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cubefoxtoday at 3:39 PM4 repliesview on HN

I thought the BBC was state funded and didn't have to rely on undisclosed sponsorships.


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cjs_actoday at 4:16 PM

From the footer:

> This website is produced by BBC Global News Ltd, a commercial company that is part of BBC Studios, owned by the BBC (and just the BBC). No money from the licence fee was used to create this website. The money we make from it is re-invested to help fund the BBC’s international journalism.

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rouncetoday at 4:09 PM

The BBC is not state funded, it's a public broadcaster primarily funded by the general public, via the (admittedly outdated) TV licence fee system. Although the media output for the UK is non-commercial, it does have commercial operations and interactions though and they are mostly centred around the content produced for overseas consumption. As this post is on the .com domain where the international content exists (and which runs ads), I presume it is part of the paid content side of things.

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Nursietoday at 4:14 PM

BBC.com is a commercial service aimed at people outside of the UK

MagicMoonlighttoday at 3:59 PM

They probably aren’t even getting paid for it, they’re just falling for shill posts for free.

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