CBS, BBC Form Partnership to Bolster Global News Reporting
July 13 2017 - 12:17PM
Dow Jones News
By Austen Hufford
CBS News and BBC News have entered into a partnership to share
video, articles and other newsgathering resources to enhance their
reporting capabilities around the world.
The new deal, announced Thursday, ends similar longstanding
relationships that CBS had with Sky PLC's Sky News and that Walt
Disney Co.'s ABC News had with the BBC, which had spanned more than
two decades.
"The opportunity to partner with one of the world's largest news
organizations was too compelling not to make this change," CBS News
President David Rhodes wrote in an internal memo to staff.
The arrangement between the units of CBS Corp. and British
Broadcasting Corp. will help both expand their global footprints
and increase coverage of world events. CBS News and BBC News will
have access to each other's global and domestic news across all
platforms, including television, radio and digital, as well as
access to each other's correspondents as needed.
"There's never been a more important time for smart, courageous
coverage of what's happening in the world," said James Harding, BBC
director of news and current affairs, in a statement.
The news organizations will begin coordinating their resources
and coverage plans immediately, Mr. Rhodes wrote.
According to a memo sent to BBC News staff, the deal came
together after CBS and the British broadcaster worked together in
the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. "It became clear they
could offer unrivalled logistical support to our teams in the
field," according to the memo.
The companies are also discussing sharing international
facilities in the years ahead.
Write to Austen Hufford at austen.hufford@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 13, 2017 12:02 ET (16:02 GMT)
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