What Should Happen To The BBC If It Doesn’t Diversify?

ISSUES Posted: April 20, 2014 9:00 am

Looks like the broadcaster might be losing a fair amount of money as soon as the government makes it legal for people to choose not to pay their BBC license fee.

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