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News Corp's publishing arm to focus on losses at Times and Sunday Times

Losses at the Times and Sunday Times at an estimated £1m a week, is to be News corporations priority for News Corporation's potential separated publishing division – although any efforts to tighten integration between the two titles is likely to require a loosening of the undertakings given by Rupert Murdoch when he bought the newspapers.

My Opinion

I would say this shows that there is a decline in newspapers , but I don't think newspapers will die out any time soon, if ever. I think that this new and digital craze is not going to totally wipe out newspapers as digital software is not always reliable. Its likely for newspapers with a big name like Sunday Times and The Times to decline as the new and digital media revolution is happening, the smart idea would be to adapt to the change , but not to totally get rid of what is tradition and also precise and reliable news.

Sunday Times's circulation falls below 900,000 for the first time

This article discusses the statistics of Guardian, Sunday Times and others about their losses. The Sunday Times has been giving free newspapers in order to help the circulation of sales. They did this because that have fallen by 1% from November and re below the sales mark

My Opinion

That is peak , But as I said before its likely for these big name newspapers to decline because of new and digital media... They trying to save a lost battle. simple.

UK newspaper advertising facing bleak forecast for 2013

What is it about?

The ailing UK newspaper advertising market is set to get even worse next year with national titles forecast to face an almost 9% decline that will see display revenue fall below £1bn for the first time. The market is set to get worse in 2013

My opinion

What I don't understand about these newspapers is why are they trying?. THEIR AUDIENCE ARE NOW THE NEWS GIVERS/FEEDER !! WHATEVER!! . Like , we as people find out news instantly on social media sites and then newspapers delivers news a whole day after which is too late, especially with technology we live with nowadays . What I respect about some newspapers such as The Times etc is that it delivers news stories with full detail and information and we know its reliable and easy to believe.

This is interesting I suppose. Dont really have an opinion on this one..

Digital Journalist Course. Story

As news consumption moves from print to pixels, journalists have had to learn completely new skills, techniques and approaches to their craft.

This hands-on, weekend masterclass offers a unique insight into digital journalism through a series of sessions taught by Guardian experts. Through a mix of formal tuition and hands-on exercises you'll get practical advice on digital best practice, learn new skills and gain the confidence to pursue your own projects.

The course will cover:
• visual storytelling
• data journalism
• working with developers
• user experience and presenting news online,
• multimedia journalism
• using social media and working with communities

This course is ideal for anybody interested in breaking into the industry or launching their own digital journalism project - as well as journalists from a print background looking to develop digital skills.costs

The course runs on the 12th and 13th of January 2013 and costs £400
 Kings cross

My Opinion - I think this is good, instead of letting a profession lose its purpose with all the citizen journalism being used today, they have come up with a course to give a deeper insight into digital journalism, bringing in new skills, practice and the ability to pursue own projects..
They are adapting now even a profession into the change of new and digital media. Soon enough , there will be a degree on Digital Journalism.. If there isn't one already :)

Story no- Million ' Why they getting so much money?'

Four BBC bosses get that dough.

A spokesman said 'They remain within a range that is proportionate to running a media organisation of this size. We continue to be mindful of how we spend public money and to drive down costs wherever possible'

Four bbc xecutive including Ben stephenson who is TV drama controller have all been given pay rises too 20% earlier this year. Hotel Bills have increased by third in just three months 

Four BBC executives, including TV drama controller Ben Stephenson, were given pay rises of as much as 20% earlier this year, according to the corporation's latest quarterly expense and salaries report.Total expenses for managers ( senior ) rose by 1% in the last three months to £168.753.. Hotel expenses rose 31.7% compared to the previous three months.

Payrises totalling more than £60,00 were given to 4 executive earlier this year the biggest one being Stephenson..His salary is now 195,000 which was a pay rise of 20.6% increase. A BBC sposkewoman said that this was because stephenson was given an expanded role within his responsibility.

Karl Burnett, had an increase of £10,00 taking his salary to £128,900. This was due to her role being expanded  in the future media and audio operations.

Richard Thurston, the human resources director for BBC News Group who has now left the corporation, received a 13.5% pay rise of £15,000 to take his salary to £126,100.

Jenny Baxter, controller of production for BBC News, received an almost 4% boost of £4,545 to £121,200 for taking on "extended responsibilities".

The BBC spokeswoman said the total expense bill run up by senior managers was down 8% compared to the same three month period last year.

My Opinion.

I do not really understand why they were given pay rises? for what cause? because their role expanded. I as a lifeguard have my role expanded when I am asked to cover shifts on gym floor, or in the creche. Do I get a payrise ... NO? Why the extra money? 

Is the media more democratic as a result of new technology?

Is the media more democratic as a result of new technology?

I believe Web 2.0 has opened up more doors to democracy in today’s society we have the ability to become producers as well as consumers, which is known as ‘Citizen Journalism’. For example an ordinary person can make a newsworthy story by simply posting a picture up on twitter and it becoming viral this was done when the plane landed into the Hudson River . User generated content such as YouTube allows ordinary people to broadcast newsworthy stories as well so people can view a less mediated story than what we are shown on the news,  an example of this would be the Ian Tomlinson case.  The web 2.0 is only available to some people due to the digital divide even though there is an increasing rise of modern new technology being used by people who are less fortunate than people who are wealthy, it still wouldn’t matter as the type of software they use would be more sophisticated than those who are less wealthy. I believe that Web 2.0 has given people more of a voice , and opportunity to share their thoughts by creating blogs, creating user generated content , having social networking sites with the ability to post something newsworthy with the chance of it going viral. This makes the media more democratic as people have the power to say what they want without laws or any other authority to stop them.

In the Age of Media Six Questions about Media and Participation

We are in an age of participatory media, ordinary people are no longer consumers but also producer. Web 2.0 gives us the consumers a chance to have our voices heard by blog's, speak to those in power , share knowledge and connect with people all over the world.
Tim O Reily ( 2001) invented web 2.0 after the web crash but the inventor of the world wide web ( Tim Berners Lee) said the the basic technological infrastructure of web 2.0 is not much different to web 1.0.
The times when cable TV and portable radios came about have been said that these technology changes were to bring people power and eventually undermine the people in power politically or the big corporations.
There is a danger to the type of technology determinism though, even though we have new technology which is having out voices being heard it depends what it is used for, by who? and how it is used.
People who regularly use the web 2.0 are the youth and more usually youth from a wealthy background even the though youth from a less wealthy background are still increasingly found to have computers in their homes it still restricts them too the sophistication of the software they use and therefore wont be able to produce some thing as good as people brought up in middle class. Young people are known to be the ' early adopters' of a new social networking site.It is found that girls are usually the ones to post blog's and boys post videos on YouTube. Next to question is how do these companies from the internet make their money if we as the consumers are becoming producers. Advertising is one of the ways in which a website can make their money, for example when you go on your computer you have cookies which then enable the advertisers to see what your searching on search engine like Google and then advertise those things which someone is searching. Soren Peterson said ' Loser Generated content' which is basically saying we as producers are labouring for the big corporations but for free. We put so much effort into designing a blog to advertise brands like Nike? for example the craze about the Nike trainer ' Blazers.

LEVESON ENQUIRY

David Cameron has told national newspaper editors they must implement the Leveson report recommendations in their entirety if the government is to hold off introducing a new press law. The prime minister gave them until Thursday to demonstrate they were making progress on agreeing a reformed structure of regulation.This means that if a solution is not discovered from this enquiry David Cameron will be forced to step in and implement a law to prevent things such as phone hackings from happening again.