bbc.co.uk Service Licence: Initial Feedback & Early Round-Up
Update: Nick Reynolds has posted with more reactions here.
Obviously, the document we've been scouring most round our way today is the review of bbc.co.uk by the 91Èȱ¬ Trust. I expect there to be further posts from my colleagues reacting to this in the next day or so. I'm only just getting through what seems to be at least a dozen lengthy PDFs of consultation, review and recommendations. The early press coverage, from what I can tell, has focused on only a small amount of what the Trust had to say about the site. So - if your printers can bear it - it's worth ploughing your way through it.
You can read the document in full, the terms of reference, and supporting evidence on the 91Èȱ¬ Trust site.
Documents summarising the considerable amount of consultation with "institutional stakeholders", the 91Èȱ¬'s Audience Councils and the 91Èȱ¬'s submission itself are also published in full.
As ever, the fullest press coverage (three stories in as many hours earlier today) , which even extended to a . There's also a lengthy piece in .
and are only starting to trickle in. Emily Bell and Patricia Hodgson went head-to-head on Today this morning but the audio for this will vanish into the ether in a few hours. [Update: the audio is now availabele here as an mp3]
Update: The 91Èȱ¬ issued a statement in response to the report which is published over at the Press Office site.
Jem Stone is the Portfolio Exec, Social Media in the 91Èȱ¬'s internet group.
Comment number 1.
At 2nd Jun 2008, amanfromMars wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
Complain about this comment (Comment number 1)
Comment number 2.
At 2nd Jun 2008, Dan_G_WP wrote:Wow, 48% over budget, over £110 m spent *excluding * iPlayer, and this is all there is to show for it? Awesome mismanagement, awesome. In the highest traditions of British industry.
Complain about this comment (Comment number 2)