Michael Savage
Policy Editor at The Guardian
Media Editor, The Guardian. Views my own. DMs open. 👇👇👇[email protected]
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4 days ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage |Kiran Stacey
David Lammy is asking BBC bosses to draw up tens of millions of pounds’ worth of cuts to the World Service as part of the spending review, as the fallout continues from Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the aid budget. Sources have told the Guardian the Foreign Office has asked the BBC to draw up a budget of up to £70m a year lower than bosses say it needs over the next few years, and well below inflation.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
She is perhaps the UK’s most prominent war correspondent, broadcasting from the world’s toughest regions, interpreting its most intractable and bloody conflicts. Yet, like many others at a time when the news agenda is so tough, even Lyse Doucet has admitted she finds herself tempted to turn off.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
The Guardian has relaunched its mobile app to deliver more personalised, visual content and boost the prominence of podcasts, as part of a “mobile first” strategy. A dedicated tab for podcasts has been introduced to help users discover and listen to new episodes via a new in-app player, while users can also listen to all articles using a text-to-speech feature. The overhaul is an acknowledgment of how central the mobile phone has now become for many news organisations.
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1 week ago |
taipeitimes.com | Michael Savage
By Michael Savage / The Guardian As Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to the shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) — the global broadcaster whose roots date back to the fight against Nazi propaganda — he quickly attracted support from figures not used to aligning themselves with any US administration.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the US could “wipe out” the UK film industry, ministers have been warned, as they came under immediate pressure to prioritise the issue in trade talks with the White House. In an extraordinary intervention, Trump announced his intention to impose the levy on all movies “produced in Foreign Lands”, stating that the US film industry was suffering a “very fast death” as a result of the incentives being offered overseas.
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At the end of last year, I wrote that a US trade deal wasn't about "hormone beef" anymore - it was about higher grade US meat entering without tariffs. That sounds like what has happened... I don't think the NFU will take this lightly... https://t.co/C81vynxYvG
When MPs start putting their names to this stuff, it's a moment. Rebellion shortlist now established
🚨Disability benefit cuts impossible to support, 42 Labour MPs tell Starmer MPs from across the party call for a pause and rethink. Full list of names here https://t.co/5ySXQeDNl6
NEW: You know “news avoidance” is a real thing when the great Lyse Doucet, one of the country’s most prominent war correspondents, says she knows the feeling… “I too have been turning away from news and listening to Radio 3 instead of Radio 4.” Story: https://t.co/rdSbFlIppl