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Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall! With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons. Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below

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Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall! With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons. Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below

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We're thrilled to announce that @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speeches at this year's Media Democracy Festival on Sat 31st May. Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...

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It's not only the BBC's funding where the status quo cannot continue The next Charter must give the public democratic control over the BBC & end politicians' power to influence its work Read our report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC: www.common-wealth.org/publications...

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The BBC's Director-General Tim Davie says he supports a universal BBC "in which everyone pays" - but this is completely untenable unless the public has real power over how the BBC is run Trust can only come from accountability, and that means democratic control www.common-wealth.org/publications...

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🚨 What if the BBC actually belonged to the British public? Our new proposal says it can — and should. We can convert the BBC into something called a public service mutual — owned & governed by you. 🧵Here’s how. 🖊️ Dan Hind, Tom Mills and Tom Chivers www.common-wealth.org/publications...

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“With far-right politicians and Big Tech billionaires threatening to tear up our national institutions, we need genuinely democratic media that’s owned, controlled by & accountable to the public” — Tom Chivers Our report with @mediareformuk.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social 👇 🖊️ Olly Haynes

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The BBC is failing its audiences, captured by elites & unaccountable to the public. With the UK's media dominated by oligarchs & Big Tech, we need a democratic alternative. Thanks to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for covering on our new report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC.

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🔴The BBC Must Be Mutualised to End Its ‘Pro-Establishment Bias’ Warns Report It finds that BBC reporting is overwhelmingly focused on the concerns of senior politicians and business people around Westminster, rather than the country at large bylinetimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

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The BBC is captured by elites, mired in biases, failing its audiences & unaccountable to the public With UK media dominated by oligarchs & Big Tech, we need a democratic alternative Read our new report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on transforming the BBC into a Public Service Mutual:

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“Labour is being urged to safeguard the BBC's future by mutualising it. Under the plan ... all UK residents would become “members” of the BBC ... helping to oversee how it is run.” Our briefing w/ @mediareformuk.bsky.social in @theguardian.com’s Politics Live 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Will Labour's local election humiliation lead them to desperately DOGE-ify DCMS? And who would even care? On this week's News Club, we look at what Trump's attacks on public media could mean for the UK, and how the left can make its own populist politics. newsclubuk.substack.com

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The BBC is in crisis: captured by elites, isolated from the public & failing in the digital age If the BBC is going to survive it must be transformed into a new kind of institution Our new report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC, giving the public real ownership & power:

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The BBC is in crisis: captured by elites, isolated from the public & failing in the digital age If the BBC is going to survive it must be transformed into a new kind of institution Our new report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC, giving the public real ownership & power:

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The world's media is failing to provide accurate, truthful journalism on global conflicts. How can we resist censorship & empower independent reporting? Join us 31 May w/ @karishmapatel.bsky.social Peter Oborne @newint.bsky.social @markcurtis30.bsky.social Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...

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"Facebook is our second-largest source of social referral traffic. We rely on platforms to connect with our audiences, particularly marginalised communities. But we cannot ignore Facebook's ongoing assault against publishers" @publicinterestnews.org.uk @impressorg.bsky.social

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While Gordon Brown is trying to take down corporate media power, Tony Blair is laundering corporate spin for fossil fuel companies. On this week's News Club: why tech platforms like Google should be run as a global commons & lessons from the two ex-PMs' latest interventions newsclubuk.substack.com

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The unjustified, unanswered banning of @leicester.news.web.brid.gy's local news group by Facebook is a dangerous attack on independent journalism & online freedoms. The UK must act to break up the dangerous and undemocratic power of Big Tech companies like Meta.

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Digital platforms profit by exploiting our differences & spreading hatred: can we build something different? Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25 Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...

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The Supreme Court has emboldened trans discrimination and exclusion, but also strengthened LGBTQ+ solidarity. On this week's News Club we look at the warped anti-trans ruling, and the BBC's weak attempt to prove its worth ahead of the government's Royal Charter review. newsclubuk.substack.com

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“A free and healthy democracy depends on a free and independent media” theferret.scot/third...

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“The media play a vital role in democracy, so it’s problematic when the owners of the media aren’t accountable to citizens and residents in the country where they operate" — Jonathan Heawood, @publicinterestnews.org.uk theferret.scot/third...

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looking forward to this!

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Digital platforms profit by exploiting our differences & spreading hatred: can we build something different? Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25 Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...

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The government can't ignore the overwhelming case for media reform. To tackle climate change, challenge tech billionaires, and end economic & social injustices, we need new media policies that break with the failures of the past Share the Media Manifesto & join the movement to fix our broken media

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There's shits in the rivers & shits on the company boards. Could a mass bill boycott finally break the UK's failed private water experiment? On this week's News Club, we look at taking back control of our water, overcoming the 'media blitzkrieg' & anti-worker reporting on the Birmingham bin strikes

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On this week's News Club, we ask whether the shifting global economic order might finally make nationalisation of major UK industries a reality ...or does Labour's latest betrayal of the Hillsborough campaign prove they'll never change anything for the better? newsclubuk.substack.com

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We're thrilled to announce that @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speeches at this year's Media Democracy Festival on Sat 31st May. Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...

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A good sign that A Discourse™ is past its shelf life is when a politician says something equal parts stupid & wrong. On Adolescence, that honour goes to Kemi Badenoch. Find out more about politicians' embarrassing answer to toxic masculinity & the crackdown on Youth Demand, in this week's News Club

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Press intrusion can be overwhelming—but help is available. Our new Support Pack offers practical steps for those affected by media misconduct, from protecting privacy to seeking accountability. Download it here: zurl.co/sUuww

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We are devastated to learn of the tragic death of the US media reform activist, brilliant writer & inspirational speaker Bob McChesney. He was a huge influence on the founding of MRC, spoke at our rallies & showed how to imagine a democratic media future.

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The UK's local news media is on the brink of collapse after decades of corporate cuts, 100s of closed outlets and a lack of political support. PINF's #LocalNewsCommission details how to regenerate local news as a more accountable, innovative and engaging sector that works in the public interest

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Byline Times' Editor-in-Chief @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social will be speaking at this year's Media Democracy Festival, alongside Peter Oborne, Sangita Myska, and other journalists & political figures Find out more about Byline Times' work at the event on Saturday 31 May in London Free tickets here 🔽

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Britain's press is misleading the public, intruding into peoples' lives, and abusing ordinary people. In opposition Labour promised to act. Tell Keir Starmer: Yes, standing up to Murdoch is hard, but it's the right thing to do. Write to your MP now: tinyurl.com/mv6r9pds

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The Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee deals with some of the most important policies affecting British society, culture and democracy. The Committee must tackle decades of policy failure & become a strong voice for the public. Read our submission to the Committee's 'State of play' inquiry:

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Politicians & the UK press were quick to congratulate each other for blocking foreign control of newspapers. Yet they still turn a blind eye to the dangerous & anti-democratic influence that millionaires like Murdoch already have over our media. Great exposé from @writesbright.bsky.social

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The Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee deals with some of the most important policies affecting British society, culture and democracy. The Committee must tackle decades of policy failure & become a strong voice for the public. Read our submission to the Committee's 'State of play' inquiry:

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When Labour said the last government hadn't learned the lessons of Windrush, did they think that lesson was 'immigration policy needs to be an even more authoritarian spectacle'? And @sneakcret.bsky.social exposes the liberal media's normalisation of anti-trans framing against Dr Beth Upton

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@celiarichardson.bsky.social hi Celia, hope you're well! We spoke briefly at the Labour conference fringe event on media reform - would we be able to send you a short note over private chat?

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Don't miss the chance to book your FREE ticket for the Media Democracy Festival! Join us 31/05 in London for a day of panel debates, workshops & keynotes from radical voices on how we can challenge & change Britain's broken media. Ft. @sangitamyska.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and more!

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Lies, damn lies, and immigration statistics: me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on the endless torrent of falsehoods and half-truths pumped out by right-wong "journalists and " thinktanks" in the British media. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

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