Britain has a new culture minister.
Equalization Minister Lucy Frazer will replace Michelle Donelan, who has been in office for less than six months. Frazer is the 12th culture minister in 13 years.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also reduced the tasks of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
He relieved the responsibility of the Department of Technology and established the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology.
10 Downing Street said the DCMS would focus on “the importance of culture, media and sport to [the] economics and construction [the] British position as world leader in creative arts.”
Donelan had a short but influential tenure and will be remembered for thwarting plans to sell Channel 4, the British private broadcaster.
Read: Deadlines dive deep into Channel 4’s doomed sales.
Frazer has held ministerial posts since 2019, but culture minister will be her highest government post to date. The 50-year-old has been a Conservative MP since 2015.
She will lead the government’s approach to the BBC and other broadcasters. Ministers plan to launch a review of royalties, the BBC’s funding mechanism, and Frazer will oversee reforms at Channel 4, which will be allowed to make its own programs for the first time.
Frazer has publicly shown little or no interest in Britain’s creative industries. One of her few interventions was in 2021 when she announced the success of Britain’s high tax breaks as Treasury Secretary.
“The corporate film tax credit has proven to be very successful in attracting foreign investment. It is very popular with filmmakers and has helped make the UK a top filmmaking destination,” she said.
Source: Deadline
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