Friday 3 December 2010

NI Media Monitor 3 Dec

News International

[video] NI Director of Strategy speaks at 'Payment for content' forum

Dominic Young addresses Westminster Media Forum seminar yesterday on strategies for monetising news content.
YouTube


Young spoke out in support of the NLA in his speech..


.. claiming that copyright law should not serve the "exploiters rather than the investors". Last week the NLA won its case against Meltwater in the high court, which stated that the aggregator was obliged to pay contributions for its use of headlines.
journalism.co.uk


"I have to say that I was disappointed in The Times newspaper yesterday."


Charles Walker MP in yesterday's Commons debate on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: "I have a great amount of time for The Times. I read it avidly.."
Parliament

Japanese Fifa member: 'Media ruined England bid'

Junji Ogura, who was thought to favour England's bid to host the 2018 tournament, said that investigations by the Sunday Times and the BBC's Panorama programme had irretrievably harmed the country's chances.
Eurosport

Tommy Sheridan perjury trial

Police deny biased perjury probe into Sheridan

Officers from Lothian and Borders Police have denied conducting a biased perjury inquiry into former MSP Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail.
BBC News

Newspaper Industry

Mirror and Mail owners pondered merger deal

Trinity Mirror planned to sell the Daily Mail & General Trust some of its shares in return for control of Northcliffe Newspapers
MediaGuardian

ABC to publish digital edition figures alongside print circulation

Magazine publishers will be able to disclose their audited print circulation figures and the reach of their digital editions alongside each other on one certificate for the first time, following a change in the rules.
BrandRepublic

News Corp

News Corp offers remedy to EU to secure BSkyB bid

Company sources say media giant offered to be bound by restrictions on future operations – but did not include selloffs
MediaGuardian


Rupert Murdoch Is Right About The Daily


Here are four reasons why Rupert is right:
1) Rupert knows the ad model of publishing is doomed. Print and broadcast command the heftiest premiums..
paidContent:UK

News Corp. may find it challenging to define its footprint in ed-tech world

The longer, slower business cycle that typifies the education market may take some adjustment on the part of the world’s third-largest media company.
EdWeek

Monday 8 March 2010

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News International

All hail Rupert Murdoch. Without his money, there would be no good Times
As Rupert Murdoch turns 79 and the Times relaunches, it's worth remembering how much he has done to support print journalism
source: The Observer

Tally ho: Interview: Jeremy Hunt, Shadow Sec. of State for Culture & Media
Has Rupert Murdoch's empire been lobbying for a relaxation of broadcasting regulations on political neutrality, in return for the support of his newspapers? "I've never been asked by anyone in News International whether we have any plans to relax the impartiality requirements".
source: The Independent

Starcom and Leo Burnett make The Sunday Times 'best to work for' list
Publicis Groupe-owned Leo Burnett and Starcom are the only advertising and media agencies on this year's Sunday Times Top 100 'Best Companies to Work for' list.
source: Brand Republic

Newspaper Industry

Stephen Glover: Cash for content: is the Guardian as pure as it claims to be?
The Guardian has been chiding other newspapers for not taking seriously its "revelations" about the News of the World and telephone hacking. So it is with great fascination that I have been considering a leaked Guardian email that has fallen into my hands.
source: The Independent

Paddy Power offering odds on next Independent editor
Roger Alton 4/5
Ian Hislop 40/1
Piers Morgan 80/1

Los Angeles Times runs front page ad for $700,000
The Walt Disney Company paid roughly $700,000 to the Los Angeles Times for a front page ad for its upcoming "Alice in Wonderland" movie, a source at the newspaper confirmed to The Wrap.


News Corp

Dow Jones appoints new Communications Office
Dow Jones & Company announced the appointment of Bethany B. Sherman as chief communications officer. The company said Sherman will be responsible for all aspects of communications strategy for the global news and business

Abu Dhabi hopes high for media forum
The inaugural Abu Dhabi Media Summit [9-10 March] has drawn some of the industry's biggest US names, ranging from Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, to Eric Schmidt, the Google chief executive with whom Mr Murdoch has clashed about online content.
source: FT

Sky

Sky and Ofcom: the pay TV review will turn into a battle
Will Ofcom's fight with Sky lead to lower prices for sports and film fans or yet another Murdoch victory?
source: MediaGuardian

PCC

PCC needs to look beyond 'quango kings and queens'
This is the view of former PCC commission member and secretary of the D-Notice committee Nick Wilkinson who is among those to respond to a review of the governance of the PCC instituted by the watchdog’s chairman, Peta Buscombe.