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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Laura PhillipsJan 4, 2023
https://t.co/b7e7YQflZH Please bear this table in mind when #DailyMailUK+the #Murdoch press attack the #BBC. They are commercial rivals of our #publicservicebroadcaster, competing with it for internet traffic - something they never tell their readers.
Most popular news apps in the UK and US in 2022

The BBC News app was the most downloaded news app in the UK in 2022. The app was newly-installed 908,000 times, while the Sky News app came in second place with 607,000 installations, according to dat

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Show threadLaura PhillipsNov 21, 2022
Please don’t let hostile politicians, defunders+rival media organisations disembowel the #BBC, *our* national #publicservicebroadcaster, a UK soft power asset+huge cultural achievement, respected worldwide. Please lobby your MPs, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan at [email protected], CommonsDCMS Committee chair Julian Knight MP, and Labour Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell MP. Thank you!