Jake Kanter

This is spot on. When I was looking at this story last week, I was struck by how there were literally no credible voices denouncing the ad.

And liberal media stoked the flames. The Guardian wrote a 'People Rage At Ad' story in which the first substantive quote was from a dude with 34 X followers.

I dug into two years of Netflix viewing figures — and just look at the Brits representing. Half of the Top 10 TV shows are made in the UK, and that's not even including Bridgerton, which is basically British. Remarkable clout. deadline.com/2025/07/netf...

In important, but quite dry, news: Ofcom says YouTube must give special prominence to content from the BBC, ITV, C4 and C5.

If YouTube refuses (feels likely!), Ofcom says ministers should force its hand with legislation. Below, graphs showing why this is now getting existential for broadcasters.

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Accused Of Jeopardizing BBC Independence After Repeated Attacks On Tim Davie British culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s repeated attacks on BBC boss Tim Davie have sparked concerns about the UK broadcaster's independence.

New: Culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s repeated attacks on BBC boss Tim Davie have sparked independence concerns, with a Deadline analysis revealing the frequency of her interventions on editorial/operational issues when compared with Tory predecessors. deadline.com/2025/07/bbc-...

Lisa Nandy: ‘Why has nobody at the BBC been fired over Gaza film errors?’ The culture secretary calls for accountability over the documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official

Source: www.thetimes.com/article/324b...

The BBC screwed up horrendously at Glasto and MPs have every right to be angry, but take a breath and read these quotes. It's starting to look an awful lot like a minister telling the BBC what to do. That doesn't feel like a desirable precedent for anyone - including Lisa Nandy.

I started the day with this thought rattling round my head: Tim Davie famously steadied the BBC ship during the Jimmy Savile scandal of 2012. His words then were that the BBC needs to "get a grip." Does he have a grip on the endless Gaza scandals plaguing the broadcaster?

Very serious attack on BBC chief Tim Davie from culture secretary Lisa Nandy: “When you have one editorial failure, it’s something that must be gripped. When you have several, it becomes a problem of leadership." deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-...

UTA Drops Bob Vylan After “Death To The IDF” Chant During Scandal-Hit Glastonbury Set UTA has moved swiftly to drop Bob Vylan, the punk duo at the heart of a scandal in the UK over their performance at Glastonbury Festival.

Exclusive: Bob Vylan dropped by agent UTA after scandal-hit Glastonbury set. deadline.com/2025/06/bob-...

Update: BBC Breakfast editor has "decided to extend the period of leave he was taking" while internal review is ongoing, per an internal email. No word on when he will return. bsky.app/profile/jake...

BBC Drafts In Consultant To Examine ‘Breakfast’ Bullying Allegations After Deadline Investigation The BBC's HR team is working with an external PwC consultant to examine allegations of bullying and misconduct on flagship show, 'BBC Breakfast.'

Exclusive: The BBC has drafted in a PwC consultant to help steer an internal review of bullying and misconduct allegations on Breakfast. deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-...

Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors boss Kate Phillips will be named as the BBC's new content chief, per sources and a Broadcast report. Deadline has reported since early May that she was the candidate to beat. She becomes the most powerful creative exec in UK telly, audio, and streaming.

Two stories in two days, The Sun has turned on BBC Breakfast boss Richard Frediani. The first big test for the BBC since the “line in the sand" of its workplace culture review? Here’s the Deadline story that started it all: deadline.com/2025/04/bbc-...

BBC News Journalists Lodge Ageism Complaint As They Face Being Fired Under Newsdesk Merger A group of seasoned BBC News journalists have claimed that they are being forced out of the corporation because of their age.

New: A handful of seasoned BBC News journalists have complained that they are the victims of ageism as they face being fired under plans to merge the corporation’s Home and Foreign newsdesks. deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-...

Windy dropping intel!

Channel 4 Says It Doesn’t Use NDAs, But Documents Reveal Company Is Curbing Free Speech Of Aggrieved Ex-Employees Channel 4 described itself as the "defender of free speech," but documents reveal it is restricting what former staffers can say about the company.

New: Channel 4 once described itself as the “sponsor and defender of free speech,” but a cache of documents seen by Deadline reveals it is restricting what aggrieved former staffers can say about the company. deadline.com/2025/06/chan...

NBC Pulls Viral Chinese Paraglider Video Over Concerns It Was AI Generated NBC Pulls Viral Chinese Paraglider Video Over Concerns It Was AI Generated

Yeah, that wildly viral video of a Chinese paraglider accidentally flying as high as Everest, a video presented as fact by many major world news outlets, that video was likely AI. deadline.com/2025/05/nbc-...

YouTube cracks down on misleading AI movie trailers by demonetizing accounts As the summer box office season gets underway, movie trailers are flooding YouTube, but many are not what they seem. With artificial intelligence generating a wave of fake previews, YouTube is now tak...

My voyage into the underbelly of AI movie trailers on YouTube made it all the way to American network news — as did the consequences of the greatest week in my Spurs supporting life. www.nbcnews.com/now/video/yo...

Honestly, same

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Iconic. Honestly one of the great moments in our recent history.

ITV To Cut 220 Jobs In Major Daytime Overhaul ITV has announced a major overhaul of its daytime schedule, cutting back the airtime devoted to shows including 'Loose Women' and 'Lorraine.'

This is big - and proper sign of the times stuff. ITV is cutting 220 jobs (half of its daytime teams) and dramatically reducing daytime output. The money will be reinvested in more streaming-friendly output, like drama and sport. deadline.com/2025/05/itv-...

Career-Ending ‘Game Of Thrones’ Injury Led To $9.4M Settlement: Why Stuntwoman Thinks It Exposes Everything That’s Wrong With Her Profession Stuntwoman Casey Michaels suffered major injury on 'Game Of Thrones.' She sued HBO, reaching a £7M ($9.4M) settlement. Now she's raising safety fears.

Stunt performing is a glamour job — until someone gets hurt. For a special piece, stuntwoman Casey Michaels reveals to me how she won a huge £7m payout from HBO after a career-ending injury on Game of Thrones. She says her story exposes the dark underbelly of stunting. deadline.com/2025/05/game...

"They think it's all over – it is now" says @jakekanter.bsky.social on the departure of Gary Lineker on BBC News

Very BBC for the DG to make a thoughtful speech about safeguarding trust in UK media in the shadow of headlines about a BBC presenter's social media indiscretion bsky.app/profile/jake...

Ooft. BBC boss Tim Davie on Gary Lineker sharing a pro-Palestine video featuring a rat emoji: "The BBC's reputation is held by everyone, and when someone makes a mistake, it costs us. We absolutely need people to be exemplars of the BBC values and follow our social media policy. Simple as that."

Haha, indeed! But thank you

Calling awards aficionados: can anyone recall an actor/actress winning an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Bafta for one role in a single awards season?

I asked ChatGPT and it told me Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I) and Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce), but it was wrong — neither won a Bafta.

Donald Trump Says He’s Pursuing 100% Tariffs On Movies Produced Outside U.S., Calling Runaway Production “A National Security Threat” Donald Trump said that the administration is beginning the process to impose a 100% tariff on imports of movies that are produced in "foreign lands."

Yeah, if this sticks (big if), it would be devastating for British production. The Hollywood strikes revealed how reliant we are on American's housing shoots here. Last year alone, US studios made £1.4bn worth of movies in the UK, 64% of all our film production. deadline.com/2025/05/trum...

Sorry you're off, but look forward to hearing more about the next job. B2B journalism is king!