By Dave Boyle Local media? Yesterday's news, right? You'd be forgiven for thinking that the decline of the local press is something inexorable. The numbers say something big going on: in the daily and weekly newspapers making up the Northcliffe side of the Daily Mail and General Trust's publications, there was a 48% fall in the number of people employed by the business … [Read more...]
The case for caps: how to make media ownership policy work
By Justin Schlosberg Last night’s Radio 4 Media Show featured an interview with shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman where she was pressed by Steve Hewlett on the burgeoning issue of what to do about media plurality. In response, she reiterated Labour’s support for a system of thresholds to be applied to media ownership – particularly in respect of newspapers – arguing … [Read more...]