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BBC accused of undermining local newspapers in order to justify its own expansion in online news
- Research firm said BBC ‘overplays imminent demise of other news media’
- Came in response to report making the case for BBC to keep expanding
- Called local journalism ‘one of the biggest market failures of last decade’
- But researchers said BBC should ‘support’ other news organisations
The BBC has been accused of exaggerating the decline of newspapers to justify the expansion of its own online operations.
Oliver & Ohlbaum, an independent research firm that often works for the Corporation, said the BBC ‘misreads and overplays the imminent demise of other news media’ even though the sector is ‘vibrant’.
The study was published in response to a report by BBC News chief James Harding making the case for the Corporation to keep expanding its operations.
The BBC has been accused of exaggerating the decline of newspapers to justify the expansion of its own online operations
He said local journalism was ‘one of the biggest market failures of the last decade’.
But O&O said: ‘The BBC… should not pre-empt market failure that does not exist. Local media have had to cut costs and adapt to a competitive landscape… but the sector remains profitable and there are strong signs that revenues are stabilising.’
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