Old rules, laws and agreements which pre-date the rise, and even the existence of the Internet, are threatening to cause mayhem in both the regional and national newspaper industry, writes Raymond Snoddy
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The great thing about the future of the media is that it changes every five minutes. Just when you thought you had finally got a handle on things, everything gets thrown up in the air again, like some sort of media perpetual motion machine.
The daily newspaper market was down -1.9% in December 2012. The ‘i’ was hit hardest, recording a -3.7% drop and losing 11,000 copies, followed by the Sun, down -3.6% (83,874 copies) and the Daily Star with a 3.5% drop (19,424 copies).
The real reason why Hacked Off, which has been annoyingly effective over the past year, is angry is that they know in their hearts that they have lost the battle to achieve the full implementation of the Leveson recommendations, in particular the statutory underpinning of a new regulatory body.
From 1 April JICREG will be included in NRS interviews – providing vastly improved data capture at a regional level.
The Mail Online has, for the first time, broken the 7 million unique daily users barrier, extending its lead over its rivals according to the latest data from ABC.
The Sun has maintained the audience gap between its closest rival, the Daily Mail, according to the third release of NRS PADD that combines the audience for both print and online, while the The Guardian and The Observer lead the quality market.
The editor of The Times, James Harding, has resigned saying that it has been made clear to him that News Corporation would like to appoint a new editor.
All of Britain’s broadcasters, including the BBC, without hesitation broadcast and highlighted the embarrassing call to Jacintha Saldanha without ever presumably pausing to ask whether any permission had been granted. Here’s where the blame should spread wider. Much wider.
UK advertising is set to grow between 3% and 4% this year and next – with TV for 2013 described as optimistic, forecasting 2% growth, while Print’s outlook has deteriorated.