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BBC seeks more prominent credit in Apple and Google News


The British Broadcasting Corporation has filed a complaint with a UK antitrust regulator complaining that aggregators like Apple News and Google News

The British Broadcasting Corporation has filed a complaint with a UK antitrust regulator complaining that aggregators like Apple News and Google News minimize credit for the stories they feature. And while the CMA’s decision would theoretically apply only to UK publications, any change made by the aggregators would presumably affect other publishers too. That perceived value may be particularly important to the BBC because it derives the majority of its funding from a licence fee paid by British households — so it’s important that the broadcaster’s work be visible and valued in order to maintain support for the fee.

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