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A rare feel-good week for publishing

A rare feel-good week for publishing

28 May 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

From The Guardian’s positive results to the sale of the Telegraph and National World, UK media brands still make sound business sense and can attract significant investment.

The UK risks damaging its soft power at a dangerous time
The UK risks damaging its soft power at a dangerous time
14 May 2025 | Raymond Snoddy
Don’t normalise Farage. He is anything but normal
Don’t normalise Farage. He is anything but normal
07 May 2025 | Raymond Snoddy
Was Francis the first media pope?
Was Francis the first media pope?
23 Apr 2025 | Raymond Snoddy
The role of podcasts in Donald Trump’s victory cannot be overlooked
The role of podcasts in Donald Trump’s victory cannot be overlooked
16 Apr 2025 | Raymond Snoddy
The BBC’s conflicting stance on quality journalism is hard to reconcile
The BBC’s conflicting stance on quality journalism is hard to reconcile
02 Apr 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

‘This is for everyone’: Tim Berners-Lee is continuing his search for a benign online world

26 Mar 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Thirty-five years after inventing the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is still trying to create an internet that maximises social good. His core mission is to decentralise the web by liberating data from tech platforms. 

Ofcom needs to truly prove its mettle this year

19 Mar 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

From the high court overturning its rulings on two GB News shows to the start of its enforcement of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom finds itself defining or refining where media balance should lie in an increasing contentious age.

Andrew Neil’s mea culpa shows there’s still hope for… well, some of us

12 Mar 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Whatever you think of Neil’s past commentary, he deserves praise for admitting he was wrong. Unlike our former prime minister…

Has the BBC learned nothing from the Balen Report?

05 Mar 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

What happened with the children of Gaza documentary is not an example of bias but of a failure of editorial systems or BBC bureaucracy — or both. There must be no repeat of the Balen Report saga. 

A rare sign of unity in a battle worth fighting for

26 Feb 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

The entire newspaper sector — along with the wider creative industry — has come together to fight for proper copyright. Don’t let history repeat itself. 

Remember the Gaza Riviera? Two weeks is a millennium in the news cycle

19 Feb 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

The start of Donald Trump’s second presidency felt like a lifetime ago. How the British press has covered his many manoeuvres since speaks volumes. 

Broadcasters have reasons to be cheerful among the gloom

12 Feb 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

TV viewing and reach have declined as UK broadcasters slashed spend on home-grown premium content. But could a new production powerhouse come to the rescue?

Cardiff University has settled the BBC bias argument once and for all

05 Feb 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

BBC bias has always been a matter of opinion. What was needed was independent research and now we have some from Cardiff University. Its findings do have a clear outcome, but perhaps not in the way expected.

Should we just give up if all Gen Z want is a dictatorship?

29 Jan 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Channel 4’s study on Gen Z attitudes presents serious implications for everyone in politics, education and journalism. 

The media could be the only effective opposition to Trump… but will it?

22 Jan 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Four years is a long time and there is a danger that serious journalism could be pushed towards the margins if the media continues to normalise Trump’s actions.

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