Monday, 17 March 2014

Daily Mail and Guardian digital 'minnows', says News UK chief

Daily Mail and Guardian digital 'minnows', says News UK chief


Mail Online


Mike Darcy has been criticising the guardian and daily mails approach to finding  sustainable model for professional journalism 

Monday, 10 March 2014

NDM INDEX 2

25/11/13 : Virgin Galactic to accept Bitcoin for space flights
25/11/13 :Why Mail Online's 'terracotta army' is winning the digital war

5/1/14 : Snapchat reacts to hacking group releasing millions of phone
LG 'to exit traditional PC market' amid declining sales and profit squeeze
Page 3 is demeaning and regressive - Eleanor Mills of the Sunday Times.
Sky to open movie rental service to non-subscribers

20/1/14 : OMG! Number of UK text messages falls for first time
The Rupert Murdoch era is all but over'

3/2/14  ‘Telegraph’ editor Gallagher sacked over move away from newsprint
YouTube reveals $1bn music payouts, but some labels still unhappy.

10/3/14 Is it wrong to axe BBC3?
The Sun uses Page 3 models to make women aware of breast cancer

5 examples

1.
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/lifestyle/big-issue/barbie-recreated-normal-proportions

this article is on the Barbie doll, and how a creator of a new doll has made one that has a more accurate size and features of an overage 19 year old girl, the doll is still pretty but more realistic and could stop young girls growing up thinking they have to be stick thin

2.
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/lifestyle/big-issue/fearless-females-fightback/the-female-fightback?click=main_sr

Thousands of women across the world are fighting for their basic rights – while others just want to make our lives that bit better. As a new book, Pink Sari Revolution, details the rise of the Pink Gang in India, we highlight the work of the women around the world who are taking a stand against injustice and refusing to be silenced.

3.
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-sex/tips/love-hunny-sexy-alarm-clock-vibrator-4688

an article on how to have an orgasm for women without a man, saying that you dont need men etc, feminism

Sunday, 9 March 2014

The Sun uses Page 3 models to make women aware of breast cancer

The Sun uses Page 3 models to make women aware of breast cancer

sun

The widely controversial page 3 in the the sun newspaper has been used as a tool to raise awareness for breast cancer, it has joined the charity coppafeel in order to encourage women to get their breasts checked regularly, they also plan to make this a regular thing by making the memorable sub heading 'check em tuesdays'
 believe that this is a great idea to challenge anti page three campaigners, however do women really look or read page 3? in my opinion most would flck past that page, so would they really even get the message, tse are one of the many questions that could be raised against the campaign. raising awareness on issues as such is considered more ethical though, so it could generate more sales in the women demographic just for the simple fact of the editors appearing more sincere and caring about world problems.


Is it wrong to axe BBC3?

Bad Education

the BBC is to axe its channel 'bbc3' which is aimed at a younger audience, it has the most diverse audience, fostered new comedy talent continually and had the most diverse programmes, however due to the licence fee freeze their budgest have had to be cut, they are however still showing bbc3 programmes online which makes sense as most teens watch tv online now a days anyway, a licence freeze for the bbc can have detrimental effects such as this as it is the BBC's only source of income.
The youth aren't being told to "piss off to the internet"; they're already there. A quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds' viewing is via catch-up and the BBC expects that to rise to 40% – and that's before you consider non-TV videos on YouTube and the like.
moving to the online platform will help new talent be able to be produced and broadcasted, three hugely original new dramas will be launched on iPlayer. All from new writers and directors, and each to a natural length, from 13 minutes to 17, that would have sat awkwardly on TV. One is about Muslim speed dating, another's entirely in verse. BBC3 is still innovating, still diverse and still taking risks – it's just doing it online. 

Monday, 3 February 2014

YouTube reveals $1bn music payouts, but some labels still unhappy

YouTube reveals $1bn music payouts, but some labels still unhappy.


'We’ve paid out to the music industry over the last several years over a billion dollars,' said YouTube's Tom Pickett.

A recent research shows that 38.4% of all youtubes views are from music videos
reinforcing googles subsidary's position as the worlds biggest streaming service.
over a billion dollars was paid out over the past several years, they claim that they are
all in on music.
Not everyone is convinced. A key theme of this year’s Midem has been continued resentment towards YouTube and its parent company from musicians, independent labels and industry bodies alike. Pickett was heckled during his panel session, and the conference also saw regular anti-Google outbursts from speakers.


“I am concerned with YouTube entering the market because for YouTube everything is about dominance, and dominance is connected to destruction,”

I believe that because youtube is so powerfull to the point where its the mass' power to choose where they listen
to their music and in this case youtube is so accessible free and easy to use and it was they first of its kind when things like vevo and youtube combined.
youtube has seemed to change the music indusry which can affect sales in music cd's and downloads, as people can stream for free.


‘Telegraph’ editor Gallagher sacked over move away from newsprint



Tony Gallagher, editor of The Daily Tele


Tony Gallagher was sacked on tuedsay 14th of jan, due to him not being the man that can lead them into the digital change.
Mr Gallagher has edited britains best quality Daily since 2009
his departure come as the telegraph seeks to reinvent themselves after introducing online subscriptions last year
He left the telegraph to sounds of journalists banging their tables
dispite running their website he has failed to shed his image of the traditional newspaper man.

my views are that if daily mail need to shift with the times and start becoming more technologically advanced then they have made the right choice, they would need to bring a younger editor with fresh ideas and a good knowledge on the internet and trends, however gallaggher has been editing since 09 and their style could change too much to the point where their readers may feel that it isnt the same news source anymore.