Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 3 September 2009 at 11:40
Tags: B2B Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, Media Business
Publisher Incisive Media is to be split into UK and US arms, with owner Apax Partners propping up the American Media Lawyer business with $15m, leaving banks to take over the ailing British portion.
Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 3 September 2009 at 09:51
Tags: Journalism, Newspapers, Photography, Student Journalism
The NCTJ has selected seven budding reporters to receive training bursaries from its journalism diversity fund. (more…)
Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 1 September 2009 at 14:03
Tags: BBC, Broadcast, Media Business, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Television
James Murdoch, News Corp chief executive in Europe and Asia, took a well-aimed swipe at the BBC as he delivered the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday night.
Murdoch said the size and ambitions of the BBC were “chilling”, accused it of mounting a “land grab” before going on to criticise media industry regulator, Ofcom, calling for regulation to be scaled down.
The speech came 20 years after his father, Rupert Murdoch, gave a similar speech criticising the domination of the BBC and ITV in which he said the broadcasters were “innately unsympathetic to markets and competition”.
Here are a number of industry responses to James Murdoch’s broadside. (more…)
Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 28 August 2009 at 13:12
Tags: Journalism, Newspapers, Online, People
Peruvian writer Andrés Bedoya Ugarteche has been named by charity Survival as the winner of its Most Racist Article of the Year award. (more…)
Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 26 August 2009 at 14:40
Tags: Journalism, National Union of Journalists, press freedom
Police in London have launched a 24 hour helpline for journalists covering two big public events in the city in the next week.
The Camp for Climate Action starts today, at an as yet secret location, and Notting Hill Carnival takes place as usual on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
The helpline has been set up for UK Press Card holders experiencing problems on the ground at the events.
Determined to avoid repeating what the NUJ called past “difficulties”, the police are offering round-the-clock advice from today.
In addtion to carnival, an estimated 3,000 protestors began gathering this morning at “swoop” sites - including The Bank of England, the South Bank, Stockwell and at the headquarters of a number of energy companies - before making their way to the Climate Camp site this afternoon to begin their eight-day stay.
At noon today protestors awaited text messages announcing the still undisclosed site for the actual Climate Camp, which according to the Camp’s Twitter site would be held “somewhere on the outskirts of London.”
Journalists experiencing problems should call 07917 556824 to reach a press officer who will be able to assist them. The NUJ website has more details.
Posted by
Martin Dominguez
on 26 August 2009 at 10:44
Tags: BBC, Consumer Magazines, Magazines
BBC Worldwide is to further extend the international reach of its UK magazines by launching history, nature and science title, Knowledge, in Asia after forging a publishing deal with Singapore-based Regent Media.
From September 80,000 copies of the new magazine will be distributed across Singapore and Malaysia with Ben Poon editing the local edition.
The BBC already licences Knowledge in Brazil and the USA.
The brand has had a presence in Singapore for two years through the Knowledge Channel, which started on SingTel Mio TV then switched to the StarHub TV network on 1 August.
Expansion to Asia has long been a goal for the BBC, with the Times of India Group in 2004 agreeing a joint venture called Worldwide Media (WWM) to publish and market the BBC’s magazines.
One of WWM’s major titles is the world’s largest-selling car magazine, the ever growing Top Gear, with 1.5 million readers in areas including China, the Middle East, Russia and Singapore in addition to various European countries.
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