Because I was unfortunately unavailable owing to Irish Examiner duties, the admirable BBC chief foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet stepped in to give the Royal Television Society’s Huw Wheldon lecture the other night on the rise of social media and its increasing relevance to broadcast journalism.

ITV’s executive chairman Michael Grade suggested today that the broadcaster could hand over responsibility for regional news to another organisation.

Comedian Lenny Henry has accused the TV industry of racism.

Channel 4 deputy chief executive David Scott today announced he was leaving his post.