John Whittingdale’s attempt to find a ‘model to sustain’ the broadcaster flies in the face of a darkening financial outlook for mammoth mediaSometimes one damnable thing goes with another. Sometime you find a pattern in seemingly random policies. And sometimes well, rather more often than that – John Whittingdale is master of these hapless revels.
Our media secretary tells a Lords committee that “Channel 4 would have a stronger future whether it has a private sector partner who has deep pockets and was willing to invest in the growth of the trade”. He talks to a large number of media companies” and thinks “there is no shortage of potential interest”. He’s “trying to find a model to sustain” C4. He’s only here to help.
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Source: theguardian.com