Media is now global. We get our news from all around the world, and for entertainment the giant American streaming companies – Netflix, YouTube, Disney and the rest – are watched by millions of British viewers every day. So, is there a role left for the traditional UK-based media?

The BBC is facing a battle to hang on to the loyalty of licence-fee payers, and the advertising-funded broadcasters such as ITV and Channel 4 are no longer the force they were.

Are we opening ourselves to purveyors of disinformation and misinformation, and is British culture at risk if the decision-makers about what we watch are abroad rather than here?

Discussing these themes will be a panel of experts:

Shelagh Fogarty – journalist and presenter on LBC
Ben Fenton – media strategy consultant, former media editor at the FT
Pat Younge – media executive and former BBC Chief Creative Officer
Peter Salmon – former executive at the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and in the independent sector; former controller of BBC1

 

Free for Richmond Society members both in person and online.  A Zoom link will be emailed to members shortly before the meeting. Non-members may attend in person for £7.

Tickets are available from Eventbrite.

Panel Chair – Roger Mosey