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BBC suspends presenter over claims he paid a teenager for explicit photos

The BBC said Sunday that it has suspended a leading presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. As senior British politicians urged a rapid investigation, the broadcaster said it was working to establish the facts of a complex and fast-moving set of circumstances. The UK's publicly funded national broadcaster was scrambling to head off a worsening crisis after The Sun newspaper reported allegations that the male presenter gave a youth 35,000 pounds ($45,000) starting in 2020 when the young person was 17. Neither the star nor the youth was identified. Amid speculation on social media about the identity of the presenter, several of the BBC's best-known stars spoke up to say it wasn't them. Though the age of sexual consent in Britain is 16, it's a crime to make or possess indecent images of anyone under 18. The Sun said the young person's mother had complained to the BBC in May but that the presenter had remained on the air. The BBC said in a state

Intel announces Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M GPUs with up to 12GB video memory

The new additions in Intel Arc Pro A-series GPUs support full media encode and decode, including AV1, and up to four displays with HDR and Dolby Vision

Vice media cancels flagship show amid layoffs and company restructure

The news departments at Vice Media will be significantly impacted by the restructure

Anurag Thakur slams NYT, other foreign media for 'defaming' India, PM

He said, "Some foreign media nourishing a grudge against India and our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi have long been systematically trying to peddle lies about our democracy and pleuritic society

A media mogul's toxic legacy

We see in precise detail the misogyny of Redstone's lust as he decides that his wealth and professed love for these women give him something like the rights of a king

The Washington Post announces layoffs, including some from the newsroom

As layoffs deepen across industries, The Washington Post has announced it will cut jobs amounting to a 'single-digit percentage' from its 2,500-strong workforce

Online news portal BuzzFeed fires about 12% of workforce amid layoffs

Online news portal BuzzFeed, which also owns the Huffington Post and Complex Networks, has laid off at least 180 employees or 12 per cent of its workforce, as media layoffs grow

GroupM Media's CEO Prashanth Kumar elected president of AAAI

Prasanth Kumar, the chief executive officer (CEO) for South Asia of GroupM Media has worked at Pepsi, The Hindu, and The Media Edge & McCann Erickson in a career spanning more than 25 years

Media should be vigilant, flag govt's drawbacks: Former PM Manmohan Singh

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said media needs to remain vigilant and flag shortcomings of the government with a view to improve the effectiveness of governance. Speaking at the TIOL Heritage Award function here, Singh asserted that India will continue to rise and show to the world the way forward by blending tradition with modernity. He noted that an entirely new generation of Indians have emerged who are aspirational and are exerting pressure on the government to perform better and be transparent. Singh also recalled his tenures as the finance minister and the prime minister in steering the country at difficult times. On the role of the media in a democracy, the former prime minister said it has a very important contribution to make in the process of nation-building. "We expect the media to be vigilant, to point out the shortcomings of the government and thus help in improving the effectiveness of governance," he said in his virtual address at the function. H

Magazines: On a comeback trail?

As a genre, magazine brands may have been given up for dead. Yet the chances of a revival aren't exactly far-fetched

Centre revives bill to regulate registration of digital news media: Report

The govt will propose the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 with the changes before the Union Cabinet soon, says a media report

Supreme Court to hear plea of editor in Rahul Gandhi doctored clip case

A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari on July 8

Minnow on world stage, but Indian media business is growing big: Report

US, China remain biggest pie-holders globally, says PwC report

Mogul Press Is Disrupting The PR Industry

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The M&A wave: Is there a pattern to what looks like a spate of media deals?

Digital is forcing a fundamental change in how people consume media and in the very definition of a media company, say analysts

Russian lawmakers mull more media restrictions amid war in Ukraine

Russian lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill into the lower parliament house that, if adopted, would tighten already harsh restrictions on media in the country and their coverage of war in Ukraine

New regulations hit China in global tech, media and telecom IPO market

Regulatory crackdown in China has shrunk the country's share in the global tech, media and Telecom (TMT) IPO market by 9% last year, a new report showed on Wednesday.

I am like the Bhishma Pitamah of the media industry, says Roshan Abbas

Abbas joined AIR FM in 1994 as a radio jockey

Good guy to crook: Journalists' image in popular culture has changed

Their fall from grace pretty much reflects the abuse and trolling they face on social media.

Australian regulator 'concerned' about Facebook's approach to media law

Facebook and Google must negotiate with news outlets for content that drives traffic to their websites, Australian regulator's code says.