Ray Snoddy has scoured the manifestos of the main parties to understand their positions on the media and creative industries. The scores are dreary.
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Dame Carolyn McCall and Sir David Clementi have both warned for the need to reform legacy broadcast regulation. It’s vital their warnings are heeded, writes Ray Snoddy.
The appointment of the Financial Times’ first female editor is part of a growing trend in media organisations, writes Raymond Snoddy. But does it signify a turning point?
The general election campaign could turn out to be one of the most confrontational and dirty on record, writes Ray Snoddy.
We need greater scepticism from political journalists and a willingness to name officials who deliberately mislead the public, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Sky’s decision to launch a news channel that ignores the biggest story in UK politics might sound appealing to many, but is wrong in principle and wrong in practice, writes Raymond Snoddy.
The latest financial figures from the Daily Telegraph provide a decent snapshot of the latest state of play in a difficult art – with good news and bad, writes Raymond Snoddy.
With DMGT the current frontrunner to buy the i, Raymond Snoddy wonders what impact adding a non-partisan newsbrand could have on its existing titles.
As the Duchess of Sussex sues the Mail on Sunday and Prince Harry launches an ‘extraordinary’ attack on the tabloid press, Raymond Snoddy asks if any of it is really justified.
Thanks to a claim in Cameron’s memoirs, we now understand how the Government could have backed a most wretched policy on press freedom.