BBC Streaming Tax – Who Decides What Media We Must Pay For?
Is the BBC’s Future Being Decided Behind Closed Doors? Why are we learning about potentially significant changes to the BBC licence fee through anonymous briefings […]
Media Reform
Lisa Nandy Stays at DCMS – Now the Real Work Must Begin
Lisa Nandy MP’s continuation as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport offers an opportunity for continuity. It also removes a convenient excuse. Nandy […]
Beyond Faith In The BBC – Public Purpose, Democracy And The Future Of Media Policy
The recent Beebwatch discussion with Professor Lee Edwards of the Media Reform Coalition is useful because it reopens questions that are too often treated as […]
Welcoming Local Media’s Place in the Social Cohesion Agenda
The UK Government’s updated social cohesion policy, Protecting What Matters, is significant not only for what it says about confidence, resilience and shared civic life, […]
Media Reform as Civic Renewal
UK media reform is being shaped by Ofcom’s Review of Broadcast Regulation and the BBC Charter Renewal process. This blog frames reform as civic renewal, […]
When a National Broadcaster Starts to Look Like British Leyland
The BBC’s leadership turmoil signals a deeper, systemic failure. This post compares today’s BBC to British Leyland’s decline: centralised control, weak product discipline, factional culture, […]
Reclaiming Media from Parasitical Practices – A Call for Foundational Reform
The current media landscape in the United Kingdom and beyond is increasingly characterised by extractive and manipulative practices that prioritise commercial or ideological gain over […]
Reimagining UK Media Reform – Civic Society, Beveridge, and the Future of Media
The UK’s public media landscape is under intense pressure. In the face of declining public trust, financial instability, political interference, and a polarised media culture, […]
Decentralised Media Thinking – Building Systems That Embrace Risk and Resilience
The prevailing mindset in media policy and development remains anchored in principles of centralisation, efficiency, and control. This approach is not only increasingly out of […]
Regenerating Local Media – Beyond the Newsroom and Into the Community
The ongoing crisis in local journalism has become impossible to ignore. Reports such as “Irrelevant and Unloved: How the Press Lost Touch with the Public” […]
Audiences Are Not Dupes – Why Media Reform Needs a More Complex Conversation
The argument put forward by Nick Cohen and Justin Hempson-Jones about the ways in which social media is being manipulated by authoritarian actors is one […]
Who Defines ‘Local’ in Local Media? A Call for Transparency and Authenticity
The Secretary of State and Minister for Media have taken to X (Twitter) to discuss the need for enhanced local media in the UK. At […]
Should Ofcom Be Abolished or Reformed? A Case for Pragmatic Regulation
With the news that the government is abolishing NHS England, do we now need to consider if media and communications regulation also needs similar reform? […]
Reimagining UK Media – Pluralistic and Locally Accountable
The concentration of media ownership in the UK has long been a challenge for democratic participation, local representation, and public accountability. A handful of corporations […]
Rethinking Media as a Foundational Public Good – Addressing the Policy Gap in UK Media Reform
The UK’s media landscape is at a crossroads. Decentered Media has long argued that the erosion of local media institutions has left a void in […]