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Inside Story: Join the press club!

independent.co.uk     Jun 9, 2008   4 related          

Even hardened hacks need to wind down. Chris Green finds out where they go when the paper goes to bed Monday, 9 June 2008 BIRMINGHAM Year established: 1865 Honorary life members include: Jeremy Paxman, Sir Trevor McDonald, Jon...                    

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Radio: Today, R4 | Reith Lectures 2008, R4

guardian.co.uk     Jun 8, 2008   2 related          

Today R4 Reith Lectures 2008 R4 I was gripped this week by a series of reports by Deddie Davies, a 70-year-old undercover reporter for the Today programme. 'If I was told I had to live here for the rest of my life,' said...                    

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Wot price Woss?

guardian.co.uk     Jun 4, 2008   27 related          

If the BBC wants to spend vast sums paying the market rate for talent, it should go the whole hog and live by the market alone Jonathan Ross £6m a year, Graham Norton £2.5m a year, Jeremy Paxman £1m a year and Terry Wogan and...                    

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Radio head: Pay peanuts, get radio?

guardian.co.uk     Jun 4, 2008          

I am not against paying telly prices - far from it. I wouldn't begrudge Terry Wogan one penny of his £800,000 Cos he's worth it. Photograph: BBC Broadly speaking, I have nothing against what the BBC pays its staff: they're...                    

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BBC's 'liberal elite' put on the spot

dailymail.co.uk     Jun 4, 2008   10 related          

You could almost hear the Beeb's news execs spluttering over their Guardian 'n croissant breakfasts when the tallest MP in the Commons laid in to John Humphrys on the Today programme. Daniel Kawczynski (Con, Shrewsbury and...                    

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Woss it all cost?

guardian.co.uk     Jun 2, 2008          

The BBC has no choice but to pay a small fortune for its star presenters. If it doesn't, they'll just go elsewhere, taking ratings with them Just after the BBC trust's report on payments to the stars was published today, I was on my...                    

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The trouble with media studies

telegraph.co.uk     Jun 1, 2008          

Media studies are getting it in the neck again I see. A report from the the National Council for Educational Excellence says schools should steer bright pupils away from “soft” A levels like media studies to avoid damaging students’...                    

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Sign on for all the blurb of the book fair

telegraph.co.uk     Jun 1, 2008          

By Oliver Pritchett Have your say Read comments Literary festivals are all the rage. The big name at the Fleetwood literary festival in June is Emily Maitlis, the Newsnight presenter, who will read from her new novel Don't Want to...                    

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Best of the blogs

scotsman.com     Jun 1, 2008          

At the risk of sounding like John Humphrys, there are certain words and phrases that manage to infiltrate the English language that become part of everyday usage without, frankly, any justification. Some examples: "going forward"....                    

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Even the BBC Trust thinks its big name TV and radio news presenters are paid too much

dailymail.co.uk     May 31, 2008   36 related          

The salaries of the BBC's big-name TV and radio news presenters have come under fire from the corporation's governing body. However, its review - due out on Monday - is expected to defend the salaries of major entertainment stars...                    

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