Have traditional broadcasters really hit a stale patch, stifled by a love for nostalgia and a reluctance to innovate? Raymond Snoddy dissects the latest in a series of assaults on television
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From the BBC’s annoying channel-swapping, to NBC’s terrible adverts-to-sport ratio, how is the way we watch major sporting events changing, asks Raymond Snoddy
There is a commendable rise recently of media companies trying out new business ideas, writes Raymond Snoddy – but the tricky thing about innovation is that it doesn’t always work.
Many journalists view Trump as a high-risk demagogue – but is that a good enough excuse for them to throw their best-practice textbooks out of the window, asks Raymond Snoddy
Will withholding the names and images of terrorists from TV and newspapers have any real impact in the age of social media, asks Raymond Snoddy
Kelvin MacKenzie’s hijab outburst speaks to serious issues about where the limits of freedom of speech should be drawn and what constitutes TV visual impartiality in a multi-cultural society, writes Raymond Snoddy.
As Karen Bradley replaces John Whittingdale as Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, it’s time to act decisively on a number of key media issues, writes Raymond Snoddy
From the recent Tory leadership race, to the Chilcot inquiry and Iraq war, newspapers still very much set the political agenda, writes Raymond Snoddy – but not always for good…
From TV to newspapers, share prices in media companies have fallen since the EU referendum. Will things stabilise? Don’t count on it, writes Raymond Snoddy
Reading the tabloid newspapers over the last week is like jumping between parallel universes, writes Raymond Snoddy