The BBC is to examine Rupert Murdoch's influence over the British press in a major three-part documentary series. The British public broadcaster has commissioned A Tabloid Empire (w/t) from Trump: An American Dream producer 72 Films. The three-part series, which will air on BBC Two, will explore the extraordinary…

In its second such move this week, BBC Worldwide is joining with a pair of UK execs to back a new indie banner. The former head of Channel 4's specialist factual programming, David Glover, and the co-MD of Shine Group's Dragonfly, Mark Raphael, are establishing 72 Films with a 15% interest from BBC WW. The commercial…