Under fire.
PA/Brady
The political and commercial motives behind revealing stars’ salaries.
Your turn.
Sam Greenhalgh
If you want to safeguard the licence fee and shore up public-service content, time to introduce democracy to the BBC.
BBC has come under intense fire from political and commercial enemies.
Anthony Devlin / PA Wire/Press Association Images
The government’s White Paper is expected to reduce the scope and funding for the UK public broadcaster.
Gearing up for relaunch.
PA
We all need the BBC’s new version of Top Gear not to stall.
John Whittingdale, centre, was chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee when the phone-hacking story broke.
Rebecca Naden / PA Archive/Press Association Images
There’s no ‘public interest’ in this story, say the newspapers. As if that’s stopped them before.
Culture wars ahead for the Beeb?
EPA/Hannah McKay
On the face of it, John Whittingdale’s appointment as media and culture secretary spells trouble for the BBC.