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The BBC fights suggestions that it convert to a subscription model: “The principle of universality is absolutely the debate here”

Stephen CushionNovember 1, 2021

Would enhancing the BBC’s fact-checking strengthen its perceived impartiality?

How broadcasters challenge false or misleading information while maintaining high standards of impartiality has become increasingly challenging.

Christian FuchsJune 24, 2021

Rather than privatizing public service media, we should be expanding it online

Imagine an advertising-free, non-commercial, not-for-profit internet, with digital archives of public service content available to everyone for an unlimited period from anywhere at any time.

Joshua BentonSeptember 28, 2020

A new set of threats to the BBC — internal and external — challenges its role as anchor of U.K. media

The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.

AJ+, Al Jazeera’s social-video-friendly service, will now have to register as a “foreign agent” in the United States

“We couldn’t report on this statistic and not take action ourselves”: BBC Sport introduces new policies to combat hateful social media comments

Nicholas QuahAugust 18, 2020

Vice is bringing in a big audio team to do new kinds of podcasts — from a daily news show to a seasonal series

Plus: The BBC’s problems with race continue, Freakonomics Radio expands, Spotify is hiring for a head of audiobooks, and what it’s like to make a sports podcast right now.

Twitter will now label state-controlled media accounts

Nicholas QuahMay 26, 2020

When you leave a company, can you take your podcast with you? Here’s how one team did it

Plus: More thoughts on Joe Rogan and Spotify, the BBC releases its annual plan, and Spotify is reportedly going after podcasts again.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 16, 2019

The BBC’s 50:50 Project shows equal gender representation in news coverage is achievable — even in traditionally male areas

“We’ve had a positive response from political parties who now accept that this is how BBC News operates and have been more imaginative in which spokespeople they put up for interview.”

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