THE BBC will remain ‘free at the point of service’ was the clear message of Pete Clifton, the BBC’s head of editorial development for multimedia journalism, as he visited Coventry on Thursday for the latest Coventry Conversation of the spring series.
There has been much debate recently about online outlets introducing pay walls, including James Murdoch’s attack on the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival in August. “Nothing is free, everyone in the UK contributes to the BBC’s work,” said Clifton. “The BBC will stick to its core news output.” Writes Sam Burnett Continue reading