
Dr Tom Mills, Media Reform Coalition on how to mutualise the BBC
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Dr. Tom Mills, Chair of the Media Reform Coalition and co-author of the report “Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age”, discusses a detailed proposal for the mutualisation of the BBC—an idea supported by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. He explains what it would mean for audiences to become active participants in the Corporation’s governance, how such a model could work in practice, and what it could offer in terms of accountability, representation, and resistance to political interference.
“I think that the bigger risk actually is if the current governance system is maintained and you're under political pressure from the government and from organised interests in society.”
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