YouBBC? "The BBC, which always prides itself on originating news by sending reporters, camera crews, sound recordists, satellite trucks and radio cars as part of its news gathering operation, was having to quote YouTube as a source of news and play a pre-budget interview with Alistair Darling that came from the video website." (tags: journalism [...]
Crunch time for British newspapers "The collapse in print ad revenues has been worryingly swift and deep. Most of the industry is budgeting for a recovery in late 2009, or early 2010. If that recovery doesn’t materialise, US-style corporate collapses will become a possibility within the regional press. The second concern is no less daunting. [...]
Synthesis is Key To Success of Newspapers, Magazines and Publishers "This availability of all data by all outlets has ruined the differentiation between local papers, category specific publications and most hobbyist content providers. It used to matter who the editor in chief knew, which city a publisher was in, how fast the vans could get [...]
Peter Preston: As the web cripples papers, an internet licence fee could help deliver the news "Put aside American notions of micro-payments for surfing the news or big dollops of cash from rich foundations to keep investigative reporters in business. We're used to paying a flat annual fee for our entertainment. Plonk the money down [...]
Newspapers Must Die to Live "The notion that news must be free on the Web is a game of chicken. It is a game that requires nerves of steel, much bravado and an irrational belief that the other person will give in first. In the version we are seeing play out daily the question is [...]
