adrian monck

Category: Journalism

  • Content – more burger than king

    I spent yesterday at the BBC in Manchester talking to some interesting people, many of whom want to build businesses providing content of one kind or another. So I gave my gloomy look at the content creation business, pointing to Monday’s supply squeeze at ITN, and Scott Karp’s post on NBC Universal/News Corp deal, and…

  • The declining price of broadcast news…

    ITV has just spun out a new deal with its news supplier, ITN. In case you don’t understand the oddness of British TV news – ITV doesn’t have its own news division, it contracts the news out – and has done for fifty years – to a company it 40% owns. According to the headline…

  • Fox News – "your voice for evil"

    A final April Fool’s Day contribution…

  • Can journalists trust the public?

    I don’t know about you, but I get heartily sick of people whining on about the media – its failings, its mis-reporting, its bias. I spent most of my life trying to interest people in the events of the world around them. Some of those I worked with died trying to do the same. All…