You really have to laugh. And at the same time you have to wonder whether, with this, the UK corporate press has finally achieved Peak Denial. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a sharp acceleration in the decline of print newspaper sales, they have decided that they no longer have to tell the public how many – or rather how few – copies they are selling. Read the rest of this entry »
Exploiting a Pandemic: Billionaire Press Owners want your tax money – Brian Cathcart
11 04 2020
The press billionaires want your money. Or, to be precise, they want the Government to give them your money. They are taking a financial hit and they smell public subsidies in the air for other industries damaged by COVID-19 so, greedy as ever, they want a share. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline Times, Coronavirus
Categories : Journalism, Media
The Beautician and the Beast: Danielle Hindley v Mail on Sunday – Brian Cathcart
26 02 2020
Danielle Hindley is a chatty beautician aged 34 who lives in the former mining village of Kippax, near Leeds. In her 20s, she went through a disastrous marriage that left her single, broke and with a baby, but she worked her way back, building up a nice little business in her home while raising her son. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel, Media Regulation
David Cameron was in Bed with the Press: Why is he Airbrushing Out his History as a Media Puppet? – Brian Cathcart
11 10 2019
David Cameron’s opening pitch in the ‘Leveson’ chapter of his autobiography is that, when he took over as leader of the Conservative party in 2005, he wanted “an arm’s-length approach to the press” – the underlying message being that he was no eager puppet of newspaper proprietors. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media, Media Regulation
