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Tag Archives: Murdoch
Nov 2 2012
British culture versus corrupt companies: the battle for media plurality (guest blog)
Leave a commentThe major threat to the quality of media today isn’t the economy or trust – it’s plurality. That’s the view of top analyst Claire Enders, given in her Polis Media Agenda Talk. Polis intern Gideon Reid reports. Claire Enders began … Continue reading
Posted by: November 2, 2012
Tagged with: BBC, business, CLaire Enders, economics, gideon reid, guest blog, Mail, Media Agenda Talks, Murdoch, Newscorp, plurality, Regulation
May 1 2012
Murdoch and the Media Committee: a political battle
Leave a commentThe Media Select Committee report on its phone-hacking investigation is tougher than I expected and very pointed. It is difficult to see why anyone would think well of the Murdochs as media proprietors after reading it. Tom Watson’s typically determined bid to … Continue reading
Posted by: May 1, 2012
Tagged with: Murdoch, nes international, news corpo, Regulation, Tom Watson
Apr 29 2012
New Media’s Mid-Life Crisis (thoughts from four sessions at the Perugia International Journalism Festival #IFJ12
Leave a commentNew media is entering middle age. We’ve all dropped the ‘new’ bit and instead talk about ‘social’ and ‘semantic’ as Web 3.0 becomes reality. Yet while digital communications are triumphing and networked journalism blossoms in this media mid-life, we are … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2012
Tagged with: events, Freedom of expression, internet, Journalism, Kony2012, Leveson, Murdoch, Perugia, Phonehacking
Feb 27 2012
Sun On Sunday: what price success?
Leave a commentThere has been a paradoxical series of responses to the Sun on Sunday’s highly successful launch, especially from more liberal commentators. These seem to break down into: 1. It’s too bland (it’s not the News of the World) 2. It … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2012
Tagged with: Leveson, Murdoch, News International, Newscorp, plurality, SUn on SUnday, Sunday
Jul 24 2011
WikiLeaks: Making Life Difficult (Summer School Guest Blog)
2 CommentsThis report is by Polis Summer School student Felicia Oschmann. Apart from several photographs of Julian Assange entering the Royal Court of Justice in London during the course of the last weeks, the media’s attention seems to have slipped away … Continue reading
Posted by: July 24, 2011
Tagged with: Murdoch, Summer School, wikleaks
Jul 22 2011
Rupert Murdoch at Polis, LSE – New Event July 28th
Leave a commentOK, I lied in that headline. But at least I didn’t listen in on your voicemail. It’s not Rupert himself. Though I would be more than happy to give him or any member of his family or anyone from Newscorp … Continue reading
Posted by: July 22, 2011
Tagged with: Michael Wolff, Murdoch
Jul 20 2011
Why does Britain have such a popular, political and aggressive tabloid press?
22 CommentsDuring the phonehacking scandal I have been doing a lot of international media interviews. That’s because the LSE is a very global brand and, well, I do run an international media think-tank. One question that keeps being repeated in various … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2011
Tagged with: Murdoch, News International, newspapers, Scandal, tabloids, twitter
Jul 19 2011
James and Rupert Murdoch: humbled but not defeated (so far)
1 Comment[This was my instant response to the hearings - a good analysis is provided by the man who has done most to pursue the phonehacking scandal - Nick Davies of the Guardian] It was clear that Newscorp were looking for … Continue reading
Posted by: July 19, 2011
Tagged with: commons, hacking, Murdoch, News International, Newscorp, select committee, Tom Watson
Jul 17 2011
Phonehacking and Press Reforms: Beware Dangerous Dogs
1 CommentBack in 1991 a Conservative government rushed out legislation in response to a sudden spate of Pit Bull attacks on people. 20 years on and there are more dodgy canines than ever and regular incidents of children mauled by these … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2011
Tagged with: Murdoch, News International, Phone-hacking, Press Complaints Commission, Regulation
Jul 15 2011
Phone hacking: is it time to get tough on the press? (guest blog on POLIS debate)
3 CommentsPolis’s public debate on the phone-hacking scandal “Is it time to get tough on the press?” – highlighted a central tension for British journalists going forward in the days since News of the World shut down, Trisha Audette reports. At … Continue reading
Posted by: July 15, 2011
Tagged with: Murdoch, Phone-hacking
