Amol Rajan to step down from BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Media Amol Rajan is to step down from BBC Radio 4’s Today programme later this year, ending a four-year stint as one of the flagship show’s presenters, according to the BBC. Rajan will remain with the company and continue to present University Challenge as well as the Radio 4 podcast ‘Radical with Amol Rajan’. An announcement [...]
Steven Bartlett hiring journalists for new tech news site Media Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has set up his own journalism website focused on technology news, City AM can reveal. The website, Founded.com, is to report on technology companies based in the UK and US and is expected to officially launch in the middle of December. A total of 10 journalists, as well as an [...]
The Guardian slashes losses amid record sales following The Observer deal Media The Guardian has slashed its losses and achieved a record revenue in the year the media group sold The Observer. The title achieved a revenue of around £275m, according to unaudited figures for the year to 31 March 2025, up from the £257.8m it posted for its prior financial year. The Guardian’s losses, which it [...]
ITN: Profit slashed at ITV, Channel 4 and 5 news giant April 7, 2025 Profit at ITN, the organisation which powers ITV News, Channel 4 News and 5 News, was slashed almost in half in 2024. The business has reported a pre-tax profit of £779,000 for its latest financial year, down from the £1.4m it posted for 2023. The total for 2023 was also significantly down from the £8.9m [...]
Dan Walker and Jeremy Vine help Channel 5 to record year February 3, 2025 The star power of Dan Walker and Jeremy Vine helped viewing figures for ITN-produced daily news and current affairs on Channel 5 surge in 2024. 5 News at 5pm, which is anchored by Walker, increased its audience by four per cent to a 3.4 per cent market share. The figure means 2024 was the highest [...]
Sicily yacht sinking: Five bodies found inside Bayesian wreck August 21, 2024 Five bodies have been found on day three of a search for six missing people following the sinking of a superyacht on Monday off the coast of Sicily.