The BBC is getting blamed for doing nothing about Jimmy Savile, although it seems, over the years, five police forces actually investigated stories about him in some way and did nothing. I worked in British television from 1973 onwards, though only twice on BBC programmes; the rest of the time, I worked for ITV and independent companies. Still, I heard rumours about Jimmy Savile.

I'm undecided on the future of print journalism but I'm sure of one thing: ever increasing digitalisation, which has spawned the blog and twitter, has brought about the democratisation of reporting, journalism, writing and commentary.

Rupert Murdoch has lambasted "the English" on Fox News, part of his broadcast arm in the US. When asked by Fox Business reporter Neil Cavuto why h...

Rupert Murdoch has confirmed that News Corporation is to go ahead with plans to split into separate newspaper and entertainment operations, but denied...