http://paidcontent.org/2008/05/20/419-trinitys-bailey-wants-lords-to-squash-bbc-hyperlocal-plans/ The economics of digital content Thu, 23 May 2013 10:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2008/05/20/419-trinitys-bailey-wants-lords-to-squash-bbc-hyperlocal-plans/#comment-60420 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:25:55 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/05/20/419-trinitys-bailey-wants-lords-to-squash-bbc-hyperlocal-plans/#comment-60420 It's easy to dismiss what Sly says as a traditional media owner protecting an already fragile position in an ever changing market – but that is to misunderstand the crux of her argument. It would also misunderstand the charter of the BBC – which is to provide a public service and particularly to do things that others cannot do. In local, this is not the case. There is no market failure. And there is no real gap. There is a very well established local newspaper market and one that is trying very hard to serve the communities they are in by providing information and entertainment on all plaftforms. The BBC is in danger of killing this off a- unlike commercial operators, it can spend a lot of public money and there is absolutely no penalty if things dont go well.

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