The appointment of John Whittingdale as Culture Secretary has been widely reported as an attack on the BBC. Let’s not be so hasty, writes Raymond Snoddy.
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The European Commission today unveiled plans for a single market fit for the digital age. Here, Raymond Snoddy assesses the impact of removing regulatory walls – and moving from 28 markets to just one.
The publishing industry is in need of innovation, and therefore Google, whatever its underlying motives, should be welcomed as a possible sinner on the road to repentance.
The Labour and Lib-Dem manifestos have resurrected the follies of Leveson – and with it the threat to freedom of expression.
Two unrelated developments this week both suggest that the long predicted disruptional change for network television may be reaching critical temperature, writes Raymond Snoddy.
During Jason Seiken’s time at Telegraph Media Group there was no digital breakthrough while the print edition settled even deeper in the water. The lessons to be learned are stark, writes Raymond Snoddy.
TV was the dominant medium in the 2010 general election campaigns, but this time round the most important single influence could be newspapers, writes Raymond Snoddy.
Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild event, the WPP boss gave his two cents on a range of subjects – from the plight of newspapers and the future of the BBC, to Jeremy Clarkson’s fisticuffs.
The fact that Trinity Mirror has even entered preliminary talks to buy Richard Desmond’s title is a straw in the wind that print is far from dead, writes Raymond Snoddy.
As Jeremy Clarkson gets himself into hot water again, Raymond Snoddy wonders what implications his potential departure may have for the BBC.