Media Reform Coalition

When Commercialism Trumps Democracy

by Victor Pickard “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” —Les Moonves, CEO of…..

Tightening the Grip: Why the web is no haven of media plurality

By Justin Schlosberg Last week a digital market research company reported that “the top 10 publishers make up a huge…..

The Restoration of the House of Murdoch

by Des Freedman James Murdoch, younger son of billionaire media mogul and keen tweeter Rupert Murdoch, has been appointed as…..

Poland’s new media law is an attack on journalism and democracy

On Saturday, Poland’s President, Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law that enables the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party to…..

Updated: MRC’s report on press coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s first week as Labour leader

Research on press coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s first week as Labour leader that was originally published by the Media Reform…..

Behind Closed Doors: News Corp bosses met with the government 10 times in the year to March 2015

The Media Reform Coalition has conducted analysis of the most recent lists of external meetings published by key government departments……

Legislate to Change It: Draft Bill for Media Democracy, 5pm 7 December

A public meeting to discuss questions of media ownership and democracy with a presentation of The Media Reform Coalition’s ‘Media…..

Trinity Mirror’s Takeover of Local World and the Future of local Journalism in Wales

by Dr Andy Williams Along with the Media Reform Coalition researchers at the School held a public panel discussion about…..

How the mainstream media became a neo-Stalinist propaganda regime for wealthy neocons

Video credit: Scenes Of Reason This exclusive investigation by Nafeez Ahmed is part of our series of posts on Media Democracy which…..

The Media’s Attack on Corbyn: Research Shows Barrage of Negative Coverage

New research by the Media Reform Coalition shows how large sections of the press appeared to set out systematically to…..

The Sun’s Lying Headline and the Hopelessness of IPSO

By Brian Cathcart If you want to see why dishonest editors are so attached to their sham regulator, IPSO, and…..

After the Paris Attacks: Live News Should Challenge Narratives, Not Desperately Try to Create Them

by Christian Christensen As the events from Oslo on July 22, 2011 filtered through, TV news producers began to scramble……

New Research Finds Students Trust BBC More Than Facebook

Traditional media, in particular the BBC, still provide the most trusted sources of relatively uncontaminated information, in the sea of…..

Ofcom’s Plurality Framework – Protecting The Status Quo?

It’s been five years since Ofcom first recommended changes to media plurality policy in its assessment of News Corp’s bid to…..

Trinity Mirror deal a serious threat to media plurality

Trinity Mirror has announced the full acquisition of regional publisher Local World, making it the biggest regional news publisher in…..

Media Reform Coalition submission to BBC Charter Review

Executive Summary The BBC and the Market The MRC does not accept the premise of the Green Paper that the…..

How can we build a democratic media?

by Adam Ramsay Ahead of the Media Democracy Festival, what can we all be doing to emulate in the rest of…..

People’s Assembly & MRC Organise Media Hub in Manchester

As thousands of people calling for an alternative to cuts, inequality, racism and war gather to protest at the Tory…..

On creating a ‘Media Democracy’

In the run-up to our big Media Democracy Festival we’ve been asking people to write blog posts on the central question…..

What is media democracy and what could it look like?

In the run up to our Media Democracy Festival Thomas Barlow – Editor of Real Media – discusses and explains how…..

Frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn Backs Media Reform

Labour Leadership hopefuls Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper Back ‘Urgent Measures’ to Tackle Media Power A survey of the nine MPs hoping…..