As Leveson kicks off again, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether a larger remit for Rufus Olins of Newsworks would help sustain newspapers’ economic future…

Raymond Snoddy says coverage of the Olympics has become the video and soundtrack to all our lives. Even those with zero interest in sport get sucked into the drama and sports such as the epee, dressage and single sculls that you normally wouldn’t cross the road to watch. It all adds up to one of the great shows on earth…

Raymond Snoddy says we have got a decent handle on how the UK’s two largest commercial broadcasters are weathering the storms of recession and technological change, and on the whole, in their different ways, are producing respectable performances…

Raymond Snoddy says that Lord Justice Leveson’s quest for balance between press freedom and censorship leaves only one task outstanding – the creation of a new regulatory body for the British press…

Raymond Snoddy says that the latest advertising spend figures are certainly good news for most, but its at the local level where some of the most positive developments are taking place, and not in the area you might expect…Great news from Nielsen – advertising spending is up, up and up on every available medium. Well,… Continue reading Growth in global ad spend is industry’s “crumb of comfort”

Raymond Snoddy says that the appointment of George Entwistle as BBC director-general is a surprise, in light of his role in the Royal Pageant coverage, but as a BBC stalwart he will at least be respected in a role that is essentially thankless, where a daily kicking comes with the territory…

Raymond Snoddy says News Corp shares were up 8% on the mere prospect of a demerger and there could be a further modest rise when the deal is actually completed. If you can add say 10% to the value of a multi-billion corporation by what is little more than a paper transaction why on earth would you not do it?

Raymond Snoddy wonders if there is there no end to the wisdom of Ofcom. But then the organisation has a really tricky problem to deal with. We call it the Leveson dilemma…

Raymond Snoddy says despite the grandeur and scale of the evidence – and the abuses revealed in cruel detail – Leveson has little choice but to wend his way towards a better form of independent self-regulation…

Raymond Snoddy says anything that increases confidence and the propensity to spend in the depths of a recession has to be a good thing, even if the intellectual pillars on which it stands are decidedly shaky…