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Oct 6, 2023 · We need urgent reform to end the decades of failed regulation and political inaction on concentrated media ownership. Ofcom, Parliament and government must act to break up the dominant media companies, regulate the tech companies that profit off of UK audiences, and create new ownership and funding models to support independent public interest ...
Feb 12, 2021 · When it comes to national newspapers, three-quarters of circulation is controlled by four families. Viscount Rothermere, owner of the Mail and Metro, is leader of the pack with 35.5 per cent of print circulation, supplemented by website traffic in the UK of 38 million visits per month, according to Comscore. Rupert Murdoch is second with 25 per ...
The Media Reform Coalition has been producing leading research on media ownership for the last decade. Our first report into media plurality, The Elephant in the Room, was published in 2013, and four editions of ‘Who Owns the UK Media’ have been produced in 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023. These show the worsening situation of media concentration ...
includ-ed in Table 17. Of the 283 commercial local stations across the four nations of the United King-dom, 130 (46%) are owned and operated by two companies – Bauer. adio and Global Radio. Including the next-largest company – Celador Radio, with 23 stations – over half of all commercial stations are owned b.
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Jul 31, 2009 · Ofcom has a statutory duty to review the operation of, and recommend any changes to, the media ownership rules including the media public interest test. We must report to the Secretary of State (for Culture, Media and Sport) at least every three years. Parliament has put in place media ownership rules for television, radio and newspapers.
Aug 5, 2020 · United Kingdom August 5 2020. Media. Regulatory and institutional structure. Summarise the regulatory framework for the media sector in your jurisdiction. Broadcasting is regulated by the ...
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Aug 18, 2021 · The UK communications regulator Ofcom has a duty to secure and maintain “a sufficient plurality of providers of different TV and radio services” and to review the operation of media ownership rules set out in the Communications Act 2003. Ofcom is currently reviewing its work on media plurality in light of the changing news media landscape ...
