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With the spectre of job cuts, Channel 4 bosses must be seen to share the pain

Losses look inevitable but the broadcaster could help itself by demonstrating restraint on pay in its upper ranks

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 tells staff a round of major job cuts is looming

Exclusive: Broadcaster looks to hasten shake-up amid TV advertising slump with most job losses likely to affect London-based workers

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 plans deepest job cuts in over 15 years after TV ad slump

Exclusive: As many as 200 roles could go as firm seeks to accelerate digital streaming strategy and limit cuts to content budget

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‘Jobs will be next’: TV ad slump prompts more fear among staff

As TV faces worst decline in ad revenue in 15 years, drought is forcing broadcasters to embrace streaming to bridge income gap

The Guardian - UK

Don’t flake, don’t dump friends and don’t hold grudges: experts on what not to do in 2024

Guardian writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace (and a few other successful types) reveal what they won’t be doing in the coming year

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 chief says TV advertising slump is worst in 15 years

Broadcaster is considering using an emergency £75m credit facility next year, Alex Mahon tells MPs

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 boss says results of internal probe on Russell Brand ‘weeks’ away

The comedian was accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse following a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.

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There are five workplace personalities, a couple are more likely to become bosses

Socially adept workers appear more likely to succeed as AI takes over menial tasks once seen as vital to progression.

Fortune

Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree,’ says British broadcasting boss

Channel 4's chief exec blames social media and the pandemic for Gen Z’s deficiency in essential workplace diplomacy.

Fortune

Gen Z ‘twice’ as likely to call in sick to go to concert than millennials, study reveals

Study appears to suggest that the younger generation is more into music than their predecessors

The Independent UK

Gen Z haven’t got ‘skills to debate things or disagree’, Channel 4 boss claims

Alex Mahon, chief executive of Channel 4, suggested that young people are arriving in the workplace ill-equipped with the skills needed to communicate with colleagues

The Independent UK

ITV boss says ‘perhaps’ leaders not calling out inappropriate behaviour enough

Dame Carolyn reflected on how the industry is handling abuses of power within its ranks at the Royal Television Society Cambridge conference.

The Independent UK

‘Fighting for our lives’: UK broadcasters in deep trouble from short video craze

Younger viewers’ taste for snacking on online content is threat to TV industry but slowing output by streaming firms is giving it chance to strike back

The Guardian - UK

Culture Secretary tells media bosses to review processes in wake of Brand claims

Lucy Frazer made her comments during a keynote speech at the Royal Television Society Cambridge Conference.

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Russell Brand allegations show how TV tolerated ‘terrible behaviour’, says C4 chief

Alex Mahon says broadcasters were happy to show footage of Brand making misogynistic jokes about sex ‘not that long ago’

Evening Standard

Russell Brand dropped by festival over sexual assault allegations

Russell Brand has been dropped as speaker at Wanderlust Festival in Australia over sex attack claims

Evening Standard

Channel 4 boss says Russell Brand claims show ‘terrible behaviour towards women tolerated’

Alex Mahon made her comments as she opened the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention

The Independent UK

Brand claims show ‘terrible behaviour towards women tolerated’ – Channel 4 boss

Alex Mahon made her comments as she opened the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention.

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The Independent UK

Channel 4 and BBC bosses to address TV event amid Russell Brand allegations

Brand has strongly denied the allegations.

Evening Standard

Channel 4 finds ‘no evidence to suggest the allegations’ against Russell Brand were reported to management

The boss of Channel 4 says the broadcaster has “found no evidence to suggest the alleged incidents” about Russell Brand were reported to its management.

The Independent UK

First look at Russell Brand’s time at Channel 4 finds no reports to bosses – CEO

Brand has strongly denied the allegations.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 boss praises ‘brave and important’ Dispatches show about Russell Brand

The comedian ‘absolutely’ denies the allegations, which also include claims of controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 boss weighs in on duty of care debate amid BBC presenter allegations

Chief executive Alex Mahon said the ‘key thing’ was to make sure an organisation’s procedures flagged such issues.

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 chief awarded nearly £1.5m salary in 2022

Pay for Alex Mahon is highest in broadcaster’s history but top execs defer bonuses

Evening Standard

Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon gets pay rise to £1.5 million as low-paid freelancers bear brunt of cuts

Other top executives also received pay rises

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