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Joseph
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17 December 2019
Dear Joseph,
Freedom of Information Request - RFI20191902
Thank you for your request to the BBC of 27 November 2019 seeking the following
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’):
“Could you please supply webpage hits for the sports section. Could you break down into
gender categories for each sport. So total hits for male football pages and the same for
womens football, could you duplicate this for major lists as detailed in your drop down menu. I
am writing a paper on how we can increase awareness of female sport and would like to see
the current disparity between the interest in the men’s/ women’s press articles.”
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