected to apologise on Monday following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech by US President Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama. Sunday 9 November 2025 22:07, UK Chiming in with other voices on the right, Nigel Huddleston, the shadow culture secretary, told Sky News that Tim Davie "had'to go because there were just too many examples of very specific bias". Huddleston named the review of the BBC charter as one possibility for the corporation to be reformed. "We'll be having discussions directly with the BBC as well, about what they can do to make sure that they can justify that licence fee," Huddleston said.' "They've got to look at everything, including who they recruit, the kind of backgrounds that people come from, the political beliefs held…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (1775+ words) As Donald Trump repeats his threat to sue the BBC over an edit made to his speech before the January 6 riots, Sir Keir Starmer says he believes in a "strong and independent BBC" - but it must "get its house in order". Follow the latest. Wednesday 12 November 2025 14:50, UK The BBC's deputy head of news will address news staff in a meeting this afternoon. Jonathan Munro has taken charge of editorial newsmaking decisions after chief executive Deborah Turness stepped down. The meeting comes after an all-staff call yesterday, in which staff questioned the continued role of former Tory communications director Sir Robbie Gibb on the board. Outgoing director general Tim Davie also said there had been a "weaponisation" of criticism during the meeting. We've got a bit more to bring you now from the House of Commons, where the culture secretary has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (676+ words) In a call lasting about 45 minutes, outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie addressed thousands of the corporation's staff after announcing his resignation. Tuesday 11 November 2025 14:39, UK After days of headlines, and the looming threat of a $1bn legal action from the US president, outgoing director-general Tim Davie addressed BBC employees in an all-staff call. Mr Davie admitted the broadcaster had "made some mistakes that have cost us", but said he was proud of the BBC and that the organisation needed to fight for its journalism. He announced his resignation after a leaked memo revealed clips of a Donald Trump speech from 6 January 2021, the day of the Capitol Riots, had been spliced together in the Panorama programme Trump: A Second Chance? The programme was broadcast by the BBC in October 2024, the week before last year's US election. Mr Davie will stay in post until…...