Media Reform Coalition
@mediareformuk.bsky.social
We campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
Join the movement to fix the UK's broken media system: mediareform.org.uk
Join the movement to fix the UK's broken media system: mediareform.org.uk
There is no way to dress this up: the UK's largest newspaper publisher wants to control an even larger share of our media.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There is no way to dress this up: the UK's largest newspaper publisher wants to control an even larger share of our media.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
📻 In local radio, Bauer and Global own 2/3s of the UK's commercial DAB stations & more than 60% of local analogue licences
📺 In TV, half of major UK broadcasters' spend on indie productions went to just 12 companies, who make up less than 4% of the UK indie sector
📺 In TV, half of major UK broadcasters' spend on indie productions went to just 12 companies, who make up less than 4% of the UK indie sector
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📻 In local radio, Bauer and Global own 2/3s of the UK's commercial DAB stations & more than 60% of local analogue licences
📺 In TV, half of major UK broadcasters' spend on indie productions went to just 12 companies, who make up less than 4% of the UK indie sector
📺 In TV, half of major UK broadcasters' spend on indie productions went to just 12 companies, who make up less than 4% of the UK indie sector
🏚️ Decades of cuts, closures & corporate consolidation have left the UK's local media in ruins
3 publishers, Newsquest, National World & Reach, control 51% of local newspapers. These corporate giants also hold 8/10 of the publicly funded Local Democracy Reporter contracts
3 publishers, Newsquest, National World & Reach, control 51% of local newspapers. These corporate giants also hold 8/10 of the publicly funded Local Democracy Reporter contracts
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🏚️ Decades of cuts, closures & corporate consolidation have left the UK's local media in ruins
3 publishers, Newsquest, National World & Reach, control 51% of local newspapers. These corporate giants also hold 8/10 of the publicly funded Local Democracy Reporter contracts
3 publishers, Newsquest, National World & Reach, control 51% of local newspapers. These corporate giants also hold 8/10 of the publicly funded Local Democracy Reporter contracts
📰 Just 3 companies - Lord Rothermere's DMG Media, Murdoch's News UK & Reach - control 90% of national newspaper circulation
These same publishers account for 40% of the total online reach of the UK's top 50 news websites, giving them a dangerous power to shape the news agenda
These same publishers account for 40% of the total online reach of the UK's top 50 news websites, giving them a dangerous power to shape the news agenda
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📰 Just 3 companies - Lord Rothermere's DMG Media, Murdoch's News UK & Reach - control 90% of national newspaper circulation
These same publishers account for 40% of the total online reach of the UK's top 50 news websites, giving them a dangerous power to shape the news agenda
These same publishers account for 40% of the total online reach of the UK's top 50 news websites, giving them a dangerous power to shape the news agenda
🌐 Our shared online spaces are controlled by a tiny handful of unregulated Big Tech companies.
💻 Meta, Alphabet and X Corp owned 7 of the 15 most used online sources for news, while Meta and Google alone account for 3/5ths of ALL UK advertising revenue
💻 Meta, Alphabet and X Corp owned 7 of the 15 most used online sources for news, while Meta and Google alone account for 3/5ths of ALL UK advertising revenue
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🌐 Our shared online spaces are controlled by a tiny handful of unregulated Big Tech companies.
💻 Meta, Alphabet and X Corp owned 7 of the 15 most used online sources for news, while Meta and Google alone account for 3/5ths of ALL UK advertising revenue
💻 Meta, Alphabet and X Corp owned 7 of the 15 most used online sources for news, while Meta and Google alone account for 3/5ths of ALL UK advertising revenue
❗️ The UK's crisis in media ownership is worse than ever before
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
❗️ The UK's crisis in media ownership is worse than ever before
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
We're thrilled that Adele is joining us on Saturday to talk about 'Logging Off' & the human cost of our digital world, with @avasantina.bsky.social of @politicsjoe.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & Natacha Kennedy
Sign up online & read Adele's interview: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
Sign up online & read Adele's interview: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
May 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're thrilled that Adele is joining us on Saturday to talk about 'Logging Off' & the human cost of our digital world, with @avasantina.bsky.social of @politicsjoe.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & Natacha Kennedy
Sign up online & read Adele's interview: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
Sign up online & read Adele's interview: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
If the BBC was actually owned & controlled by the public, it would report truthfully on a genocide - not whitewash war crimes while removing staff who call them out.
Received this survey? Tell the BBC: our public broadcaster has no future without a real democratic relationship with the public
Received this survey? Tell the BBC: our public broadcaster has no future without a real democratic relationship with the public
May 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If the BBC was actually owned & controlled by the public, it would report truthfully on a genocide - not whitewash war crimes while removing staff who call them out.
Received this survey? Tell the BBC: our public broadcaster has no future without a real democratic relationship with the public
Received this survey? Tell the BBC: our public broadcaster has no future without a real democratic relationship with the public
Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall!
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
May 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just two weeks to go until Media Democracy Festival 2025, at London's Fyvie Hall!
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
With keynote speeches from @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social + panels on breaking up Big Tech, exposing failed war reporting & building a media commons.
Only a few spaces left! Ticket link below
It's not only the BBC's funding where the status quo cannot continue
The next Charter must give the public democratic control over the BBC & end politicians' power to influence its work
Read our report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC: www.common-wealth.org/publications...
The next Charter must give the public democratic control over the BBC & end politicians' power to influence its work
Read our report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC: www.common-wealth.org/publications...
May 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It's not only the BBC's funding where the status quo cannot continue
The next Charter must give the public democratic control over the BBC & end politicians' power to influence its work
Read our report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC: www.common-wealth.org/publications...
The next Charter must give the public democratic control over the BBC & end politicians' power to influence its work
Read our report w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on how to mutualise the BBC: www.common-wealth.org/publications...
The world's media is failing to provide accurate, truthful journalism on global conflicts. How can we resist censorship & empower independent reporting?
Join us 31 May w/ @karishmapatel.bsky.social Peter Oborne @newint.bsky.social @markcurtis30.bsky.social Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Join us 31 May w/ @karishmapatel.bsky.social Peter Oborne @newint.bsky.social @markcurtis30.bsky.social Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
May 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The world's media is failing to provide accurate, truthful journalism on global conflicts. How can we resist censorship & empower independent reporting?
Join us 31 May w/ @karishmapatel.bsky.social Peter Oborne @newint.bsky.social @markcurtis30.bsky.social Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Join us 31 May w/ @karishmapatel.bsky.social Peter Oborne @newint.bsky.social @markcurtis30.bsky.social Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Digital platforms profit by exploiting our differences & spreading hatred: can we build something different?
Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25
Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25
Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
April 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Digital platforms profit by exploiting our differences & spreading hatred: can we build something different?
Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25
Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
Join @avasantina.bsky.social, @adelewalton.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social & @natacha.bsky.social on 31 May to discuss this & more #MDF25
Book: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-demo...
Stay tuned for more details on our panel debates & workshops featuring @karishmapatel.bsky.social, @avasantina.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, @aaronjbastani.bsky.social, @thebristolcable.bsky.social, @declassifieduk.org, @newint.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and many more!
April 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Stay tuned for more details on our panel debates & workshops featuring @karishmapatel.bsky.social, @avasantina.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, @aaronjbastani.bsky.social, @thebristolcable.bsky.social, @declassifieduk.org, @newint.bsky.social, @redpeppermag.bsky.social and many more!
We're thrilled to announce that @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speeches at this year's Media Democracy Festival on Sat 31st May.
Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce that @sangitamyska.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social will deliver the keynote speeches at this year's Media Democracy Festival on Sat 31st May.
Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Check out the day's programme below & don't miss the chance to register your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-demo...
Don't miss the chance to book your FREE ticket for the Media Democracy Festival!
Join us 31/05 in London for a day of panel debates, workshops & keynotes from radical voices on how we can challenge & change Britain's broken media.
Ft. @sangitamyska.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and more!
Join us 31/05 in London for a day of panel debates, workshops & keynotes from radical voices on how we can challenge & change Britain's broken media.
Ft. @sangitamyska.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and more!
February 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Don't miss the chance to book your FREE ticket for the Media Democracy Festival!
Join us 31/05 in London for a day of panel debates, workshops & keynotes from radical voices on how we can challenge & change Britain's broken media.
Ft. @sangitamyska.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and more!
Join us 31/05 in London for a day of panel debates, workshops & keynotes from radical voices on how we can challenge & change Britain's broken media.
Ft. @sangitamyska.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social and more!
Don't forget: it isn't just NOTW, or The Sun, but the whole tabloid press.
At the Leveson Inquiry Piers Morgan said *under oath* he was "100% sure" he didn't see any phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.
Last year the High Court ruled Morgan knew & was involved while Mirror editor.
We need #Leveson2
At the Leveson Inquiry Piers Morgan said *under oath* he was "100% sure" he didn't see any phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.
Last year the High Court ruled Morgan knew & was involved while Mirror editor.
We need #Leveson2
January 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Don't forget: it isn't just NOTW, or The Sun, but the whole tabloid press.
At the Leveson Inquiry Piers Morgan said *under oath* he was "100% sure" he didn't see any phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.
Last year the High Court ruled Morgan knew & was involved while Mirror editor.
We need #Leveson2
At the Leveson Inquiry Piers Morgan said *under oath* he was "100% sure" he didn't see any phone hacking at the Daily Mirror.
Last year the High Court ruled Morgan knew & was involved while Mirror editor.
We need #Leveson2
It's great that @dalevince.com wants to end the dangerous and anti-democratic concentrations of media ownership that we have exposed in our Who Owns The UK Media? reports: mediareform.org.uk/blog/new-rep...
The question is: how would he do things differently to genuinely benefit our democracy?
The question is: how would he do things differently to genuinely benefit our democracy?
December 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM
It's great that @dalevince.com wants to end the dangerous and anti-democratic concentrations of media ownership that we have exposed in our Who Owns The UK Media? reports: mediareform.org.uk/blog/new-rep...
The question is: how would he do things differently to genuinely benefit our democracy?
The question is: how would he do things differently to genuinely benefit our democracy?
Only a few spaces left for our public discussion next Tuesday at the LSE - Is Big Tech too big to regulate?
Book your free ticket now and join our expert panel in exploring how we can challenge the power of global tech giants: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1080329086...
Book your free ticket now and join our expert panel in exploring how we can challenge the power of global tech giants: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1080329086...
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Only a few spaces left for our public discussion next Tuesday at the LSE - Is Big Tech too big to regulate?
Book your free ticket now and join our expert panel in exploring how we can challenge the power of global tech giants: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1080329086...
Book your free ticket now and join our expert panel in exploring how we can challenge the power of global tech giants: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1080329086...
With contributions from media practitioners, legal experts and tech policy researchers, we'll explore how alternative non-commercial models and new digital infrastructure can reinvigorate online news and protect our digital freedoms.
November 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
With contributions from media practitioners, legal experts and tech policy researchers, we'll explore how alternative non-commercial models and new digital infrastructure can reinvigorate online news and protect our digital freedoms.
Is Big Tech too big to regulate? Are digital platforms doomed to corporate capture, or can we build alternatives that promote the public interest?
Join us on 26th Nov at the LSE for a discussion with media practitioners & tech experts
Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-big-tec...
Join us on 26th Nov at the LSE for a discussion with media practitioners & tech experts
Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-big-tec...
November 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Is Big Tech too big to regulate? Are digital platforms doomed to corporate capture, or can we build alternatives that promote the public interest?
Join us on 26th Nov at the LSE for a discussion with media practitioners & tech experts
Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-big-tec...
Join us on 26th Nov at the LSE for a discussion with media practitioners & tech experts
Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-big-tec...