Dr Tom Mills: The BBC, Billionaires, & the Battle for Media Power

Tom Mills is a sociologist, senior lecturer at Aston University, and author of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service Broadcaster.

Once “a communist in my early teens,” he now dissects how media and politics intertwine—how the national print press, 90% owned by three businesses, has the ability to shift stories to which “the BBC is kind of responsive,” and what happens when funding cuts “smash morale” in great institutions. And if there is a Farage government, will the BBC stand up to power?

We explore the changing media landscape—ownership, independence, and how we’ve ended up sandwiched between “unaccountable, patrician, well-meaning people at the BBC” and “odd characters in Silicon Valley and Washington.”

Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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