UK news organisations have attacked the BBC for using public money to promote its services above their media apps on smartphones on Apple and Android platforms.
Executives accused the BBC of pursuing an aggressive marketing strategy in app stores that has diverted audiences away from commercial news, radio and television brands to its own services.
The corporation’s “apparent willingness to compete very aggressively with commercial providers in app stores and other areas, such as local news provision, online risks causing irreparable damage to that ecosystem”, said Owen Meredith, chief executive of the News Media Association, which represents commercial newspapers from the Telegraph to The Times.
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