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How will we pay for news we can trust? I hope to find out

Published on: 14 September 2018

Written by: Frances Cairncross All articles by Frances Cairncross

The British government has ordered a review into the sustainability of high-quality journalism. Its chair explains...

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Is the BBC licence fee still up for grabs?

Published on: 28 October 2015

Written by: Mike Flood Page All articles by Mike Flood Page

John Whittingdale says the July agreement did not settle the BBC licence fee: is this a Government U-turn?

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A radical proposal to preserve the BBC’s independence

Published on: 15 October 2015

Written by: Colin Browne All articles by Colin Browne

To safeguard the BBC’s independence decisions over the Licence Fee should be taken away from politicians and handed...

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What can and should the BBC do about local news?

Published on: 13 October 2015

Written by: Angela Phillips All articles by Angela Phillips

The Government want BBC to provide for market failure, except in the one instance where there is a clear case for...

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Leveson is not an Establishment stich up

Published on: 24 March 2013

Written by: Horatio Mortimer All articles by Horatio Mortimer

Leading left-of-centre columnists are wrong to denounce the Leveson proposals as being designed to protect the...

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The end of the Murdoch Archipelago

Published on: 22 April 2012

Written by: Bruce Page All articles by Bruce Page

This week, the media mogul once unquestioningly known as 'the kingmaker' appears before the UK state inquiry into...

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Fallout of News Corp. Scandal in the US?

Published on: 11 March 2012

Written by: James Hamilton All articles by James Hamilton

In the US, the deleterious effect of rampant commercialization is the real scandal.

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How do we reform Britain's media? Proposals and your responses

Published on: 19 December 2011

Written by: Co-ordinating Committee All articles by Co-ordinating Committee

A new committee has drawn up media reform proposals in the light of the Leveson Inquiry. We publish the CCMR's...

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Mutualising the media: the answer to UK press ownership?

Published on: 28 November 2011

Written by: Dave Boyle All articles by Dave Boyle

What would employee-owned or co-operative media models look like? Could they allow for genuine public interest journalism?

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Great Britain in the Greek looking glass

Published on: 26 November 2011

Written by: Julien Etienne All articles by Julien Etienne

Rather than offering any illumination into the causes of the Greek crisis, Channel 4's 'Go Greek for a Week' held...

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Still hacked off with the media? Come join the campaign for UK media reform

Published on: 15 November 2011

Written by: Des Freedman All articles by Des Freedman

The hacking scandal exposed corruption, illegality and immorality at the heart of the British media. A new...

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Intellectuals against the public sphere: how to do debate better than Evgeny Morozov's tear-down

Published on: 25 October 2011

Written by: Jeff Jarvis All articles by Jeff Jarvis

Evgeny Morozov, an engaging thinker whom we have enjoyed publishing on openDemocracy, produced an intemperate review...

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Radical media, stop fighting the mainstream - instead, let's build the future

Published on: 25 October 2011

Written by: James Hamilton All articles by James Hamilton

Radical media are wasting too much energy competing with the mainstream. They should return to their great strength:...

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Rebellious Media Conference: leading the way in the information age

Published on: 10 October 2011

Written by: Niki Seth-Smith All articles by Niki Seth-Smith

Radical media are far behind the mainstream in terms of readership and revenue. But when it comes to understanding...

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Cross-media power regulation could return Britain to the 17th century

Published on: 6 October 2011

Written by: Brian Winston All articles by Brian Winston

How do we regulate for news plurality in the UK? Beginning with audience share is a farce, and would undermine our...

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The BBC is, and always has been, part of the problem

Published on: 3 October 2011

Written by: Tom Mills All articles by Tom Mills

The News International hacking scandal has led the UK to re-assess her media. While private corporations are in the...

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Press regulation: issues, ethics, options

Published on: 3 October 2011

Written by: David Elstein All articles by David Elstein

What is the future of press regulation in the UK? A group of distinguished editors and parliamentarians met last...

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Murdoch and Berlusconi: the fall of two media empires and the network multitudes

Published on: 30 September 2011

Written by: Giorgio Griziotti All articles by Giorgio Griziotti

The simultaneous fall of the Murdoch and Berlusconi media empires – symbolic of an epoch – is not a coincidence but...

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The BBC is not part of the problem raised by Hackgate

Published on: 20 September 2011

Written by: Des Freedman All articles by Des Freedman

A strong, constructive response to Dan Hind's call yesterday for a democratic media policy and not a defense of the...

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The Hunt Trap: the UK's minister of culture wants to disable democratic debate of the media

Published on: 19 September 2011

Written by: Dan Hind All articles by Dan Hind

The Levenson Inquiry has been created to look at the media in Britain. Many want to seize the opportunity to limit...

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