Bbc Funding

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  BBC Cancels 'A Question Of Sport' Show Citing Funding Issues

  The show debuted in 1970 with David Vine as the host, followed by David Coleman, Sue Barker, and the current host, Paddy McGuinness, who took over two years ago.

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  Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded,’ ‘State-Affiliated’ Labels From Media Accounts

  Twitter dropped the "Government-funded" and "China state-affiliated" labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday.

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  Elon Musk Modifies 'Government Funded Media' Label for CBC After Publisher Pauses Twitter Activity

  Elon Musk on Monday changed the 'Government Funded Media' for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) after it stated that less than 70 percent of its funds were from the government. The CBC says it has paused activity on its corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts.

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  UK To Freeze BBC Funding For 2 Years, Opposition Says "Cultural Vandalism"

  Britain said on Monday it would freeze funding for the BBC for two years and begin a debate on whether a universal licence fee should continue in the modern television age, drawing opposition complaints of "cultural vandalism".

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  BBC Boss Tony Hall To Step Down Amid Scrutiny Over Funding

  Embattled BBC boss Tony Hall will step down in six months' time, he told staff on Monday, as the British broadcaster grapples with a damaging equal-pay ruling and scrutiny over funding.

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  UK Minister Says Russia Isn't Funding Campaign For Elections

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has not funded its election campaign with Russian money, security minister Brandon Lewis told the BBC on Sunday.

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  3 Women Join BBC's List Of Its Top 10 Earners After Gender Pay Gap Row

  The BBC said three women - Claudia Winkleman, Vanessa Feltz and Zoe Ball - had joined the list of its top 10 paid stars, a change the publicly funded British broadcaster said demonstrated the progress it was making in closing its gender pay gap.

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  Next IMF Boss Likely to Come From Outside Europe: Deputy Head

  IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton told the BBC World Service the tradition by which a European heads the fund while an American leads the World Bank was coming under pressure and the next appointment would be "strictly merit-based".

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  Pakistan's MQM Party 'Received Indian Funding', Reports BBC

  The BBC has quoted sources to report that officials in Pakistan's MQM or Muttahida Qaumi Movement party have told the UK authorities they received Indian government funds.

• BBC chief says sex abuse claims 'very grave'

  The head of Britain's BBC told hostile lawmakers on Tuesday that allegations of sexual abuse against one of its former stars were a grave matter but denied bosses had tried to cover up one of the biggest crises to hit the publicly funded broadcaster.

• BBC editor steps aside over Jimmy Savile scandal

  The editor of the BBC's flagship TV news show stepped aside on Monday after the publicly funded broadcaster said his explanation for pulling an expose into alleged sexual abuse by one of its former presenters was "inaccurate or incomplete".

• UK's BBC sells Television Centre for US $311 million

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has sold its Television Centre complex in the White City area of London to developer Stanhope for about 200 million pounds, as the broadcaster cuts costs amid a funding freeze.