We are on the brink of two years of carnage for Western media. In the UK five nationals could go out of business and we could be left with no UK owned broadcaster outside of the BBC. We are facing complete market failure in local papers and regional radio. This is sytematic collapse not just a cyclical downturn. Even the surviving brands will have to go through a period of unprofitability.”
were quite apt fo me as I was writing a seminar paper on the future of newspapers.Having written a rather upbeat forecast,I was tempted to tear this up when the comments appeared on my RSS reader.
So had Emily some particular papers in mind.I suppose the favourites at the moment are the Express ,and if it doesn't get its act together soon, the Indy.The other three? Well a mixture of Sunday's and high profile regionals perhaps.
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