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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 3 - The Untold Story

Poisoned chalice? The BBC’s struggles to find a successor to Tim Davie

As the director general prepares to stand down, potential candidates have fallen away amid a series of crises

The Guardian - UK

BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into racial slur incident at Baftas

Director-general Tim Davie has instructed the Executive Complaints Unit to carry out an investigation into the incident

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary welcomes investigation into BBC Bafta broadcast

Lisa Nandy said she shared the ‘serious concerns raised by so many people’ after a racial slur was aired in the programme.

The Independent UK

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BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas

Corporation says broadcasting of N-word by Tourette syndrome campaigner was ‘serious mistake’ as anger at error rises

The Guardian - UK

Statistics chief complains to BBC over impersonation of staff in hit drama Industry

ONS tells broadcaster that depiction risks undermining interviewers’ ‘delicate relationship’ with the public

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling

Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

The Guardian - UK

BBC to make hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts over next three years

Tim Davie, the outgoing director-general, told staff about the latest plans on Thursday.

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BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie

As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service

The Guardian - UK

Mark Thompson was approached about return to BBC as director general

Former chief was sounded out about applying for his old job but said he was committed to CNN, it is understood

The Guardian - UK

The BBC’s proposal to switch off Freeview is a threat to its universal service

Letter: Forcing households to buy broadband to access BBC television channels after 2034 would exclude poorer viewers, writes Christy Swords

The Guardian - UK

BBC names Rhodri Talfan Davies as interim director general

BBC’s director of nations will take over Tim Davie’s role while corporation seeks permanent replacement

The Guardian - UK

BBC names interim director-general after Tim Davie’s resignation

Rhodri Talfan Davies will take over after Mr Davie steps down from the top job this April

The Independent UK

Rhodri Talfan Davies confirmed as interim BBC director-general

He is currently the director of nations.

Evening Standard

BBC considers using iPlayer to catch out licence fee dodgers

Last year over £500m was lost due to licence fee evasion

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The Conversation

The BBC once made the arts ‘utterly central’ to television – 100 years later they’re almost invisible

On the evening of January 26 1926, members of the Royal Institution and other guests climbed three flights of draughty stairs to a tiny workshop in Soho’s Frith Street. They were there to witness the first public presentation of what inventor John Logie Baird called “true television”. A hundred years…

The Independent UK

BBC boss sounds alarm over licence fee as evasion hits record levels

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BBC will be in ‘profound jeopardy’ without funding change, director-general says

Tim Davie has backed calls for the licence fee system to be overhauled

The Guardian - UK

BBC faces ‘profound jeopardy’ without funding overhaul, Tim Davie says

Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changes

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BBC announces landmark deal to make bespoke content for YouTube

Agreement a milestone for British television as broadcaster teams up with world’s biggest video platform

The Independent UK

Labour MP ‘baffled’ government still uses X after minister calls Grok’s sexualised images ‘weapons of abuse’

Charlotte Nichols calls on technology secretary to set out ‘red line’ social media firms must cross before government switches to alternative platforms

The Guardian - UK

Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation

Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned site

Evening Standard

UK ‘should be spending double’ on BBC World Service, says Tim Davie

The outgoing BBC director-general was quizzed by the Commons Public Accounts Committee on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Why Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against the BBC is doomed to fail

The BBC is accused of misleading viewers by editing a speech Donald Trump delivered on 6 January 2021

Evening Standard

Donald Trump sues BBC for up to £7.5bn over Panorama speech edit

The US president’s lawyers argue part of the documentary was ‘false and defamatory’.

Evening Standard

BBC chairman Samir Shah says Tim Davie had board’s ‘unanimous’ support

In a letter in response to a Culture, Media And Sport Committee evidence session, he said Mr Davie had been an ‘outstanding’ director-general.

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