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‘Anti Social Media’ or ‘Meet the new editors’
Bookmark this post? Go on. You know you want to. Please. I’m begging you. OK, how about a few quid? The rise of social media, and bookmarking services like del.ic.ious, Digg, Newsvine and the rest is part of the anonymous camaradery of the web. We share something we like with strangers. How digitally public-spirited of…
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Panorama – quick reax
Before you shed any tears for the BBC‘s Panorama, remember the old one wasn’t exactly fantastic. Under Mike Robinson no one in sport was safe, be it the Jockey Club or Sam Allardyce. We never saw the expose on drinking and darts players. I had to bale out of an engaging Dispatches to watch, and…
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Recommend John Nichols‘ essay on the future of newspapers in The Nation. Don’t be put off by his weak-sounding conclusions: Civic-minded families may well have a better record of running newspapers than distant investors, but there aren’t enough wealthy philanthropists to go around, and besides, they aren’t all “civic minded.” Foundations and trusts, which control…
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Cover price consequences
The two revenue sources for newspapers are advertising and cover price. As advertising declines editors hope there’s enough elasticity in the price to keep the cash coming in. Here’s Philip Stone on how that’s worked out for London’s most expensive paper, the Sunday Times, which has lost a 100,000 readers after hiking its price up…