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Like a phoenix from liquidation – mag experiments with partnership model
Case study by Alex Klaushofer. When the numbers fail to add up, the publishers of most small magazines take the simple, expeditious step of simply folding the thing. But when weekly regeneration magazine New Start was deemed no longer viable, it embarked on a new direction which could point the way for other, similar publications. [...] -
Dale departure sparks debate about future of blogging
The decision by veteran blogger Iain Dale to quit the blogosphere has sparked a debate about the future of blogging Dale – widely acknowledged as the guru of political blogging in Britain, cited time and political backbiting as the reasons for stopping his daily blog, which attracted 130 000 unique visitors a month. ‘It’s a [...] -
Which way for public policy journalism?
The publication of the government’s ‘transparency database’ this week is the latest policy change aimed at creating greater levels of transparency about public services and spending. But while, from the voter’s point of view, the availability of more data looks like an unqualified good, the state of public service reporting presents a more complicated picture [...] -
Can armchair auditors scrutinise public spending?
It looks like the government’s cost-cutting agenda is dovetailing nicely with the rise of citizen journalism. Abolishing the Audit Commission in August, Communities minister Eric Pickles called for an army of ‘armchair auditors’ to help scrutinise public spending in future. The minister may have in mind the likes of Adrian Short, who runs Armchair Auditor, [...] -
Council paper clamp-down announced
Local authorities will be prevented from producing more than four newspapers a year, and ‘propaganda papers’ will no longer allowed under new rules proposed today by UK Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Initiating a six week consultation of the draft regulations, Pickles, a combative former leader of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, said: “An independent local press [...] -
Government details plans for local TV
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to take another step in realising the government’s vision of a network of local TV stations today. Hunt, who has yet to convince the industry that there will be sufficient advertising revenue to fund the initiative, is to lay out his plans in a speech to the Royal Television Society.