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BBC must 'think carefully' about the size of its news operation!
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This rather surprised me. Worth a read!
Mark Thompson: BBC should consider pressures on newspapers - The Guardian
"The economic pressures that face print journalism in almost all developed countries are an important and complex topic in themselves, and one that I don't propose to cover in detail this evening," Thompson will say.
"Except to say that I do think it is incumbent on a free-to-air broadcaster like the BBC to think carefully about the boundaries of what it offers the public, especially in digital environments, given the scale of the challenge faced by our colleagues in print."
Mark Thompson: BBC should consider pressures on newspapers - The Guardian
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Funny how anything Thompson says is "worth reading" if you agree with it but can be dismissed if he disagrees with you...
Quite.
You really don't know the difference between the Guardian article being "worth a read" and the comments of an individual within the article being "worth a read"?
Well for the cheap seats, or those who just don't get it, or point-scoring, the article is worth a read. Would have thought that was obvious.
Besides, over the last few years it seems I've agreed with more things MT has done than BBC/TVL supporters who seem to want rid of him, judging from comments over the years and the thread announcing his departure.
Not much competition, and with the area of Bedford/North Beds allegedly home to 160,000 inhabitants..and growing judging by house building where is the newspaper (physical or online)? The website for the freesheets is updated it seems Mon-Fri 9 -5. About a year ago BBC News reported of an incident on a Sunday morning (a fatal car accident), and the newspapers...the Journos must have had a session on Saturday in the pubs...no updates/reports until Monday. BBC local news had the information.
But I guess Mr Thompson is another London centric type, and 'local' news has more outlets.
Having said that, I'll quote this from that same piece:
So maybe that provides a bit of perspective and context to what MT said (although if so, he should have worded it much better than he did).
Why stir up a hornets nest over something already done?