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BBC News

news division of the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation
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BBC News

Summary

BBC News is a news desk[1]. It draws 2,222 Wikipedia views per month (news_desk category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC News received the Peabody Awards[3].
  • BBC News received the Peabody Awards[4].
  • BBC News received the Peabody Awards[5].
  • BBC News received the Peabody Awards[6].
  • BBC News is located in London[7].
  • BBC News is in the country of United Kingdom[8].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as news desk[9].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as news broadcasting[10].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as division[11].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as newspaper[12].
  • BBC News is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[13].
  • BBC News's headquarters location is recorded as London[14].
  • The location of BBC News was Broadcasting House[15].
  • BBC News's child organization or unit is recorded as BBC Weather[16].
  • BBC News's child organization or unit is recorded as BBC News Punjabi[17].
  • BBC News's Commons category is recorded as BBC News[18].
  • BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[19].
  • November 14, 1922 marks the founding of BBC News[20].
  • BBC News's parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[21].
  • BBC News's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/news[22].
  • BBC News's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.com/news[23].
  • BBC News's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC News[24].
  • BBC News's described at URL is recorded as https://ground.news/interest/bbc-news_bf95f4[25].
  • BBC News's political ideology is recorded as impartiality[26].
  • BBC News's name in kana is recorded as ビービーシー ニューズ[27].

Body

Founding

November 14, 1922 marks the founding of BBC News[20].

Operations

BBC News's headquarters location is recorded as London[14]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[21]. Subsidiaries include BBC Weather[16], a business[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1922[30], headquartered in Broadcasting House[31] and BBC News Punjabi[17], a news agency[32], in India[33], headquartered in Delhi[34].

Industry

BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[19].

Ownership

BBC News is owned by British Broadcasting Corporation[13].

Recognition

Awards received include Peabody Awards[3], an award[35], in United States[36], founded in 1940[37].

Why It Matters

BBC News draws 2,222 Wikipedia views per month (news_desk category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did BBC News receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[3], Peabody Awards[4], Peabody Awards[5], and Peabody Awards[6].

Related Entities

Democracy Live London newspaper United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ground.news. Retrieved . ground.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · NatHaddan · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → BBC Weather, BBC News Punjabi
    Name in kana → ビービーシー ニューズ
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