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estimated £120m cost of the festival, planning took a step forward in 2020 when organisers called for “daring, new and popular” ideas that will unite the nation.

A new online petition is proposing that the TV licence fee is abolished for every household across the country and a subscription service for the BBC is offered instead. The TV licence is set to rise in line with the rate of inflation from April 2024, following a two-year freeze at £159.

A festival which brought 50,000 visitors to Paisley was yesterday branded a “colossal waste of money”.

Former UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been strong criticized by a British government report over her claims a Channel 4 documentary used actors.

K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s cross-party DCMS Committee, which scrutinizes the spending, policies and administration of the government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is set to interrogate BBC bosses on impartiality, the license fee and earnings. The committee, which is chaired by Julian Knight, is set to convene on Tuesday, Sept. 6 to question BBC director general Tim Davie, BBC chair Richard Sharp and BBC COO Leigh Tavaziva. They will ask questions on topics including how the corporation “plans to remain relevant and effective in the modern media landscape,” “how the BBC’s offering is impacted by a more polarised political atmosphere” and the future of the license fee in light of soaring inflation rates.

The UK’s influential Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMSC) has called Elon Musk to a hearing to discuss how he “will balance his clear commitment to free speech with new obligations to protect Twitter’s users from online harms.”

K.J. Yossman The U.K.’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee has invited Elon Musk to discuss his proposed purchase of Twitter.MP Julian Knight, who chairs the cross-party parliamentary committee, has written to Musk to extend the invitation.“My Committee has noted your proposed acquisition of Twitter and we are interested in the developments you propose,” Knight writes.

have been examining the business model since last year and whether or not the model is fair to songwriters and performers.Findings released today (July 15) see MPs setting out a “complete reset of streaming” that “enshrines in law [artists’] rights to a fair share of the earnings”.DCMS Committee chair Julian Knight said: “While streaming has brought significant profits to the recorded music industry, the talent behind it – performers, songwriters and composers – are losing out.Knight added that “the issues we’ve examined reflect much deeper and more fundamental problems within the structuring of the recorded music industry itself.“We have real concerns about the way the market is operating, with platforms like YouTube able to gain an unfair

Boris Johnson has pledged to fix the work permit issue that could impact UK touring musicians and crew members post-Brexit.The PM’s Brexit trade deal, which was passed last December, failed to secure visa-free travel for UK artists and their crew as well as Europe-wide work permits.It is feared that acts will face huge costs for future live tours of the continent, which could prevent rising and developing artists from being able to afford to do so.It is also warned that thousands of jobs and millions in income for crew, haulage and production will also be lost to the EU.Speaking to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) chair Julian Knight yesterday (March 24), Johnson claimed he was “passionate” about musicians being able

The BBC’s license fee should remain in place until 2038 because the UK government is yet to present a viable alternative, and implementing a replacement funding model would be too expensive and disruptive.

COVID-19 guidelines, according to one of Westminster's leading voices for sport.

Update 12/13/20: Two British politicians have publicly pushed back against The Crown actor Josh O'Connor's stance that adding a disclaimer to the Netflix drama would be "outrageous." Former Education Secretary Damian Hinds led the fightback (who, according to the Daily Mail, is supported in his statement by Julian Knight, chairman of the powerful Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee) told the Mail on Sunday, "Mr O’Connor says Oliver Dowden’s intervention is outrageous, but what would be truly outrageous would be trying to stop our Culture Secretary holding the streaming giant to account.

they would examine the economic impact that music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the wider music industry.Taking evidence until December 11, the Committee are looking at “the business models” operated by such streaming giants as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play.Over £1 billion in revenue was generated from 114 billion music streams in the UK last year, with the inquiry noting, however, that “artists can be paid as little as 13% of the income generated”.The DCMS inquiry, which held its first evidence session last week (November 24), is seeking the perspectives of industry experts, artists and record labels as well as streaming platforms themselves.Today (December 1), DCMS Committee Chair Julian Knight MP

Premier League chief Richard Masters was left red faced after being grilled over the “farce and pitiful” attempts to bail out the EFL.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe British Parliament is launching an inquiry into streaming services and whether artists are paid fairly by Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play and others, according to an announcement Friday.Julian Knight, committee chair of the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Spot said the growth of the streaming market “cannot come at the expense of talented and lesser-known artists,” according to the BBC.

Naman Ramachandran BBC chair David Clementi has dismissed speculation about his possible successor during a hearing of the U.K. House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee convened to discuss the broadcaster’s annual report.Committee chair Julian Knight posed the question of whether an individual should be barred from the job of BBC chair if he or she has been convicted of not paying the license free.

Naman Ramachandran There is mounting pressure on the U.K. government to better safeguard the country’s beleaguered cultural sector.A Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, led by member of parliament Julian Knight, has urged leadership to take immediate steps to prevent the sector from imminent collapse.The U.K.

Premier League clubs are branded “deplorable” for furloughing staff during lockdown while continuing to pay millionaire players in a damning report out on Thursday.

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has written to parliamentary sports committee chairman Julian Knight defending clubs furloughing staff.

A leading MP has accused Premier League chief executive Richard Masters of failing - and demanded he force top flight clubs to get players to take wage cuts.

The Chancellor has been urged to get tough on Premier League clubs for refusing to ask their millionaire stars to take a wage cut due to the coronavirus crisis.