{"id":479431,"date":"2022-01-21T18:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2022-01-21T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:44:15","slug":"mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/21\/mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"MRC Weekly Digest \u2013 21st Jan 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi everyone, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elizmizon\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eliz Mizon<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For even more media news and analysis, the latest media reform campaigns, and intriguing content from around the web, follow me at <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/elizmizon.substack.com\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">For now, here&#8217;s your media news digest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/elizmizon.substack.com\/p\/a-media-policy-agenda-for-2022\"  rel=\"noopener\">A Media Policy Agenda for 2022<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MRC has produced a useful <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Policy-briefing-01.pdf\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policy briefing<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that provides an overview of key issues for progressive development in, and protection of, the media industry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">It draws together several key issues that progressive campaigners are tackling, providing a useful bitesize overview for anyone interested, but most crucially for policymakers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The future of the BBC and the licence fee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Channel 4 privatisation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Government appointments and media independence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Media plurality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Local journalism and press regulation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Policy-briefing-01.pdf\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the report<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and feel free to share far and wide.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><b>This Week&#8217;s Media News:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culture secretary Nadine Dorries<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2022\/jan\/16\/bbc-licence-fee-to-be-abolished-in-2027-and-funding-frozen\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>announced<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this week that the BBC license fee will be frozen for the next two years, and \u201cabolished completely\u201d in 2027. Director general Tim Davie claimed this will leave the broadcaster with a funding gap of over \u00a3250 million. (The Guardian)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The digital editor-in-chief of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Michelle Gotthelf, has quit her job,<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ex-editor-michelle-gotthelf-sues-new-york-post-for-years-of-sex-based-harassment-and-abuse?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>filing<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a sexual harassment lawsuit against the paper and several members of its staff. She claims her editor \u201cpushed her out\u201d after she informed him she was sexually harassed by former EIC Col Allan. (The Daily Beast)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who broke the Cambridge Analytica scandal in the Guardian, is at the High Court this week<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressgazette.co.uk\/carole-cadwalladr-witness-arron-banks-libel\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>defending<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> herself against an accusation of libel by Brexiteer Arron Banks. In a 2019 Ted talk, Cadwalladr referred to \u201clies that Arron Banks has told about his covert relationship with the Russian government.\u201d She claims similar things have been said previously in print, including by her, and that she did not believe the statement to be controversial. (Press Gazette)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific academy The Royal Society has produced<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9cf1ee59-985c-4a71-ac96-895cd6413703?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>research<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showing that banning misinformation from online platforms is ineffective, essentially driving it \u2018underground\u2019 like a black market: \u201cWhile illegal content that incites violence, racism or child sex abuse must be removed, legal material that runs counter to the scientific consensus should not be banned, the report said\u201d &#8211; suggesting that instead, a \u201ccollective resilience\u201d should be fostered. (FT)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/20\/business\/media\/sean-hannity-donald-trump-january-6.html\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>revealed<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that notorious FOX News commentator Sean Hannity was giving direct advice via text message to Donald Trump\u2019s White House advisers after the Jan 6 Capitol riot. (NYT)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GB News has<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressgazette.co.uk\/what-is-gb-news-everything-you-need-to-know\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>announced<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it will now play the National Anthem at the beginning of each day, on its radio and TV broadcasts. (Press Gazette)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New film distribution platform<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/01\/19\/filmhub-backed-by-6-8m-from-a16z-and-others-helps-filmmakers-get-their-work-streamed\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Filmhub<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has raised $6.8 million in venture capital &#8211; partly from Andreesen Horowitz (so-called \u2018super angel\u2019 investors in many of the world\u2019s biggest digital firms). The platform seeks to help \u2018democratise\u2019 the distribution space, allowing small-time creators to get their films to streaming giants such as Amazon Prime and Apple+. (TechCrunch)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube is<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/youtube-original-content-group-shutdown-1235156299\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b>winding<\/b><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> down its Originals series after 6 years. (Variety)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weeks after being \u201cinvited\u201d to move their lives from Chicago to new offices in LA &#8211; without a cost-of-living adjustment, and thus amounting to a significant pay cut &#8211; by their parent company, seven A.V. Club editorial workers have<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/ct-biz-av-club-la-move-chicago-staff-leaving-20220120-dmy64npd5ng63irdzdliifzqha-story.html\"  rel=\"noopener\"> <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">announced<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a statement they will instead \u201ctake their union-contract-protected severances\u201d. (Chicago Tribune)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\">Written by Eliz Mizon, edited by Cl\u00e9o Celeste<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/blog\/mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022\">MRC Weekly Digest &#8211; 21st Jan 2022<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/\">Media Reform Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/blog\/mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022\">Media Reform Coalition<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, Eliz Mizon here with the Media Reform Coalition blog every Friday. For even more media news and analysis, the latest media reform campaigns, and intriguing content from around the web, follow me at Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture.\u00a0 For now, here\u2019s your media news digest. A Media Policy Agenda for 2022 The MRC [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/blog\/mrc-weekly-digest-21st-jan-2022\">MRC Weekly Digest \u2013 21st Jan 2022<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediareform.org.uk\/\">Media Reform Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1303],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479432,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479431\/revisions\/479432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}