Abstract
The current Director-General, Mark Thompson, and the BBC Trust may have had little room for manoeuvre after a licence-fee settlement that was less than expected, other than, as detailed in his “Delivering Creative Future” speech, of large-scale staff cuts, property sales and – crucially for BBC journalism – the integration of the news division. Yet, despite the title, the emphasis of the speech was managerial rather than creative… Behind the turmoil at the BBC is the unspoken menace of potential privatisation: there must be some managers who have an ambition, without admitting the fact to themselves or each other, to take the BBC brand into the stock market. Now, before it is too late, is the time to insist that the BBC is a public service corporation, its purpose to enrich the minds and lives of the nation.
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