The global appetite for original drama is creating increasingly complex markets filled with new and old players, writes Raymond Snoddy. Where is it all going?
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The outcome of moving BBC Three online could point a finger to the future – or serve as a stark warning, writes Raymond Snoddy.
The Culture Secretary can huff and puff with his Charter Review, but some decisions look like they are now being made above him.
The tragic events in Paris over the last week bring to light important questions about the way news is covered, writes Raymond Snoddy.
We will have to wait with bated breath to see whether October was an anomaly for newspaper circulations – or the first sign of something more important, writes Raymond Snoddy.
In the face of challenges from government, the quality press should abandon its search for regulatory perfection and make common cause with the more raucous end of the market, argues Raymond Snoddy.
There are enough meaningful developments from alternative news organisations to cement a profitable future – but challenges remain.
If the government has its own way a hugely effective public interest tool could be severely watered down, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Whatever the reason for the shock departure of the BBC’s director of TV – and there could be many – it brings to attention a much bigger danger facing the Corporation.
Journalists have a responsibility to apply facts and analysis to the more lurid responses of politicians to current crises.