Media Reform Coalition

2025 Report: Who Owns The UK Media?

The Media Reform Coalition has published a new edition of its flagship ‘Who Owns the UK Media?’ report, highlighting the…..

State of Play: Why the Commons Select Committee needs to become a strong public voice in media policy debates

The Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport recently held an open consultation called ‘State of Play’, asking the…..

The UK’s media ownership laws aren’t fit for purpose – the MRC view on the DCMS mergers regime consultation

READ: The MRC’s submission to the DCMS consultation on updating the media mergers regime The UK is facing a severe…..

5 questions that Ofcom’s Public Service Media review must answer

In December Ofcom published the initial findings of its latest Public Service Media Review. This ‘Phase 1’ report highlights the…..

How well is Public Service Media serving the public? The MRC’s initial submission to Ofcom’s PSM Review

The UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) are facing a series of interconnected and existential challenges. As well as declining audiences,…..

Is Big Tech too big to regulate? Reflections from the MRC’s public event

On 26th November the Media Reform Coalition hosted a public panel discussion at the London School of Economics, asking “Is…..

BBC, bias and Gaza: A partial study of impartiality

The much-publicised Asserson Report, which claims the BBC is “heavily biased against Israel”, flies in the face of other specialist…..

Media policy briefing for the new parliament

Following the general election in July the Media Reform Coalition has produced a new briefing document, which highlights our analysis…..

Mainstream media’s complicity in far-right riots isn’t accidental – it’s structural

The mainstream media is reluctant to fully confront the nature of the far-right riots, and has a history of structural…..

'There is no Planet B' - photo from Climate March 21/09/14 by Garry Knight, licenced under Creative Commons 1.0

How the BBC platforms climate deniers and promotes ‘both-sideism’ on climate science

In this guest post for the Media Reform Coalition, Tom Hardy from Extinction Rebellion unpicks the BBC’s dismissal of the…..

There’s nothing new in the liberal media’s apologism for Labour

Tom Sykes, author and Associate Professor at the University of Portsmouth, gives an historical view on the Labour Party’s complicity…..

Politics and power in election campaign coverage: Are we missing something?

Ahead of Thursday’s general election, Lee Edwards, Professor of Strategic Communication and Public Engagement at the London School of Economics,…..

Election 2024: What do the manifestos say about media reform?

The result of July’s election has seemed like a foregone conclusion even before it was announced on May 22nd. The…..

BBC funding review: another behind-closed-doors attack on independent public media

READ: Media Reform Coalition submission to the DCMS BBC funding review Last month the Department for Culture, Media and Sport…..

‘Future of News’ inquiry: Restoring trust requires radical reforms to plurality, impartiality and accountability

READ THE MRC’S SUBMISSION TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS ‘FUTURE OF NEWS’ INQUIRY As part of the House of Lords…..

Class and the BBC: is it still informing, educating and entertaining?

Responding to Ofcom’s recent Audiences review, Lee Edwards, Professor of Strategic Communication and Public Engagement at the London School of…..

TV licence fee: The government’s campaign of cuts and political interference is destroying the BBC’s public service mission

The government’s recent statements on the BBC licence fee mark only the latest in a long series of political attacks…..

2025 Report: Who Owns The UK Media?

State of Play: Why the Commons Select Committee needs to become a strong public voice in media policy debates

The UK’s media ownership laws aren’t fit for purpose – the MRC view on the DCMS mergers regime consultation

5 questions that Ofcom’s Public Service Media review must answer

How well is Public Service Media serving the public? The MRC’s initial submission to Ofcom’s PSM Review

Is Big Tech too big to regulate? Reflections from the MRC’s public event

BBC, bias and Gaza: A partial study of impartiality

Media policy briefing for the new parliament

Mainstream media’s complicity in far-right riots isn’t accidental – it’s structural

How the BBC platforms climate deniers and promotes ‘both-sideism’ on climate science

There’s nothing new in the liberal media’s apologism for Labour

Politics and power in election campaign coverage: Are we missing something?

Election 2024: What do the manifestos say about media reform?

BBC funding review: another behind-closed-doors attack on independent public media

‘Future of News’ inquiry: Restoring trust requires radical reforms to plurality, impartiality and accountability

Class and the BBC: is it still informing, educating and entertaining?

TV licence fee: The government’s campaign of cuts and political interference is destroying the BBC’s public service mission

The Media Bill

2023 report: Who Owns the UK Media?

How do we imagine a transformed media?

Making Big Tech pay for news : the Australian media bargaining code will not solve the crisis in journalism