Talk:BBC Science Focus

Wikipedia in the news
There was a recent edition of Focus which assessed several online encyclopaedias, including Wikipedia. Wikipedia, in view of its comments in bird flu, came out as the most up-to-date...so perhaps this merits attention in this article. ACEO 19:32, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Alright then. Do you want to do it or shall I? Popexvi 19:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)I have just done it. ACEO 19:32, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

The merge
I merge content from a redundant article on the magazine. Not being familiar with the magazine myself I was not sure whether the content I merged in was completely accurate. So please fix any inaccuracies that may exist. --Cab88 11:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Bbcfocus177.JPG
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BetacommandBot 11:05, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

What's the present relation to the BBC?
The intro paragraph presently states "The magazine was taken over by the BBC in mid-2005 ..." but the Origin website home page says that "Origin was founded in 1997 and for a period of time between 2004 and 2006 was wholly-owned by BBC Worldwide Ltd. As a result of a management buy-out in 2006 Origin became an independent business again focusing upon specialist magazine and online publishing."

So if Origin is once again formally (financially, legally) independent from the BBC, what are the conditions that the BBC presumably accepted in return for Origin continuing to use the "BBC" name, which i assume qualifies as a trademark, in the name of the magazine? Is there still close cooperation between BBC Focus magazine and BBC television emissions? Maybe some of this is non-public info, but the article should at least say whether this is done with mutual agreement between Origin and the BBC, or whether there is some alternative situation...

In any case, IMHO the intro paragraph should be updated by someone who knows more and can reference it... Boud (talk) 18:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)