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Hi everybody, editor of TV Zone here.

Just wanted to drop a message here regarding the discussion about TV Zone and the Talk TV piece this weekend - I don't want to create a whole argument or ongoing thread, just one message which may be helpful and give context.

I hope it's fair to say that TV Zone is a reliable source for TV news. It is absolutely fair to say we are more of an aggregator of news rather than a definitive source/outlet. We always try to credit on stories which are exclusive to or first published elsewhere.

Specifically on the Talk TV story - nothing within is claimed as 'exclusive', and it is much more speculative than something we'd usually run.

We credited and linked to Guido Fawkes with the story on Piers Morgan being "sacked". Other information we credit to "sources" are things we were told following the staff meeting on Friday morning – I hope you understand why we didn’t elaborate on who or what these sources are. Of course, points made have been discussed by others before – such as The Sun TV rebrand, but where we credit to ‘sources’ telling us, it means we’ve heard it first hand.

We’re well sourced within the news/current affairs programming space – I believe we were the first to report on the extensions of ITV Evening News in 2022, BBC Breakfast last year and the imminent relocation of BBC News At One to Salford. I also believe we were the first to hear about/report on the 5 News/ITV News plans last week when The King’s cancer diagnosis was announced.

Not here to say we should be treated as a mainstream news outlet or a definitive source for any information, that’s obviously for others to decide.

As this is a presentation forum I don’t want to create a new thread/discussion so if you have any comment/feedback/questions, our Twitter DMs and email is open.

Thanks,
TV Zone Editor