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Tag Archives: newspapers
Mar 25 2012
Open For Business: What Can Your Readers Do For You? #GdnOpenWeekend
1 CommentWhat will readers give to their newspaper in terms of money, time and data? That was the question I have been putting to loyal Guardian readers at the Open Weekend Festival at a series of workshops where they conversed with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 25, 2012
Tagged with: Business Model, economics, Guardian, newspapers, open weekend, readers
Nov 7 2011
It’s time to pay for newspapers and here’s how says New York Times boss (guest blog)
Leave a commentOther quality newspapers like The Guardian could choose to adopt a digital subscription plan similar to The New York Times for two reasons, according to Arthur Sulzberger chairman and publisher of the Times, speaking at Polis/LSE. This report by Polis Intern April Simpson. Core customers are … Continue reading
Posted by: November 7, 2011
Tagged with: Business Model, guest blog, New York Times, newspapers, Online, Subscriptions, Sulzberger
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
Mar 30 2011
‘Like ticket touts at Stamford Bridge’ LSE’s Howard Davies on Journalists
2 CommentsTechnically, Howard Davies was my boss at the LSE until he resigned over the donation from Libya. Along with that he can also be accused of having created POLIS, the journalism think-tank that I run. Therefore, I have more than … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2011
Tagged with: Davies, education, Journalism studies, Journalist ethics, LSE, newspapers
Dec 16 2010
Can you bust the media drug myths?
1 CommentLet’s assume for a moment that the Labour former Home Office minister Bob Ainsworth is right to say the war on drugs is not only futile, but counter-productive. He says he found this out while in office. So why didn’t … Continue reading
Posted by: December 16, 2010
Tagged with: drugs, governance and journalism, newspapers, Reporting politics
Nov 22 2010
The decline of newspapers Part 683
1 CommentIt’s only a small, local symbol of the decline of newspapers, but they still haven’t found anyone who wants to run the newspaper kiosk outside my local tube station. The guys who used to just didn’t make enough money to … Continue reading
Posted by: November 22, 2010
Tagged with: Media economics, newspapers
Nov 20 2010
Media and social solidarity: Vienna part II
Leave a commentSo should we worry if traditional journalism is in decline? Does it matter for democracy? Our transatlantic conversation now turned to the political impact of media change. Paolo Mancini of Perugia University reminded us that they idea of media as … Continue reading
Nov 20 2010
Media and social solidarity: Vienna Part I
Leave a commentI flew to Vienna just as the UK Govt was publishing its spending data for the first time. And as I waited in fog-bound Heathrow I started reading Alan Rusbridger’s landmark essay on how the business model change in journalism … Continue reading
Posted by: November 20, 2010
Tagged with: Democracy, Eastern Europe, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, Media economics, newspapers, online news, Reporting politics
Nov 11 2010
That demo/riot in full: same picture, different stories
5 CommentsThose on yesterday’s student fees protest march were often angry to find that their largely peaceful march had been portrayed in the media as a bloody assault upon Conservative Party HQ. See this blog from yesterday for example. Todays’ front … Continue reading
Posted by: November 11, 2010
Tagged with: newspapers, Reporting politics, riots
Nov 9 2010
A paywall that might work?
2 CommentsEveryone has been studying the Times paywall and scrutinising the figures to see if it’s working. Even Clay Shirky has parsed the stats and philosophised over the meaning of disrupting the business model. But what about the Screws? Ahem. What … Continue reading
Posted by: November 9, 2010
Tagged with: Media economics, News International, newspapers, online news
