In today’s Media Guardian, Peter Wilby writes on newspaper pricing:
Last week, the Times went up from 65p to 70p. So that, you might say, is the end of the price war that Rupert Murdoch… launched 14 years ago in the “quality” sector when he cut the price of the paper by a third. […]
Jeff Jarvis always puts up compelling arguments in the ‘old’-versus-‘new’ media debate. Friday’s piece looks at a report that says that local newspapers are most threatened by the internet. Replace ‘local’ with ‘specialist’ and the argument (and counter-argument) remains the same — and Jarvis’ points about how to succeed in the future still apply.
As usual, Martin Stabe is the guy to go to for all things related to new media journalism.
His post of August 1, Essential reading for online journalism, contains links that say all the sort of things that we should keep in our heads at all times. Sometimes, though, when you have your head down because […]
I was lucky enough to bag Lesley Garrett as my first full-length interview for my first professional podcast, which is now available via The Stage. Primarily taking about her new album, When I Fall In Love, Lesley talks about her experiences on reality TV — as a judge, a contestant, and the show which chose […]
Yesterday, a blog entry of mine that’s almost exactly a year old received a comment, from somebody claiming to be ITV presenter Jonathan Maitland. I’ve every reason to believe that the post is by the real Maitland and not some unhinged moron who’s crazy enough to emulate one of Tonight with Trevor McDonald’s least agreeable […]
Last night, Jason and I (plus Jason’s friend Helen) went to an invitation screening of extracts from four films funded in part or in total by money from the National Lottery (either via the Film Council or the Arts Council for England). The screening is to become part of a future edition of ITV1’s current […]