‘We’re Not Trying to Beat Netflix,’ Says New BBC Boss Tim Davie

Meghan Markle, 39, is suing the publisher over five February 2019 articles in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website that published portions of a handwritten letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, after her marriage to Harry in 2018.Associated Newspapers is contesting the claim in London's High Court.

Gary Lineker has appeared to question whether the BBC would have the power to remove its staff from Twitter.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC’s new director general Tim Davie has made it clear that he will have little or no patience for stars and staff who break the UK broadcaster’s strict impartiality protocols on social media.Davie referenced tough new social media rules for employees in his maiden speech earlier this month and has today offered more details on how he intends to enforce the guidelines, which will be unveiled in the coming weeks.Giving evidence to British Parliament’s

The BBC is to publish new guidelines under which it could suspend employees’ Twitter accounts, the new director-general has said.

NEW YORK -- The best-selling team behind the “Princess in Black” children's series is looking to an even younger audience for its latest project.Starting next March, writer Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham are launching a “kitty and unicorn” picture book series, Abrams Books for Young Readers announced Wednesday.

Granger Smith is opening up about returning to music following the tragic loss of his son.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish Tuesday called Paramount, “one of the most storied brands in Hollywood” and a “natural choice” of name and content machine for its fast-growing OTT service in a rebrand announced this morning.Previous Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman wanted to unload the studio, or a big chunk of it. But Bakish is making it the beating heat of the company.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe BBC published its annual financials today, revealing its top earning presenters and executives.Sports personality Gary Lineker leads the way again but has agreed to take a £400,000 ($514,000) pay cut as part of signing a new five-year deal with the broadcaster, also announced today.

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.

It appears Sir Ridley Scott is almost as deadset on making more “Alien” films as James Cameron is in his “Avatar” sequels. No matter how negative or lukewarm the response to the prequel/reboot “Prometheus” and its sequel, “Alien: Covenant,” Scott is reportedly still developing a new film in the franchise, but it looks like it will be different from what fans would expect.

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