Montgomery assaults ‘predatory’ BBC over native information provision
The newspaper veteran David Montgomery will on Thursday revive his long-held criticism of the BBC's encroachment into native information provision when he accuses it of "predatory behaviour" which harms industrial rivals.Sky News has learnt that Mr Montgomery will use the foreword to the annual outcomes announcement of National World, the London-listed firm he runs, to launch a scathing assault on the company.
Mr Montgomery, whose firm owns titles together with The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post, has been a staunch critic of the BBC's presence in on-line information, saying in 2019 that its remit wanted to be redefined.On Thursday, he'll say that National World has been at "the forefront of the campaigning against predatory behaviour by the BBC which uses taxpayer funds to c...