BBC too obsessed with competing with Google and Facebook to work with UK newspapers, says Guardian boss
Guardian Media Group’s head of public policy, Matt Rogerson, has criticised the BBC for not working more with UK newspapers, claiming that the broadcaster is too concerned with competing with Google and Facebook.
Rogerson made the comments to MPs during a House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee looking into the BBC in light of the charter renewal process.
When asked why there was not a climate of collaboration with the corporation, he said that the BBC “see themselves as competing with Google and Facebook, and they see attention time on Google and Facebook the primary drivers of their concern”.
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Source: The Drum
