Despite opposition from the local newspaper industry over local BBC internet news services, the uniquely funded corporation has fought back with a new idea; but the press world is not happy about it.
On the 28th January 2008 Press Gazette published a story entitled “Regional newspapers’ fury at BBC local web plan” about the BBC’s latest ambition to prodce a network of 60 ultra-local websites.
The proposed service will use text, audio and video news which could be navigated using a map and symbols for weather, travel, sport and others.
But it’s come against immediate opposition. Ian Davies of Archant publications saying the BBC is proposing things which the US and UK regional press have been building into their websites over the last couple of years.
He says: “This is not competition. This is BBC, full-bodied, unfair, damaging to existing emerging services, competition. It seems that attempted demolition is the sincerest form of flattery.”
It is still yet to be approved by the BBC Trust and to under-go public consultations (a bit like the survey we carried out in Falmouth for our presentation!) before anything happens.
CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE AT:
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40081&c=1
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