Michelle Stanistreet says regional newspaper bosses are seeking BBC funds to prop up ailing businesses they contain hasten into the groundThe general secretary of the National Union of Journalists has slammed BBC attempts to appease local newspaper bosses as “privatisation through the back door”.
Michelle Stanistreet launched a scathing attack on the lobbying efforts of the major regional newspaper groups to bag the BBC to fund 100 local journalists’ roles which they would then bid to provide. [br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com