Show threadCory DoctorowJan 27, 2023

(part of the long transformation of the BBC from a #PublicServiceBroadcaster focused on #Reithian values to a glorified streaming service for Americans, a transformation that started when the BBC killed the #CreativeArchive in favor of the #Iplayer).

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Richard LittlerNov 25, 2022
#NowPlaying
1970s BBC bosses: "What do you think the little kiddies would like to listen to nowadays? Nursery rhymes?"
BBC Records & Tapes Dept: "What about avant-garde musique concrète in the style of Boulez and Stockhausen?"
BBC bosses: "For the under 10s? Go for it."
#Reithian #BBC #AvantGarde #electronica #musiqueconcrete