Media Reform Coalition

MRC responds to Ofcom’s review of media ownership rules

Ofcom’s latest report to the Secretary of State makes clear – contrary to the claims of major media corporations like…..

MRC submission to BBC Editorial Guidelines consultation

The BBC is currently consulting on its editorial guidelines, the rules that govern the Corporation’s relationship to, for example, impartiality,…..

An open letter to the Guardian Reader’s Editor

Both before and since publishing our research, which raised serious concerns about the Guardian’s coverage of antisemitism within the Labour…..

A Report on the Special Meeting on the Cairncross Review

By Isaac Costley On the 4 October the Media Reform Coalition (MRC) held a public meeting to discuss the Cairncross…..

Selling Scotland’s local television to That’s TV is a travesty

Given the Cairncross Review’s ongoing consultation into the future of ‘high quality news’ in the UK, we thought it would…..

New MRC research finds inaccuracies and distortions in media coverage of antisemitism and the Labour Party

The Media Reform Coalition has conducted in-depth research on the controversy surrounding antisemitism in the Labour Party, focusing on media…..

BBC Reform Proposals: Parliamentary launch 16 October

Following the publication of the Media Reform Coalition’s draft proposals on the future of the BBC, we have organised a…..

MRC submission to Cairncross Review

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport established the Cairncross Review to examinine the sustainability of high-quality journalism in the…..

#ChangeTheMedia: MRC welcomes Labour’s proposals for media reform

Jeremy Corbyn’s proposals for major reforms to our ‘failing’ media system, outlined in a speech to the Edinburgh Television Festival on 23 August,…..

Media coverage of media reform proposals in Spain: not a level playing field

by Joan Pedro-Carañana and Miguel Álvarez-Peralta It has been more than four years now since Podemos erupted on the political…..

News plurality and the Mirror/Express merger: real concerns remain

by Justin Schlosberg This week the Culture Secretary Matt Hancock cleared the proposed mergerbetween Trinity Mirror and Northern & Shell…..

Sign the letter to the Culture Secretary: Stop Murdoch’s Sky Takeover

You can sign here Dear The Rt Hon Matthew Hancock MP, We understand the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has…..

The FBI’s flawed list and Fleet Street’s frenzy

Next Wednesday, 9 May, in the 3rd reading of the Data Protection Bill, the House of Commons may be voting…..

MRC calls out misleading coverage and malicious attacks on left-wing Jewish voices across the national media

The Media Reform Coalition condemns the distorted and skewed coverage of anti-semitism within the Labour Party by large sections of…..

MRC publishes proposals for the radical reform of the BBC

UPDATE: MRC public meeting on reform of the BBC, 6.30 pm Tuesday 16 October in committee room 17, Parliament with Clive…..

The sorry betrayal of the victims of press abuse

by Natalie Fenton Last week the culture minister Matt Hancock announced the government’s response to the public consultation on the…..

Media Democracy Festival 2018: Faking it, Breaking it, Remaking it – what’s wrong with our media and how to fix it

Timetable and free registration is here 10am-6pm Saturday 17 March, Birkbeck, University of London, Torrington Square, London WC1E7JL In the…..

It’s official: Fox acquisition of Sky will give Murdoch ‘too much influence over public opinion’

The Media Reform Coalition has long raised concerns about the risks posed by the Fox-Sky merger for media plurality. As…..

A Media Reform Agenda for 2018

A fragile government, an embittered citizenry, an emboldened opposition and a media system that’s not fit for purpose – this…..

Big media and big money in 2017: from Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality

by Des Freedman Two seminal events that took place this week – the FCC’s vote to scrap net neutrality rules…..

MRC responds to Fox

The Media Reform Coalition have today submitted a comprehensive response to criticisms of our evidence and arguments made by 21st…..