Media

Think the UK has a free press? You're sadly mistaken, and what's happening to journalism right now should worry you... Whilst the threat of litigation is silencing real journalists and publications, an even darker threat, fake news, is putting them clean out of business. Politicians, climate change deniers, corporations and even countries have been funding fake news to create confusion and division, dilute facts, and pursue agendas. Now they are using 'fake news' as their default denial against allegations. The digital revolution was...

I’ve been working for press agencies selling stories to the national press for almost 15 years now. The vast majority of news and features comes from independent press agencies and journalists who get paid for finding and writing the stories. The one thing all of my friends ask me is ‘how much do people get paid for selling their story?’  The simple answer is, not as much as they did in the past. However, since 'how much do newspapers pay...

The man introduced the natural world to virtually everyone in the UK has spoken out against Brexit and the decisions of senior Tories, including the ex-PM David Cameron, which led the vote to leave the EU. The 90-year-old presenter believes that the decision to abandon Parliamentary democracy in favour of a referendum has left the UK in an awful state. His comments were immediately attacked by right-wing news outlets who have put him in the same box as Gary Lineker,...

As the Presidential race is coming to the end, writer and Joss Whedon has got as many A-list stars as possible to try and save the day, and keep Donald Trump out of the White House. Whedon, had been off social media for almost two years, then he sprang back on-line with “Save the Day,” a star studded anti-Trump video. Hey! Did I miss anything? Lol jk the world is on fire ? here's a thing I made https://t.co/g1SE45Rkrv —...

Perhaps it is just personal jealousy on my behalf, but the pay levels at the BBC appear to be much higher than the rest of the industry. Having never worked at the Beeb, I can only dream of the bumper pay packets they receive compared to their commercial rivals. The leaked report by PwC has confirmed the disparity between the state funded broadcaster and the rest of the news market. The document indicates that BBC staff are paid up to...

Ad-blocking company Adblock Plus is set to launch their own adds in a move that has been described as "cynical". The software, which is used on more than 100 million devices, will look to capitalise on a new market they have created by launching an "Acceptable Ads Platform" which will bypass the controls. Ad-blocking software is said to be putting severe pressure on the digital publishing industry, with new figures showing more than one in five British adults are now using ad-blockers. The...

The BBC has had a tough time in the past few years. The Jimmy Savile scandal, alongside other BBC stars abusing their position, has left a black cloud over the organisation. Now it has been revealed that a BBC investigative team have managed to hack into 39 BBC staff members accounts to find out who is leaking negative stories about the Beeb, reports the Daily Mail. The public broadcaster was aiming to uncover who is giving away secret information that...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Nigel Farage was caught out by a clever question as he appeared on an LBC radio show. The caller said he thought that speaking English was necessary for new people entering the UK to live. “I don’t see how you can integrate when you don’t speak the language of the country,” said the caller, to Nigel Farage. “I couldn’t agree with you more. I think you’re right and I think the language is absolutely fundamental,”...

Tor Goldfield, Head of Content at Southerly – the creative content agency Right now, there are two camps of marketers. There are some who still believe a well-crafted piece of content will resonate so naturally with the intended audience that it can be sent out into the world with little more than a nudge on social media and deliver the desired results. Then there are those who’ve realised times are changing and that it often takes a bit more to...