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James Murdoch Bristles But Never Falters In 2nd Appearance Before Parliament
Breaking News … Refresh for latest live-blogging from London …
UPDATE: James Murdoch confidently and steadfastly maintained that he has been cooperative and fully forthcoming about what he knew and did not know when he testified at his previous appearance before MPs. Facing hostile questioning and bristling at…
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UK Govt Drawing Up Film Fund Shortlist
EXCLUSIVE: Ed Vaizey, the British culture minister, hosted a meeting at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport this morning to thrash out who should administer UK’s lottery film funding. He tells me that the government has drawn up a shortlist of 3 to 4 organisations which could run it after the UK Film Council…
BLIMEY! British Government May Give $19M Lottery Cash To BBC Films And Film4
EXCLUSIVE: The UK government is considering handing over the £15 million of lottery film production cash, which the UK Film Council currently handles, to public broadcasters the BBC and Channel 4. Ed Vaizey, the government arts minister, has talked about splitting the UKFC's £15 million of lottery funding only…
Filmmakers React With Shock & Dismay To Government Plan To Scrap UK Film Council
UPDATE: I’ve been told that the decision to get rid of UK Film Council was Ed Vaizey’s alone, and not, as has been posited, by his boss Jeremy Hunt having a gun pointed at his head. What the government ministers disagreed about was timing. Vaizey wanted to consult the industry as part of his summer film review. It was…
New Government Scraps UK Film Council; Reaction From Organisation Swift & Angry
EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE: John Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, has e-mailed staff telling them today's government decision to abolish the government agency "has been imposed with no notice and no consultation… I think we can all agree that this is short-sighted and potentially very damaging, especially as there is at…
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