BBC News
James Murdoch 'knows nothing'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15677171
James Murdoch's reputation took a "further battering" as he was questioned by MPs about whether he knew about the phone hacking
If there was evidence that James Murdoch was aware of the phone hacking, it would end his career
Three former News International employees say that he knew about the phone hacking
Later this month, shareholders of BSkyB will vote on whether or not James Murdoch should stay as chairman, but BSkyB don't believe that there will be a rebellion to that extent
The Guardian
James Murdoch claims truth about phone-hacking was hidden from him
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/10/james-murdoch-phone-hacking-myler-crone?CMP=EMCMEDEML665
War of words erupts as two ex-News of the World executives refuse to take the blame
A two and a half hour session saw James Murdoch fighting for his reputation
He didn't rule out the possibility of The Sun closing if more evidence of phone hacking emerged
The Sun
Murdoch: I didn't see hacking email
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/3928507/Murdoch-I-didnt-see-hacking-email.html
James Murdoch insisted "I behaved reasonably, given the information I had"
"It is not something that I would condone, it is not something I had knowledge of, and it is not something I thing that has a place in the way we operate"
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Friday 11 November 2011
Newspapers
Newspapers: In Decline
“It is becoming increasingly difficult for paper-based news forms to compete with the
rise in e-media news services”
“Over the last decade, the UK’s daily newspapers have lost some 2.25 million readers”
“In the last 10 years, advertising revenues have fallen by about 20%”
Circulation has fallen due to new and digital media forms, so the revenue of paper sales has fallen. Less circulation means that advertisers are not willing to pay as much, so advertising revenues have also fallen, meaning that newspapers are struggling to make profit.
Why is the newspaper industry in crisis?
Ignoring signs of change
Dismissing unconventional competitors
Experimenting too narrowly
Giving up on promising experiments too quickly
Embarking on a ‘crash course’
As newspaper institutions did not adapt quickly enough to the rise of new and digital media, they are now in crisis. They were too slow to try new things.
Should news be free?
“Expansion of state-sponsored journalism is a threat to the plurality and independence of
news provision” – James Murdoch
“It is essential for the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it” – James Murdoch
News on the web provided by the BBC makes it “incredibly difficult” for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news.
As the BBC is a public service broadcaster, it can offer news for free as it does not need to make profit. However, other news institutions are profit driven so need to find a way for people to be willing to pay for news.
The democratisation of news?
“The internet has given readers much more power” – Rupert Murdoch
“The world is changing and newspapers have to adapt to that” – Rupert Murdoch
“Most compelling pictures come from eyewitnesses, and not from journalists” – Chris Cramer
“Passive audiences are gone forever. Today, media owners need to embrace the ‘digital conversations’ with their news, activist, audiences” – Chris Cramer
Advances in technology mean that audiences offer news to news institutions for them to be
able to make a story
News institutions
have to recognise the validity of eye-witnesses
The role of a professional journalist has changed as rather than finding and researching news stories, they now just check the content of a citizen journalist
Audience power?
Through social media such as Twitter, audiences now have increasing power.
“It is becoming increasingly difficult for paper-based news forms to compete with the
rise in e-media news services”
“Over the last decade, the UK’s daily newspapers have lost some 2.25 million readers”
“In the last 10 years, advertising revenues have fallen by about 20%”
Circulation has fallen due to new and digital media forms, so the revenue of paper sales has fallen. Less circulation means that advertisers are not willing to pay as much, so advertising revenues have also fallen, meaning that newspapers are struggling to make profit.
Why is the newspaper industry in crisis?
Ignoring signs of change
Dismissing unconventional competitors
Experimenting too narrowly
Giving up on promising experiments too quickly
Embarking on a ‘crash course’
As newspaper institutions did not adapt quickly enough to the rise of new and digital media, they are now in crisis. They were too slow to try new things.
Should news be free?
“Expansion of state-sponsored journalism is a threat to the plurality and independence of
news provision” – James Murdoch
“It is essential for the future of independent digital journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it” – James Murdoch
News on the web provided by the BBC makes it “incredibly difficult” for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news.
As the BBC is a public service broadcaster, it can offer news for free as it does not need to make profit. However, other news institutions are profit driven so need to find a way for people to be willing to pay for news.
The democratisation of news?
“The internet has given readers much more power” – Rupert Murdoch
“The world is changing and newspapers have to adapt to that” – Rupert Murdoch
“Most compelling pictures come from eyewitnesses, and not from journalists” – Chris Cramer
“Passive audiences are gone forever. Today, media owners need to embrace the ‘digital conversations’ with their news, activist, audiences” – Chris Cramer
Advances in technology mean that audiences offer news to news institutions for them to be
able to make a story
News institutions
have to recognise the validity of eye-witnesses
The role of a professional journalist has changed as rather than finding and researching news stories, they now just check the content of a citizen journalist
Audience power?
Through social media such as Twitter, audiences now have increasing power.
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