Tag: UK Media

  • MIA: More Irritating Acronyms or Market Impact Assessment?

    The military uses MIA for missing in action. The BBC uses it for market impact assessment. One is the result of battle, the other a way of avoiding it. Here’s how it works. Before launching a new service, or making significant changes to an existing service, the BBC Trust “must be satisfied that any likely…

  • Educating journalists

    Peter Preston weighed into the training debate yesterday. [Observer]

  • The drive to local

    “If we go ahead with our vision of local TV, the scale of what we offer will be limited…Editorially it would aim to complement the market…There would be particular focus, for instance, on local democracy and community issues…The BBC’s local TV is intended to enrich our current local offering, represented by local radio in England…

  • Libel news 2

    I managed to sneak in the back of the session. It’s easy to throw the term masterclass around, but the WSJ team of Dorsey, Simpson and Blackshire were thoughtful, serious and rigorous about their journalism. And Mark Stephens was as entertaining as ever… It’s worth reading the HoL judgment in full, but Baroness Hale’s closing…