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Interviews with media's rising stars, moguls and newsworthy names
  • James Purnell

    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’
  • Cerrie Burnell

    CBeebies' Cerrie Burnell: 'I want to push diversity in other directions'

    The TV presenter who refused to hide her disability is quitting the channel to focus on writing children’s books and acting
  • Ben de Pear in his underground office at ITN in London.

    Channel 4 News editor Ben De Pear: ‘I see no end to Jon Snow. He’s immortal'

    The C4 news programme is flying high with a host of awards, but De Pear sees plenty of challenges ahead, from Trump to Facebook
  • Slater is realistic about the BBC winning back live Premier League games, pointing to the ‘huge super inflation in sports rights’.

    BBC Sport's Barbara Slater: 'There's a transformation in women's coverage'

    Broadcaster’s first female head of sport is upbeat, saying women’s coverage is up, sexism down and the future bright
  • Kevin Lygo, the head of television at ITV

    ITV's Kevin Lygo on the new Nightly Show: 'It's not satire with a capital S'

    The director of television explains his vision for ITV and why he thinks the replacement for the News at Ten will bring high and low culture together
  • Sophy Ridge

    Sky’s Sophy Ridge: ‘We’re at a tipping point with women in politics’

    She bagged the PM’s first interview on her Sunday morning show, but says you need thick skin to be a woman in politics – either as a reporter or an MP
  • Katherine Maher

    'We always look for reliability': why Wikipedia's editors cut out the Daily Mail

    Katherine Maher, head of the Wikimedia Foundation, on accuracy and operating in a world of ‘fake news’
  • Rachel Jupp

    Panorama editor Rachel Jupp: people want us to hold power to account

    BBC investigative show’s new editor defends its record for ‘risky’ programme-making and believes there is much current affairs can learn from drama
  • Damian Collins waits for a train back to London from his constituency.

    Damian Collins: Mr Nice Guy aiming to get the media back on track

    The genial chair of the culture, media and sport committee has fake news, Channel 4 and section 40 in his sights
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2017 list launch party - London<br>Mike Federle President Forbes Media, arrives for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2017 list launch party, at the Gilgamesh restaurant in central London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday January 16, 2017. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire

    Best of frenemies: Forbes' long history with Donald Trump

    Forbes Media president Mike Federle says there is much to fear but also reason to be positive now the tetchy tycoon is president
  • Simon Vaughan

    Simon Vaughan: from starring in Grange Hill to making War and Peace

    The Lookout Point co-CEO discusses a new venture that aims to help writers get shows made without a network on board
  • Eli Pariser

    Eli Pariser: activist whose filter bubble warnings presaged Trump and Brexit

    Upworthy chief warned about dangers of the internet’s echo chambers five years before 2016’s votes
  • Jack [blue sweater] and Harry Williams the brothers who wrote BBC series The Missing and produced comedy hit Fleabag.

    Brothers behind TV shows Fleabag and The Missing: ‘It doesn’t stop. That’s good’

    Jack and Harry Williams, who have a slate of new shows planned for 2017 and beyond, say they don’t even switch off at Christmas
  • Beryl Vertue at the Women in Film and Television awards on Friday, at which she was presented with the lifetime achievement award.

    Beryl Vertue: 'Sherlock is a family affair'

    ‘Sherlock’s godmother’, a pioneer of independent TV production, says making things for accountants ‘wouldn’t be much fun’
  • Atalla said he has only grown ‘angrier’ at the BBC’s decision to make BBC3 online only.

    Ash Atalla: white middle class 'swept away' decision to close BBC3

    The former BBC producer also unveiled plans for a ‘big romcom’ in America
  • Rafat Ali, of travel media site Skift.

    Rafat Ali: 'Trump showed we ascribe too much value to what media can do'

    Founder of travel media website Skift says traditional media was blindsided by election result and hopes people will defy ‘neo-isolationism’ by travelling
  • Andy Zaltzman

    Andy Zaltzman: ‘Trump decided the way to power was debasing humanity’

    The Bugle is back – just in time to catch the biggest upset in US electoral history and the Brexit fallout
  • John Ryley at Sky News HQ

    Sky News boss: 'The only way to achieve longevity is to go through renewal'

    John Ryley discusses the departure of senior presenters and reveals details of a new home for the channel’s City operation
  • Martin Baron

    Martin Baron: 'We took Donald Trump seriously from the beginning'

    The Washington Post’s executive editor on breaking Trump’s Access Hollywood hot mic moment and the surprising positives of working beside software engineers
  • Lord Glendonbrook (Michael Bishop), seen outside houses of parliament

    Former Channel 4 chair: 'UK doesn't need two publicly owned broadcasters'

    Twenty years ago Michael Bishop’s ‘Dear John’ letter helped save Channel 4 from privatisation. But with its future again in doubt, he has a different solution
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