Richard Wallace has been appointed to a new role as Head of TV at News UK Broadcasting. He will oversee all editorial output from TalkTV, as well as have overall responsibility for the P&L.

Wallace has had an unparalleled career, combining years of experience in news reporting and editing latterly with television production. He was editor of the Daily Mirror from 2004-2012 and over the last decade, he has worked in television as SVP TV & Production for Syco Entertainment. 

Rebekah Brooks, CEO of News UK, said:

“Richard has a breadth of knowledge that will be invaluable across the schedule of TalkTV. We are delighted to welcome him to the company as we build on our launch programming to deliver new shows which showcase the best of all of News UK’s journalism.”

Scott Taunton, EVP, President of Broadcasting, News UK, said:

“We have built the capability to produce live programming and have launched three prime time shows and regular news bulletins. We can see the opportunities to produce new formats and to evolve our video output across all platforms. Richard will lead an exceptional team of TV executives, providing editorial oversight for all programming and overall responsibility for the budget and P&L.”

Richard Wallace said:

“TalkTV is innovating and producing news programming for the streaming age. The role will combine many skills from the newsroom with TV programming. The opportunities for news content are extraordinary right now and News UK’s world class stable of journalism provides a great launch pad.”

Richard will start his role in July and reports to Scott Taunton.