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April 27, 2006
BBC Website relaunch to rival MySpace, News Corp Angry | Pot meet kettle
The BBC is revamping their website.
The BBC, has announced plans to relaunch its website to incorporate more user-generated content such as blogs and video, as well as developing new broadband portals in areas including sports, music, health and science. -- -- The BBC says it hopes its new site will attract unsigned bands hoping to showcase their music — one of the key successes of MySpace.com."We have one of the best Web sites in the world, but it's rooted in the first digital wave," BBC director-general Mark Thompson told staff on Tuesday. "We need to reinvent it, fill it with dynamic audiovisual content, personalize it, open it up to user-friendly material." (Via Wired)
James MacManus, an executive director of News International, accused the BBC of “blatantly commercial ambitions” and of seeking “to create a digital empire”. So let me get this straight, someone from the giant media conglomerate at News Corp. is accusing another company of creating a digital empire?
I don't really have a comment on this. Sound like a complicated public vs. private funding issue. I just enjoy using the "Pot calling the kettle black" phrase. That, and it relates to music.
Tags: BBC Relaunch, News Corporation, MySpace
Posted by Merry Swankster at April 27, 2006 04:20 PM
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