The battle for a new form of press regulation was always likely to turn into a mess says Raymond Snoddy – and now it seems the newspaper industry has got a little tired of it all and decided that the Royal Charter is the best they can get; the political compromise that avoids overt statutory involvement.
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The Financial Times celebrates 125 years as one of the world’s leading business news organisations today by launching a range of initiatives around the globe, including an anniversary feature in print and online, a new marketing campaign and subscription offer, and a series of global events.
The daily newspaper market was up 2.1% January 2013. The Sun performed best, seeing a 5.8% increase on the previous month, bagging an extra 132,000 copies, followed by the Daily Mirror with growth of 2.3% (23,847 copies).
Although we must applaud the Lebedevs for trying to preserve iconic media institutions, the move to provide London with its own TV channel boils down to a couple of basic questions: can ‘London Live’ come up with something on a limited budget that will attract an audience – and will advertisers support the new venture? By Raymond Snoddy.
The Daily Mail & General Trust has seen its online digital advertising revenues increase 51% as its print titles have seen a -9% drop in the three months ending 30 December.
Anoushka Healy, currently Group Managing Editor of The Times and Sunday Times , has been named Chief Strategy Officer as William Lewis is appointed Chief Creative Officer.
The accepted orthodoxy is that print is about to die, but News International’s Abba Newbery is not convinced. New technologies mean that both paper and the web can work together. Is this part of the Third Age of News?
Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens has issued profound apologies and accepted the cartoon had “crossed a line” – but how do you account for such an instant change of heart? There can only be one explanation and it’s all down to Rupert Murdoch and his tweets.
New approach will be a “fully-fledged, digitally-focused” news operation with closer working between the national and regional titles.
With more than 150 senior media executives in attendance, the Year Ahead 2013 offered a feast of insider knowledge and thoughtful crystal ball gazing. You can now watch our exclusive online video to see what predictions some of our panellists and guests made for 2013…