Becky Emmett will lead the editorial strategy for ITV News content on ITVX.

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Jonathan Aspinwall currently leads podcasts including Newscast, Americast and Ukrainecast.

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Broadcast regulator found no need for BBC to get response from director before live programme aired.

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127 jobs cut across BBC News but 147 new digital roles created.

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Thursday marked 30 years since Wark began presenting the programme.

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Producer Sam McAlister convinced Prince Andrew to agree to his headline-making Newsnight interview by telling him people already assumed he was “guilty”. In an interview with Press Gazette, she also revealed that she felt the BBC had a “fatal problem” with representing normal people and those with different perspectives, saying the organisation faced a “double …

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BBC News presenter Victoria Derbyshire will succeed Emily Maitlis as a lead presenter of Newsnight, the broadcaster has announced. Derbyshire will start as joint lead presenter on the current affairs show alongside Kirsty Wark in September, but will present some programmes before then. BBC News economics editor Faisal Islam will also continue to present regularly. …

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Newsnight editor Esme Wren is leaving the BBC after three years to lead Channel 4 News. Wren will succeed Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear, who announced in August he would be stepping down in the New Year after almost ten years in the role. At Newsnight since 2018 Wren built an all-female presenting …

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In some ways, Emily Maitlis has had a fairly typical British lockdown experience. The lead presenter of Newsnight has travelled less (a “relief” for someone who ordinarily has a “grab bag” ready for emergency work trips). She’s had time to motor through boxsets with her husband and two sons (the US Office, Money Heist and …

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A man who called Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt a “traitor” as the BBC journalist was chased near Downing Street has denied a public order offence. Martin Hockridge (pictured), 57, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress …

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