BBC to Cut 900 Jobs as New Boss Outlines Priorities

“I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds” (Harper One), out Tuesday.Judgment about her race happens at work, too. “It really irritated me,” she writes, referring to colleagues who tell her she isn’t black enough or Latina enough.Hostin, whose full first name is Asunción, grew up “really poor” in the South Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother and black father who were both teenagers when they had her.

Mariah Carey, 50, will no doubt be raising some eyebrows when her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey is released on September 29. It’s something that the pop diva is preparing for on an emotional side especially when it comes to what the reaction will be.

Willie Nelson has a challenging past when it comes to infidelity. In his new book, “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band,” Nelson, 87, opens up about the ways his cheating affected his ex-wives.

A new Beatles book is set to be released next year, to accompany the Peter Jackson directed documentary ‘The Beatles: Get Back’. The book will tell the story of the making of the band’s ‘Let It Be’ album in their own words.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester United evening headlines for Wednesday September 16.Van de Beek makes prediction about United careerDonny van de Beek says he is excited for his future at Manchester United after speaking positively about his first few days at the club.Van de Beek is United’s only signing in the current transfer window having joined from Ajax for £35million.And as the Dutchman approaches a possible debut against Crystal Palace on Saturday, he admits United’s

The BBC on Tuesday touted further improvements in its gender pay gap alongside efforts to "prioritize" diversity, but highlighted the "exceptional challenges" of the novel coronavirus pandemic and need to cut costs and "keep reforming at an urgent pace." Publishing its annual report for fiscal year 2019-2020 on Tuesday, the U.K. public broadcastersaid that during the April 2019-March 2020 period, "over 90 percent of the U.K.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster BBC has garnered criticism for the millions paid in salaries to high profile on-air talent such as ex-soccer player and current sport pundit Gary Lineker.Lineker, who hosts popular soccer program “Match of the Day,” and fronts the BBC’s FA Cup and “Sports Personality of the Year” coverage, earned £1.75 million ($2.25 million) during the 2019/2020 financial year, according to the BBC annual report, which was released Tuesday.

J.K. Rowling is facing new accusations of transphobia thanks to one of the characters in her upcoming book, Troubled Blood, set for release on Sept 15.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorIn his new book, No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings describes himself as a “math wonk” with a “lack of showbiz knowledge.”Even so, the book doesn’t lean too heavily on engineering or MBA talk. Instead, to make its theoretical points, it uses an abundance of Hollywood-flavored anecdotes, drawn from 200-plus interviews with current and former staffers that were conducted by co-author Erin Meyer.

Steve Clarke It is, by common consent, the job from hell, but within days of starting as BBC director general, Tim Davie, achieved the impossible by generating positive headlines in outlets normally critical of the Beeb.He achieved this simply by reversing a decision not to sing “Rule Britannia” — a patriotic song linked to the United Kingdom’s colonial past — at the famed Last Night of the Proms, the finale to the BBC’s annual summer music festival, and as much a part of the English psyche as

Peter White Television EditorTim Davie has laid out his priorities for the BBC in his first speech after taking over as Director General.In the speech, Davie, who was formerly boss of commercial division BBC Studios, reveals that it is cutting 900 jobs in news and across the nations and regions as it looks to “further reduce duplication, layers and overheads”.He says the BBC is still “relevant” in millions of people’s lives across the UK but that as it looks to the future, “there is no room for

Naman Ramachandran New BBC director general Tim Davie, who took charge Sept. 1, replacing Tony Hall, has announced the reduction of 900 jobs from the service, creating a “leaner organization” because of “pressure to keep focusing our money on audiences.”“We will keep a focus on cost reduction – so BBC U.K.