Andrew MacKay MP told local paper ‘nothing in expenses stood out’ May 14, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : Journalism, News, Newspapers, reporting , 1 comment so farSpot the contrast:
Andrew MacKay tells his local paper:
I have checked through all my expense claims over the past four years and there is nothing that stands out – I am confident there is nothing unreasonable in there at all.
Andrew MacKay resigns as Cameron’s aide, the BBC reporting that:
he now realised the arrangement did not pass Mr Cameron’s “reasonableness” test and he felt it was “wrong” to remain in his position.
Does it come down to what is “reasonable”?
Mr MacKay and his wife claimed second homes allowances on two separate properties, with Mr MacKay saying they had done so “for eight or nine years”.
Newspaper bosses blast BBC over local websites – Times Online October 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentMore on this continuing turf war, which touches on competition, private vs public, newspapers vs broadcaster(s) — not to mention who's got the money (and will?) for such investment. NB The BBC Trust has yet to formally approve the plans. More arguments to follow, no doubt.
"Two of Britain's newspaper bosses lined up to attack Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, for saying that "nobody can be satisfied" with the quality of the country's local and regional press.
Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, owner of the Liverpool Echo, and Tim Bowdler, the chief executive of Johnston Press, owner of the Yorkshire Post, said that his remarks implied that he had prejudged a review of BBC plans to expand its local websites."
Local newspapers must be 'information provider of choice' online, says industry panel — Journalism.co.uk October 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentLaura Oliver on the Journalism Leaders Forum at UCLAN:
"becoming an information hub could also help address the problem of advertising, as the 'revenue base [of newspapers] is eroding along with the newspaper's grip on its audience'.
"The general concept of ad-supported news isn't broken… it's the fact that we’re not building the audiences that the advertising community wants us to provide," said [Steve] Yelvington. […]
Offering a UK perspective, Simon Reynolds, editorial director at the Lancashire Evening Post, said the notion of a local newspaper as an information portal was 'nothing new', but that the delivery mechanisms for this information had changed.
"I do believe we have to extend our reach away from news and become a more sophisticated portal," he said.
"The press need to understand where the new revenues are going to come from and build a business model on that. We must make ourselves invaluable."