Ian Burrell

As well as writing The Media Column for the i each Monday, Ian Burrell writes The News Business column for The Drum on Thursdays and is a Media Consultant. He is a former Assistant Editor of The Independent and previously worked for the Sunday Times and ITV. Personal website: www.ianburrellmedia.com

Ofcom: effective media regulator or a place for politicians to hide their awkward stuff?

Critics say Ofcom has been ‘too stand back’ in regulating the BBC; and ‘wholly ineffective’ in its oversight of local radio

How local TV shrank into a supporting player in Murdoch's culture wars

How the rise of AI chatbots and new TV stations could hugely affect next election

Article thumbnail: FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pauses as he makes a statement to media gathered outside the High Court in London, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. The British government on Friday, June 17, 2022 ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. He is likely to appeal. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Julian Assange's extradition poses a threat to media around the world

Sale of Telegraph titles will create a bidding war, but who are the suitors?

For all Piers Morgan’s bombast about Prince Harry’s claims, he won’t be sleeping easily

Is there a media omerta over recent sexual allegations? The truth is it's complicated

Why the Royal Family needs the media, even if the coverage hurts

Digital upstarts have been seen off by the old school they hoped to replace

The Guardian’s problem with antisemitism shows wilful ignorance