NDM: The changing face of news media

Print

 The Guardian:

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  • Founded - 2nd May 1821 
  • by John Edward Taylor 
  • Owner - Guardian Media Group
  • Circulation (as of December 2016) - 153,163
  • Political stance - centre-left
  • Sister paper - The Observer
  • In June 2017, Guardian Media Group announced that The Guardian and The Observer will relaunch in tabloid format from early 2018.

The Daily Mail:

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  • Founded - 4th May 1896
  • Owner - Daily Mail and General Trust
  • Political stance - Conservative
  • Second biggest-selling daily newspaper
  • Current chairman - Jonathan Harmsworth, great grandson of one of its founders.
  • Format - Tabloid
  • Circulation (as of December 2016) - 1,491,264

The Sun:

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  • Founded - 15th September 1964
  • Format - Tabloid
  • Political stance - Conservative
  • Editor - Tony Gallagher
  • Owner - News UK
  • Largest circulation of any UK newspaper - 1,575,996 (as of May 2017)

Broadcast

Channel 4 News:

  • Original release - 2 November 1982
  • Producers - ITN
  • Running time - 55 minutes (Mon-Fri)
  • Editor - Ben de Pear 
  • Main presenters - Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Matt Frei
  • Chief correspondent - Alex Thomson 
BBC News:
  • Owner - BBC
  • Broadcast its first radio bulletin on 14 November 1922.
  • Number of employees - 3,500 (2,000 are journalists)
  • Chief presenter - Huw Edwards
  • BBC News at 10 is currently the most watched news programme in Britain, averaging 4.9 million viewers each night.
CNN:

  • Launched - 1st June 1980
  • Owner - Turner Broadcasting System
  • Country - USA
  • Sister channels - HBO, Cinemax, Cartoon Network
  • President - Jim Walton (1982 - 2012)

E-Media

Yahoo News:
  • Launched - August 1996
  • Commercial
  • Owner - Oath Inc.
  • Most popular news website (USA)

Huffington Post:
  • Founded - May 2005
  • Politically liberal
  • Created by: Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Jonah Peretti
  • Editor - Lydia Polgreen
  • Available in multiple languages.



 1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry?
Google makes information much more quickly accessible than newspapers and the variety of information available using Google is much wider than in newspapers so therefore, having considered the busy, fast-paced lives of today's society, consumers would favour using Google over newspapers which could be considered less convenient.

2) Find a statistic from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media.
More than $40 billion, or about 60 percent of the ad revenue the industry generated has disappeared from the newspaper business over the past decade.

3) Looking at the graph featured in the article, what period has seen the steepest decline in newspaper advertising revenue? 
The steepest decline was in 2007 with $25 million.
4) Do you personally think Google is to blame for newspapers closing and journalists losing their jobs? Why?
I don't think Google is to blame at all - I think technology has always been advancing and ultimately it's the consumers that choose to use Google as an alternative to newspapers. Yes I do think that Google has affected the diminishing popularity of newspapers but I also think that there are other companies besides Google that have contributed to the advancement of technology so I don't think it's fair to say that Google holds sole responsibility.
5) Read the comments below the article. Pick one comment you agree with and one you disagree with and explain your response to the comments in detail.


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