Our journal article Public service algorithms: Balancing the scales between public mission and market pressures at the BBC and VRT is now published by MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research. Authored by team members Catalina Iordache, Dan Martin, and Catherine Johnson, the article discusses how PSMs are rethinking their priorities in content production and distribution following the shift to digital-first strategies. The study focuses on the development of public service algorithms in practice, looking specifically at the cases of the BBC (UK) and VRT (Flanders-Belgium), and how their implementation is guided by the organisations’ remits. The discussion is framed by document analysis and semi-structured interviews conducted in 2024 with 16 PSM representatives.

The article is freely available at: https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/147182