It would be in everyone’s interests if 2017 turns out to be the year when the multi-billion pound social networks genuinely tackle everything from hate news, fake news and dodgy digital advertising, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The good news for anti-Murdoch campaigners is they’ve got their independent inquiry. The slightly less good news is that it is very likely that Ofcom will fail to find sufficient grounds to block the deal.

The total craziness of Trump and the growing uncertainties surrounding Brexit could actually add up to the biggest boost traditional media has enjoyed in recent times, writes Raymond Snoddy.

It’s time big sports rights owners plucked up the courage to take a more sophisticated view of their long-term interests rather than maximising profits, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Three years on from the launch of London Live, Raymond Snoddy analyses the current state of the market – and argues things have not been as catastrophic as many first expected.

A culture of rebuttal coming up from the crowd – which is then magnified by the mainstream media – is doing more than just keeping Trump and his cronies in check, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The row between Sky and Discovery is unlikely to be the last content negotiation where teeth are bared and insults fly, writes Raymond Snoddy.

With the help of social media it could easily be possible to assemble an American majority who accept the “alternative facts”, writes Raymond Snoddy. So what can be done?

Following the appointment of Sir David Clementi as the new chairman of the BBC, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether the former banker needs to do a bit of extra homework before sinking his teeth into the job.

There are plenty of press scandals in need of urgent attention – but none of them involve increased regulation backed by the sort of legislation that would please dictators everywhere.