Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF)
for diverse, democratic and accountable media
by Tom O'Malley By the 1970s, with the ever-increasing power of television and the sharp turn to the right in the tabloid and quality press, there grew a powerful sense amongst trade unionists, the women’s movement, anti-racists, the gay rights movement and the Labour party that the media needed reform. As far as I know, the CPF, founded in 1979 was the first attempt in … [Read more...]
by Tom O'Malley In 1986 the Report on the Committee on Financing the BBC chaired by Alan Peacock was published. It laid out a future in which public service broadcasting would become an ever-decreasing element in a world of commercially dominated communications. With Greater London Council funding, the CPBF, along with trade unions, campaigned vigorously against the main … [Read more...]
The Campaign's AGM on Saturday July 14 could well be its last. The National Council has decided to recommend that the CPBF be dissolved, and its officers have prepared a plan for winding down. The decision was, of course, not taken lightly. Many on the NC have been involved with CPBF since the beginning, fighting for media workers’ rights and campaigning for a better … [Read more...]