Andrew Burnham

Ross and Brand prank "a serious lapse"

By Tom Morgan and Damon Wake, Press Association Lewd phone messages from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were a "very serious editorial lapse", the BBC's director-general said today. BBC chairman Sir Michael Lyons said the...

'I'm proud of my curves,' says X Factor's Laura White as she reveals Cheryl fed her up with...

Laura White has admitted she was hurt by criticism of her appearance on X Factor, but insists she's proud of her Size 12 curves. No way back: Dannii Minogue has said it would be unfair for Laura to be brought back on the show...

Broadcasters work on code to permit product placement

It is a phenomenon first parodied by The Truman Show in 1998 – using a hit television show to advertise brands. Product placement portrayed in The Truman Show Ten years on, broadcasters insist that product placement can be...

Analysis, Steve Hewlett: The licence fee is safe - for now

Most probably yes. Ask the same question today and the answer would almost certainly be the opposite - a pretty emphatic no. The logic of Ofcom's proposal to deal with the PSB debate was hard to fault. A looming deficit at...

Emily Bell: Five must grow or die, so expect a return to noisy output

Channel Five: What the f*** is that all about? Pardon me, Andy Burnham and Paul Dacre, for coarsening public discourse, but it is an appropriate question about Britain's broadcasting infrastructure. The return to Five of Dawn...

Event report: IAB Engage

IAB Engage 2008, the Internet Advertising Bureau’s annual industry conference held last week, and looked at who is in control of online advertising. The event featured a Cabinet Minister, pirate author, Yahoo!’s founder, ITV...

Drugs uncovered: Why do so few politicians admit to enjoying youthful drug experiences?

There are generally two reasons why people take drugs. Either they are addicted, in which case they are seeking to avert the negative consequences of withdrawal, or they are not addicted, in which case they are seeking the...

X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing give us stars in our eyes

After another hopeless amble around the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing, John Sergeant, the 64-year-old political reporter, sidled over to the judges’ table for his weekly drubbing. With 10m viewers watching at home,...

British Olympic athletes face funding cut

A £600m training package for 2012 is in trouble because Shortfall private donors have not come forward British athletes, who enjoyed their most successful Olympics for a century in Beijing this summer, face cuts in funding for...

Tim Footman: The collapse of the Haut de la Garenne case is just the latest example of reality...

In those brief moments over the last few months when none of the protagonists in the US election campaign had actually said or done anything, media commentators reached for their back-up position: musing about how Barack...

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