Starmer’s team coached for government over dinners with top Whitehall figures
Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures
June 2020
Smart speakers risk creating 'big-tech monopoly' in homes
BBC radio boss tells MPs regulation could allow other digital assistants to compete
January 2020
Bake Off poacher tipped as frontrunner for BBC top job
Jay Hunt seen as in contention while ITV and Channel 4 bosses thought unlikely to join race
June 2018
BBC faces existential threat from streaming services, says Purnell
Executive says radio stations must engage more young people who prefer Spotify and Netflix
September 2017
Yes, older workers need new skills – but they need respect more
Gaby Hinsliff
The BBC’s plan to have millennials ‘reverse mentor’ managers is just a start. The generation gap is going to affect all our working lives, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
July 2017
BBC is paying too much for talent it can afford to lose
Emily Bell
The BBC is a ‘selling club’, in football parlance. Its role is not to dominate viewing figures
BBC appointed more women to highly paid jobs in past four years
Men still dominate list of highest paid stars as corporation defends high earners before publication of details later this week
Media interview
BBC's James Purnell: 'You can’t serve young audiences without serving diverse audiences'
Director of radio and education on staying relevant against competition from ‘US west-coast, money-centric stuff’
March 2017
Three senior BBC execs miss out on new board as Paralympian appointed
No place for James Purnell, James Harding and Charlotte Moore, with Tanni Grey-Thompson made a non-executive director
October 2016
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting
Pundits flounder in a political year that defied all prediction
Peter Preston
Digital media has usurped print’s role in breaking news. Now our role as analysts is breaking down too in the face of a near-mystical new form of politics
September 2016
James Purnell’s appointment as director of radio spells trouble for the BBC
Steve Hewlett
As a former Labour cabinet minister the appointment of Purnell will reignite worries among many Tories over his influence on content
BBC confirms James Purnell as radio chief
Former Labour culture secretary succeeds Helen Boaden, who is to retire after 33 years at the corporation
Channel 4's Bake Off swoop aids those seeking its privatisation, says BBC boss
C4’s creative chief insists it ‘didn’t take’ hit show as James Purnell claims rival is too lightly regulated
August 2016
Michael Grade defends expanded BBC role for former Labour minister
James Purnell understands need for impartiality, says former BBC chairman, after criticism from fellow Conservatives
July 2016
Can Tony Hall prove he isn’t too nice to make the changes the BBC needs?
Steve Hewlett
Tony Hall to announce BBC management reshuffle
May 2016
Media Monkey
Are BBC 'fatcats' all so well fed?
Few presenters likely to make £450,000 threshold; James Purnell goes back to Birt for white paper response
April 2016
Top-level change at BBC and ITV means uncertain future for UK television
As Kevin Lygo adds BBC drama boss Polly Hill to his new team, the corporation must move to boost morale
January 2016
Greenslade
Why the public should know when ministers meet media chiefs
Roy Greenslade
If George Osborne meets Rupert Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks and any press proprietor, the public should be informed
September 2015
Greenslade
Orwell Prize debate asks 'What's to be done about the refugee crisis?'
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