Matt Deegan’s Radical Plan: “Blow Up the BBC”

Matt Deegan is a media entrepreneur, radio executive and podcast maker who’s recently written a provocative piece for Broadcast arguing that the only way to save the BBC might be to “blow it up” – by breaking it into five interdependent parts and radically rethinking how we fund public service content.We discuss why he believes the BBC faces an existential crisis, why serious public debate has been so lacking in the crucial months before the government’s white paper, and explore his proposals to separate out news, nations and local, culture and kids, entertainment and the World Service – and whether a mix of endowments, levies and subscription could secure the future of public service media in a world of Netflix, Disney and YouTube.To support our journalism and receive a weekly blog sign up now for £1.99 per month www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership @beebwatch.bsky.social@BeebRogerInstagram: rogerboltonsbeebwatchLinkedIn: Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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