Tom Chivers

Policy & advocacy @mediareformUK @hackinginquiry. PhD press & broadcasting policy, lectured @Kingspol_econ @MediaComGold, future of PSB research @CardiffJOMEC

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

We’re told the BBC belongs to all of us. In reality, we have no power over how 'our BBC' is run, governed or funded.

Now the BBC Charter review has begun, I've started Whose Beeb? to write about the politics & policy shaping the future of UK public media: https://t.co/wnr6hPImD6

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@onionfuture @SamuraiApology Quite, and as official policy the creation of BBC Studios in 2016 (& the end of the in-house guarantee) created a fully competitive commissioning marketplace for lots of 'established' in-housers to go private, still get shows picked up & make money - all outside the corp

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@SamuraiApology @onionfuture There's been a constant drumbeat of stories about bullying, discrimination, hostile working practices etc. at indy prod companies for years. Many are run by ex-broadcasting high flyers, so my sense is they know the right people, exploit the processes & therefore also The Gaps

[Private Eye Magazine @PrivateEyeNews]

“I can reveal that showbusiness reporters at the Sun were told to drop negative stories about [David] Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, even sharing offices near London Bridge,” confided showbiz maven Katie Hind to Daily Mail readers on 20 December. 

Hind’s revelation came after the comedian and children’s author was dropped by his publisher following an investigation into “inappropriate behaviour”. (Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour and has said he is taking legal advice.) 

She’s not wrong. As the Eye has long noted, Murdoch’s titles have been obliged to do PR duties for Walliams, running plugs for his kids’ books disguised as news stories, special editions of the Funday Times and even Covid home- schooling resources. 

Full story online and in the latest issue: https://t.co/Q7ucsmu6yc 

For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine.

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@OfSymbols Some train stations like to show off when they've prestiged

[D A I S Y • A Y L I F F E @daisyayliffe]

This @Jake_Kanter article says what so many women are really thinking about @Channel4

“I would not have had the confidence to speak up again.”

I think Channel 4 is pretending it changed.

But it hasn’t.

#RussellBrand #MeToo

[Andy Comfort @andycomfort]

“I’m pretty miserable about this,” says @DavidLloydRADIO “I think BBC Local Radio will be allowed to die in the hands of the BBC and I doubt there’ll be any solution…”
A sobering assessment and well worth a listen to Beeb Watch with @BeebRoger
https://t.co/cOzxRb4Xe2

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@Stephen_Cushion Congratulations Stephen and team, look forward to reading in detail

[Tom Jamieson @jamiesont]

The radio station which most demonstrates the BBC's role as a public service broadcaster to older listeners, so of course it has to go (to save fuck all money)

[Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies @CeilNoyle]

Not only that. The privatised telecoms companies are making money from selling off all the copper that was originally paid for by the state when the grid was constructed. Outrageous legalised plunder

[trevor rhodes @trevjrho]

The Culture Secretary, "regulator" Ofcom and
the BBC Board all failing to protect the key
principles and core content of a Public Service
Broadcaster.
They should be ashamed.
Meanwhile a DG with no relevant experience and
a flawed Senior "Leadership" are allowed
free rein.

[(Three Kingdoms 1994 fansubs) Gentlemen of the Hàn @hanzhonglang]

Greetings!
We are happy to announce the FULL RELEASE of our English subs for Romance of the Three Kingdoms, from episode 1 to the final episode 84!

This also includes improvements and fixes of our previous translations, as well as bonus material!

(DOWNLOAD LINKS IN REPLIES)

[Stephen McKenna 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇪🌈 @LondonTommy66]

@TMChivers @BBCR4Feedback I predicted just as much. Now, more than ever, the BBC needs to consider establishing an independent trust that will maintain and exploit its archive. It simply not good enough that the door gets closed on a treasure trove that the license payer funded.

[News Mutt🎙 @NewsMutt]

Back in June I wrote about how much work the weather presenters (and others) actually do in the time available. Cutting the national weather staff will undoubtedly have consequences on output.

https://t.co/YTgrjwcbdZ

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@BBCR4Feedback Also interesting to hear Jonathan repeatedly mention the BBC needing a "sustainable financial footing", a relatively new catchphrase Ministers and BBC execs are now using to skip over serious public discussion about how the BBC should be funded

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

This @BBCR4Feedback ep features devastating accounts of listeners' sorrow & fury about cuts to BBC radio

I believe Jonathan Wall's earnest apologies but his explanations, incl admitting the BBC's speech archive is going to shrink, were mostly corpo speak https://t.co/temI8eORlq

[Andrea Catherwood @acatherwoodnews]

Here’s today’s @BBCR4Feedback where I ask Jonathan Wall, the BBC’s most senior speech radio exec, about the cuts to @BBCRadio4 & Radio4Extra and out listener comments to him.

https://t.co/dK1VvK6xCZ

[Andrea Catherwood @acatherwoodnews]

Here’s today’s @BBCR4Feedback where I ask Jonathan Wall, the BBC’s most senior speech radio exec, about the cuts to @BBCRadio4 & Radio4Extra and out listener comments to him.

https://t.co/dK1VvK6xCZ

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

Good to see many excellent and highly deserving local news projects receive awards

But why has Newsquest (annual revenue £180m) been given £125k of public money, when shoestring local news outlets were rejected without explanation?

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

The government has named 50 local news publishers to receive a share of its £6m local media funding, aimed at helping fill "news deserts"

Seven organisations have also been awarded funding to develop infrastructure that can benefit the journalism industry

[BBC Feedback @BBCR4Feedback]

We told you that we'd put your comments about the recent BBC cuts to someone at the corporation - and so this week on Feedback @acatherwoodnews is talking to Jonathan Wall, the Director of @BBCSounds, in Salford.

Hear the full interview on Feedback at 3.30pm on @bbcradio4 📻

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

Priya Dogra's statement on scrapping MAFS UK is pretty damning of the format overall. If there's a built-in, increased possibility that contestants are violent lunatics requiring 24/7 CCTV and a safe room for their game show spouse, probably best to just not do that at all!

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

Break: Channel 4 has axed MAFS (Married at First Sight UK.)

A series that has already been filmed won't air. All episodes of the show won't returning to Channel 4 streaming.

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

@EdSacredProfane Try watching the clip again

[Tom Chivers @TMChivers]

Emily Maitlis accused government appointees on the BBC Board of twisting editorial decisions & blocking new hires on purely political grounds

Kuenssberg: "What interference? We won lots of industry awards and the Tory press thought we were doing a great job!"

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) says Emily Maitlis was wrong to suggest the BBC's political reporting was unduly influenced by Number 10 ... full conversation available at The Two Matts podcast now

Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/9iCxfaPA5z