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Bing Buzby wrote:The Herald has been pretty poor at getting to grips with the internet. For Scotlands largest selling quality paper, their website is half-arsed. It's a fact of life across the world is moving away from print media to digital but The Herald seem to be treating the web as a necessary evil, at best. The Scotsman appear to have a much better grasp of online, but their journalism is pretty ropey. Too much opinion masquerading as news. (Word to Johnson Press, keech served with flair is still keech).
Have anybody ever bought into the digital version of The Herald? Truly awful, none of the benefits of a web or print edition. I would say they would be much better off putting resources into an improved website.
21 November 2008
BBC TRUST RESPONDS LOCAL MEDIA CONCERNS
AND REJECTS LOCAL VIDEO PLANS
“We are pleased that the BBC Trust and Ofcom have responded to the industry’s concerns and rejected the BBC Local Video plans for the time being. This is a proposal which the BBC should never have made and would have severely reduced consumers’ media choice and the rich tapestry of local news and information provision in the UK,” said Newspaper Society director David Newell.
“We will be seeking an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State to discuss the future roles of the BBC, BBC Trust and Ofcom and the current challenges facing regional and local media. We must be on our guard to ensure that the BBC is not allowed to expand its local services by alternative means.”
Britain’s local media is a £4 billion sector delivering trusted, relevant news and information to over 40 million people a week across its print, online and broadcast channels:
- 1300 core newspapers
- 1200 websites
- 450 magazines
- 250 ultra local titles
- 45 radio stations
- 2 TV stations
Publishers are harnessing a powerful combination of print and digital to layer their local markets, extend audience reach and deliver ever greater advertiser response.
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