Media Plurality: the Newscorp/BSkyB Debate
Rusbridger POLIS is holding a panel discussion looking at the issue of Media Plurality in the light of the News Corporation’s bid to take full ownership of BSkyB. And there will be free (festive,...
View ArticleHunt, Murdoch, Newscorp and BSkyB: A ‘brave’ decision?
Hunt I don’t often make calls on big controversial decisions because I think my job is to observe and analyse, not gamble. It’s also because I am usually wrong [would you trust the judgement of someone...
View ArticleWhat Can Murdoch Offer Hunt To Get His BSkyB Deal? (Guest blog)
This blog by my colleague Damian Tambini sets out in detail the options for horse-trading between the Minister and Murdoch. But it also explores whether this is an opportunity for a broader settlement...
View ArticleCould a trust for Sky News actually reduce diversity?
The idea of putting Sky News into an independent trust looks the most likely solution for the problem facing Jeremy Hunt as he considers referring NewsCorp’s bid for a full merger with BSkyB. But could...
View ArticleSky News Saved: But What About The Bigger Picture?
Saved? The Sky News deal is elegant in its ingenuity, but I doubt it will do enough to satisfy the critics of the full merger between Newscorp and BSkyB. Their fears were always about what Murdoch...
View ArticleSky News on Twitter: never wrong for long
Sky News has decided to toughen up editorial control of how its journalists use Twitter. In brief, (as their presenters might say), it has told them not to Retweet the work of other organisations’...
View ArticleA strategic approach to the new threats and opportunities for Public Service...
Public Service Media like the rest of the industry is facing a tough time across Europe. In the Netherlands the government has ordered a wholesale restructuring as well as deep budget reductions. It’s...
View ArticleHow Bad Is Breaking News?
The Observer has published a debate between journalist Yvonne Roberts and yours truly about the quality of journalism today – especially when it comes to reporting disasters like the Germanwings...
View ArticleElection Watch: Media Notes on #GE2015
I am tediously optimistic, but as Britain goes to the polls I feel depressed about every likely outcome. (6.5.15) This will not be a decisive election and I fear that out of the chaos will come, well…...
View ArticleHow journalism is turning emotional and what that might mean for news
This blog is based on a talk Charlie Beckett gave at the 2015 British Science Festival in Bradford. As journalism and society changes emotion is becoming a much more important dynamic in how news is...
View ArticleCan you trust mainstream media to meet the digital challenge?
There’s a perennial air of mystery around the media-consuming habits of teenagers and young adults. Most content producers being quite a bit older, it can be hard for them to take the pulse of the...
View ArticleSky News on Twitter: never wrong for long
Sky News has decided to toughen up editorial control of how its journalists use Twitter. In brief, (as their presenters might say), it has told them not to Retweet the work of other organisations’...
View ArticleA strategic approach to the new threats and opportunities for Public Service...
Public Service Media like the rest of the industry is facing a tough time across Europe. In the Netherlands the government has ordered a wholesale restructuring as well as deep budget reductions. It’s...
View ArticleHow Bad Is Breaking News?
The Observer has published a debate between journalist Yvonne Roberts and yours truly about the quality of journalism today – especially when it comes to reporting disasters like the Germanwings...
View ArticleElection Watch: Media Notes on #GE2015
I am tediously optimistic, but as Britain goes to the polls I feel depressed about every likely outcome. (6.5.15) This will not be a decisive election and I fear that out of the chaos will come, well…...
View ArticleHow journalism is turning emotional and what that might mean for news
This blog is based on a talk Charlie Beckett gave at the 2015 British Science Festival in Bradford. As journalism and society changes emotion is becoming a much more important dynamic in how news is...
View ArticleCan you trust mainstream media to meet the digital challenge?
There’s a perennial air of mystery around the media-consuming habits of teenagers and young adults. Most content producers being quite a bit older, it can be hard for them to take the pulse of the...
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