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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the principal public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom, headquartered in the Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff. Its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a Royal Charter. Within the United Kingdom its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee, which is charged to all United Kingdom households, companies and organisations using any type of equipment to record and/or receive live television broadcasts; the level of the fee is set annually by the British Government and agreed by Parliament..

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BBC Worldwide sells Lonely Planet at £80m loss

The BBC's governing body has ordered a review of its sale of Lonely Planet, after the corporation's commercial arm disposed of the travel guide business at a "significant financial loss" of £80m.

Telegraph.co.uk - Media and Telecoms news - on 19/3/13
Television Centre sale draws fire from BBC stars

David Mitchell, Danny Baker and Michael Parkinson, among others, say sale of studios should have sparked an outcry.

John Plunkett @ MediaGuardian - Radio - on 19/3/13
BBC Worldwide sells Lonely Planet at a £80m loss

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has sold the Lonely Planet guidebook business to US company NC2 Media for AU$75m (£51. 5m), less than half it paid to acquire it.

Brand Republic - Media - on 19/3/13
BBC to Sell Lonely Planet Travel Guidebooks

The British broadcaster confirmed plans to sell the travel guidebooks to an American billionaire, drawing criticism for losing public money on the sale.

Eric Pfanner @ New York Times - Media & Advertising - on 19/3/13
BBC Worldwide criticised for sale of Lonely Planet at 'significant loss'

Travel guides sale to US billionaire Brad Kelley for £80m less than originally paid was not good business, says BBC Trust.

MediaGuardian - Television - on 19/3/13
Expert women at the BBC: is a database and training enough?

With complaints about the 80/20 dominance of men in its broadcasts, the BBC is training women to redress the balance.

MediaGuardian - Television - on 18/3/13
'Deeply contentious issues' on Royal Charter plan

While MPs were congratulating themselves in the Commons on reaching the cross-party agreement on a Royal Charter-based press regulation system, major players in the industry warned it contains "deeply contentious issues".

Jon Slattery @ Jon Slattery - on 18/3/13
BBC Club appoints Pitman’s People for The Television Centre’s Closing Party Celebrations

Pitman’s People are working in association with the BBC Club to manage the theming and staging at the party to be held at the private members club on 27 March 2013. The event will celebrate a moment in time when the BBC Club was founded in 1924. Since then, the BBC Club has been the [.

Adam Parry @ Event Industry News - on 18/3/13
In praise of … Television Centre | Editorial

Buildings aren't meant to be magic; certainly not one plonked near a dual carriageway and run as amiably to seed as TVC.

MediaGuardian - Television - on 18/3/13
Red Nose Day: Media short changes the poor with its soft-soap aid coverage

For several weeks, BBC television seems to have been dominated by build-up to Friday's Red Nose Day, with worthy dramas and special editions of baking and dance shows to promote the cause. Finally the big day dawned, with the usual breathless coverage of celebrities doing zany things and feel-good films about saving the world.

Ian Birrell @ MediaGuardian - Television - on 17/3/13

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