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The Stage editor steps down after 20 years
Brian Attwood, who has been at the actors' newspaper since 1986, to pursue work on the issue of special needs in adulthood. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

07, Feb, 2014 @2:24 PM

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BBC iPlayer: Thatcher's funeral was third most-requested live event ever
Ceremony for former PM topped only by two Olympics events, but BBC reports overall requests dipped slightly in April. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

28, May, 2013 @9:22 AM

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Rupert Murdoch plans to 'poison' News Corp takeover bids
Rupert Murdoch announces year-long plan enabling News Corp shareholders to buy discounted stock in event of new investor

Ben Dowell

24, May, 2013 @7:00 PM

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News Corp to separate publishing and entertainment groups by end of June
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive, will head both News Corp and 21st Century Fox companies. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

24, May, 2013 @2:27 PM

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BBC2's Anne Boleyn profile watched by 3 million
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn beat competition on BBC1, but lost in the ratings to ITV drama Scott & Bailey. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

24, May, 2013 @12:44 PM

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BBC and Channel 4 criticised for giving radical cleric Anjem Choudary airtime
Conservatives' Baroness Warsi and Labour's Jim Murphy hit out over interviews in wake of soldier's murder in Woolwich. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

24, May, 2013 @12:29 PM

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Spare Rib: Rosie Boycott joins team relaunching feminist magazine
Title's co-founder takes role as contributing editor, with website going live on 27 May and print version planned for the autumn. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

26, Apr, 2013 @2:03 PM

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Spare Rib magazine to be relaunched by Charlotte Raven
Fundraiser for planned free website and bi-monthly glossy to feature George Galloway and Rod Liddle at 'penitents' party'. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

25, Apr, 2013 @11:39 AM

Tracey Emin launches Radio 4's major arts series Cultural Exchange

Bernardo Bertolucci, Jeanette Winterson and Paul Weller also among 75 public figures revealing favourite works

Ben Dowell

16, Apr, 2013 @6:07 PM

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All the world's a stage: Shakespeare biopic leads UK invasion of US TV | Ben Dowell
The 'Downton Abbey effect' and favourable tax breaks have renewed American industry interest in British TV. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

11, Apr, 2013 @3:21 PM

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BBC plans whaling drama based on tale that inspired Moby Dick
Story of dramatic survival of 14-year-old Nantucket seafarer Thomas Nickerson following shipwreck, begins filming in Malta. By Ben Dowell

Ben Dowell

08, Apr, 2013 @3:02 PM

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BBC chief must purge middle management, says Melvyn Bragg

Broadcaster says Jimmy Savile crisis has exposed the BBC's 'dire structure' and that Lord Hall will need a 'cleansing sword'

John Plunkett and Ben Dowell

29, Mar, 2013 @7:07 PM

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