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BBC News
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news division of the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC News is the news division of the BBC, a publicly funded broadcaster in the United Kingdom that provides television, radio, and online reporting. It matters because it serves as a major source of news and information for millions of people, with editorial independence supported by public funding rather than commercial advertising.
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Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Company type
- Division
- Industry
- Broadcast media
- Founded
- 14 November 1922 ; 103 years ago ( 1922-11-14 )
- Headquarters
- Broadcasting House , London
- Area served
- Specific services for United Kingdom and rest of world
- Key people
- Deborah Turness (CEO, News and Current Affairs) Jonathan Munro (director of Journalism and Deputy CEO)
- Services
- Radio, internet, and television broadcasts
- Number of employees
- 7,000 (5,500 journalists)
- Parent
- BBC
- Divisions
- BBC News Online BBC News (TV Channel)
- Website
- bbc.com (UK) bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion (UK) bbc.com (global) bbcweb3hytmzhn5d532owbu6oqadra5z3ar726vq5kgwwn6aucdccrad.onion (global)
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Described at
We’ve assigned a media bias rating of Center to BBC News . You can read more about our methodology here. BBC News’s aggregated factuality score is Very High . Factuality is assigned by combining fact check, credibility, and reliability ratings from Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check. We’ve assigned a media bias rating of Center to BBC News . You can read more about our methodology here. BBC News’s aggregated factuality score is Very High . Factuality is assigned by combining fact check, credibility, and reliability ratings from Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check. Where is BBC News located?United Kingdom BBC News's Website BBC News's Twitter BBC News's Wikipedia Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs. Tap Upgrade to explore subscription options to meet all your reading needs. Get the weekly Blindspot report sent to your inbox and stay up to date with your bias blindspot. Looking for a source we don't already have? Suggest one here .
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bbc.com/news
- Image
- BBC News 24 set.jpg
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- Commons category
- BBC News
- inception
- 1922-11-14
- social media followers
- 17300000
- described at URL
- ground.news/interest/bbc-news_bf95f4
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Encyclopedic overview
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022.
In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news centres in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. All nations and English regions produce their own local news programmes and other current affairs and sport programmes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BBC News” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.