Government bailout for newspapers
March 24, 2009, 8:50 pm
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Alastair Darling, Bailout, Banks, Business Secretary, Charlie Beckett, Government, John Nicol, Media, Motor industry, newspapers, Peter Mandelson, Press, Press Gazette, Robert MsChesney, Twitter, US
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Alastair Darling, Bailout, Banks, Business Secretary, Charlie Beckett, Government, John Nicol, Media, Motor industry, newspapers, Peter Mandelson, Press, Press Gazette, Robert MsChesney, Twitter, US
Newspaper stand from laffy4k on Flickr
The Government has bailed out the banks and is working on a package for the motor industry, so what next? Some people have suggested newspapers should also receive a lump sum from Alastair Darling’s pot.
This idea was rejected by the Business Secretary Peter Mandelson earlier this month.
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Traditional media: not so dead after all
October 23, 2008, 11:59 am
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Dominic Ponsford, Marcel Fenez, newspapers, Press Gazette, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rachael Gallagher
Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Dominic Ponsford, Marcel Fenez, newspapers, Press Gazette, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rachael Gallagher
As a trainee journalist, I am getting worried by all the pessimism about the future of newspapers.
I was pleased to find some more optimistic views published in the Press Gazette on Monday. Dominic Ponsford wrote about the Manchester Evening news’ Judy Gordon calling for the Guardian to stop “slagging off” newspaper journalists because they are working hard with less staff and for less money.
