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How young people destroy trust in the media
Michael Grade is a hugely entertaining chap, but he’s also an inveterate peddler of BS*. The man who wants to restore trust occupies a role as a PLC executive chairman that flies in the face of accepted rules of corporate governance. Never mind – have a cigar – we trust you! And the blame for…
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The future of UK TV news – a regulator writes
Here are Ofcom‘s discussion points from its Future of News paper (available in full here). Television news cannot be taken for granted on any commercial channel after digital switch-over, because revenues generated from advertising around news programmes do not appear to cover costs of production… …there are good reasons for existing commercial PSB channels to…
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The value of TV news
In case you hadn’t come across it, there’s a very good report [pdf] out from media consultancy Human Capital on the value of news for UK commercial Public Service Broadcasters (that’s ITV, Channel 4, and five), who all have to run news as part of the price of accessing the vanishing airwaves. In an act…
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Bush’s misfortune is BBC’s opportunity?
A while back I warned a couple of media chums in the US that the BBC would come gunning for them. They laughed. I hate to sound smug, but they’re starting their push. Still, it’s not all plain sailing. Take the news (my particular interest) – when you’re launching a neutral, impartial news service in…