Category Archives: Print media

Turkish government handsomely rewarded for realpolitik

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Paul Frijters

I visited Turkey in April last year, traveling through the country, witnessing the troubles of the leadership of the ruling AKP party: it had just lost a general election that left it without a workable majority in parliament and only … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Economics and public policy, Ethics, History, Immigration and refugees, Journalism, Miscellaneous, Political theory, Politics - international, Print media, Society, Terror | 10 Comments

Conspiracy to commit journalism | Pressthink

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Ingolf Eide

Investigative journalism and the secret state are natural enemies. Even with an enlightened government and relatively untroubled times, their relationship will be uneasy at best. Today, they’re in a state of undeclared war. Surveillance states and most of their fellow … Continue reading →

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Print media: It’s not management’s fault

Posted on December 8, 2012 by David Walker

Here’s a short note to everyone I know in the print media industry; Please, when you bemoan the state of media today, do not tell me that it’s “management” that has got the industry where it is. I hear this … Continue reading →

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The newspaper crisis (and Finkelstein, again)

Posted on September 18, 2012 by David Walker

The graphic below comes from the University of Michigan’s Professor Mark Perry, who runs a libertarian and market-oriented blog called Carpe Diem. It shows, essentially, the collapse of the advertising revenue stream in US newspapers. Adjusted for inflation, US newspapers … Continue reading →

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Newspaper crisis ensuring Finkelstein’s demise

Posted on June 25, 2012 by David Walker

In the torrent of words over the job cuts at Fairfax and News Ltd, not many people seem to have noticed that these events also further undermine the already teetering argument of the Finkelstein Review for a new system of media regulation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Media, Print media, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Fairfax: Gina Rinehart’s money can’t buy readers

Posted on June 19, 2012 by David Walker

As Ken Parish’s post below shows, there is now a widespread view that Gina Rinehart will win control of Fairfax, publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and then seek to move their editorial stances well to the right. From people … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism, Media, Politics - national, Print media, Uncategorized | 62 Comments

Finkelstein media report’s four fatal flaws

Posted on March 5, 2012 by David Walker

“Make the media more accountable for their sins, and worry less about new technologies and freedom of speech”. That’s a one-line summary of Ray Finkelstein’s Independent Media Inquiry.  It argues for a new system of media regulation to apply to … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Print media, regulation | 79 Comments