new york times, bbc and others. well, ben smith is our guest on the media show today and, ben, i would like to understand a little bit more about what you are planning. of course and yes, thanks for having me on. i hope you ll. there s been a tonne written in the ft and thejournal and times, and all these good places, so, there is a lot to read about what we re doing, but basically, we think there s a huge space to create a new global news organisation. obviously, we re going to start in a handful of markets and try to be competitive domestically, to give people who i think, if you talk to people certainly in the us and the uk, and many other places, if you either look at public opinion research or you ask them, you know, are you delighted, are you satisfied with the way the news being delivered to you, with the news you re getting? they will mostly say no, unfortunately. and i think there s a lot of things that we hope we can do well. one is hiring really great journal
now on bbc news it s time for the media show. i m ros atkins, welcome to this week s edition of the media show. and there s no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columnist of the new york times ben smith has announced he is leaving the paper and he sjoining forces withjustin smith, no relation, who has been head of bloomberg media. together they re going to create a new news organisation. they say within the next 20 years it could take on the mighty cnn, new york times, bbc and others. well, ben smith is our guest on the media show today and, ben, i would like to understand a little bit more about what you are planning. of course and yes, thanks for having me on. i hope you ll. there s been a tonne written in the ft and thejournal and times, and all these good places, so, there is a lot to read about what we re doing, but basically, we think there s a huge space to create a new global news organisation. obviously, we re going to start in a handful of mar
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected the unvaccinated tennis star s appeal to stay in the country on public health grounds. there s dismay from supporters mr djokovic s family say they are very disappointed with the decision and what they have called scandalous behaviour from authorities. the foreign office has confirmed a man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas was british citizen. police say the man is now dead all the hostages have been freed. labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and should resign, over a series of parties at downing street during coronavirus restrictions. the conservative party chairman, oliver dowden, says the culture in downing street must be addressed. now on bbc news, it s the media show. i m ros atkins, welcome to this week s edition of the media show. and there s no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columni
across the southwestern pacific the uk foreign secretary calls for russia to halt its aggression, and accuses the kremlin of waging a disinformation campaign to justify an invasion of ukraine. russia denies it s preparing to carry out false sabotage operations. now on bbc news it s the media show. i m ros atkins, welcome to this week s edition of the media show. and there s no doubting one of the big media stories of the week, the columnist of the new york times ben smith has announced he is leaving the paper and he s joining forces withjustin smith, no relation, who has been head of bloomberg media. together they re going to create a new news organisation. they say within the next 20 years it could take on the mighty cnn, new york times, bbc and others. well, ben smith is our guest on the media show today and, ben, i would like to understand a little bit more about what you are planning. of course and yes, thanks for having me on. i hope you ll. there s been a tonne writte
welcome to the programme. novak djokovic has won his court battle to stay in australia and defend his grand slam title, but ministers have threatened that they might exercise powers to cancel his visa anyway. we are exepcting his family to give a press conference from belgrade shortly, with the world number one joining via video link. a few hours ago, a judge in melbourne ruled that the men s number one must be released immediately from immigration detention. djokovic arrived at the airport last week to defend his australian open title, which begins next monday. he says he was initally granted an exemption from covid vaccination rules after recovering from the virus last month. djokovic s lawyers argued that cancellation was unreasonable the government conceded this, and judge anthony kelly also agreed. but as fans celebrate outside the court, counsel for the australian government told the hearing that the immigration minister might exercise his legal powers to cancel the v