The Sun’s ‘Queen Backs Brexit’ headline is almost certainly so exaggerated as to amount to inaccuracy, writes Raymond Snoddy – so what does it mean for both the newspaper and the regulators?
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Curiously, the Brexit debate and the disruptions that are likely to accompany the June referendum, could actually save Channel 4 from the threat of privatisation, writes Raymond Snoddy.
How is it that almost all published consultancy reports somehow manage to come up with conclusions that chime with the instincts of their paymasters?
Whatever the papers say, it is very likely the ‘Scottish referendum effect’ will come into play and produce a vote for the status quo, writes Raymond Snoddy.
BBC Three has gone online-only this week, and the Independent newspaper is set to follow suit in March – but let no-one think it is a neat, futuristic thing or anything other than second best.
Does such detailed coverage amount to media madness – or a hangover from the past when there was supposed to be a special relationship between our two countries?
Ad-blocking is now estimated to cost publishers nearly £15bn a year – and the problem looks like it’s getting worse. It’s time for much firmer action, writes Raymond Snoddy.
For all its manifest successes there are still question marks and an unusual level of unease about the Netflix phenomenon, writes Raymond Snoddy.
How should we interpret the double whammy of high-profile departure announcements at the commercial broadcaster, asks Raymond Snoddy.
Catering for those who get their media via the internet and those who watch and listen to traditional channels could last a generation, warns Raymond Snoddy.