The BBC is dead, long live the BBC

The reception at Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in London. (Photo: Dan Taylor/ Wiki commons)

LONDON: For years the BBC and its financing model have belonged to that small category of things that make no sense in theory but work well in practice. Now that model is imperiled, and the BBC will be forced to abandon its traditional role and find its place in the modern media landscape.

The country, and the world, will be the poorer for it.