CHOOSING OUR TARGET WELL: CREATIVE DIVERSITY AT UAL On 21 April 2021, UAL pledged that 30% of our staff will be people of colour within three years. This will apply to our workforce overall, our leadership and, crucially, to every college and department. …

I’ve slightly fallen off the blogging wheel, as I was reminded recently on Twitter by StephenCWLL. Apologies for that — I got caught up in the launch of BBC Sounds and then … Christmas! I promise to do better this year, and give regular updates. Last week was our best…

It’s a month today since we launched BBC Sounds at Tate Modern. The evening included the sight of three Jeremy Vines on stage simultaneously – the real one and his two impersonators from Dead Ringers. That night we also had performances from Nile Rodgers & Chic, Craig David, Mabel and…

How our podcasts are doing Last June, I said we were going to be doing more podcasts. Here’s an update on how it’s going. Overall, pretty well. In September, in the UK, there were nearly 26.5 million downloads of BBC podcasts. That’s the highest number we’ve seen since August 2015…

How we’re implementing our Religion Review Last Monday, I spoke at the launch of Morality In The 21st Century, which ran last week on Radio 4 and is available on the BBC iPlayer Radio app. In it, presenter Jonathan Sacks asks whether we still have space for morality. …

Introducing the BBC’s first voice experiences for children Earlier this year, I wrote about how we’ve been exploring new areas for interactive voice content, involving some of our most familiar brands and characters for children. It’s part of our plans to invest in content that informs, educates and entertains children…

Ofcom published a report last week about UK media consumption. It tells a now familiar tale of the continued rise of on demand digital, especially among the young, accelerated by powerful internet companies. If you take audiences as a whole most of their time spent watching and listening is to…

A couple of thoughts, after weeks of loving 5Live’s World Cup Daily podcast and launching BBC Sounds. The latter was a preliminary release. We’re getting real audience data and lots of feedback, which we’re using to iterate the product, ready for our full launch later in the year. The brilliant…

Today, I spoke about the BBC’s role in supporting the future of British radio. As global platforms start to dominate video, audio and news, we need to be crystal clear about why we’re here. We’re here to guarantee a choice of British programmes and products. …