Dave Boyle advises community businesses and worked with The Bristol Cable and helped Positive News raise over £260,000 through a community share issue which saw it become owned by over 1,500 readers instead of a charitable trust.
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Published in: ourBeebHere’s how we mutualise the BBC
Two MPs proposed this week that the BBC become a mutual organization. Dave Boyle sets out how this could be done in practice.
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Published in: HomeResponding to Myners: Notes on Co-operative Governance
Paul Myners is conducting a review of Governance of the Co-operative Group in the wake of the near-insolvency caused...
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Published in: ourBeebTaking back the BBC: invert the pyramid and give power to the public
While we like to talk about the BBC as a public broadcaster, the public’s only real role is to pay for it. Where...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMutualising the media: the answer to UK press ownership?
What would employee-owned or co-operative media models look like? Could they allow for genuine public interest journalism?