World in Action output. For the first 35 years of its existence, ITV had a near-monopoly of television advertising revenue. Roy Thomson, who ran Scottish Television famously described ITV as a "licence to print money". In return for this income, the broadcasting regulator insisted that the ITV companies broadcast a proportion of their programmes as public service TV. Out of this was born the network's reputation for serious current affairs, eagerly grabbed by programme makers under Granada's founder Lord Sidney Bernstein. Some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century British broadcasting helped to create "World in Action", in particular Tim Hewat, "the maverick
Current affairs (news format) Out" also fit the definition. In Canada, CBC Radio produces a number of current affairs show both nationally such as The Current and As it Happens as well as regionally with morning current affairs shows such as Information Morning, a focus the radio network developed in the 1970s as a way to recapture audience from television. Additionally, newspapers such as the "Private Eye", the "Economist", "Monocle", the "Spectator", the "Week", the "Oldie", the "Investors Chronicle", "Prospect", "MoneyWeek", the "New Statesman", "TIME", "Fortune", the "BBC History Magazine" and "History Today" are all sometimes referred to as current affairs magazines. Telugu Current