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06.28.08

Why Lord Fowler and Co have little to say by way of succour for an ailing provincial newspaper industry. General, Journalism | (4)
Give the walk we walk and the talk we try to talk, it would be wholly remiss not to give Lord Fowler's epic work a mention. The House of Lords' report on 'The Ownership Of The News', Vol 1, is clearly a worthy document and for those of you with a couple of hours to spare, here's the full monty in PDF form... http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldcomuni/122/122i.pdf Given the number of influential people that Lord Fowler and friends managed to drag before it, the conclusions that they ultimately reached are, to my mind, likely to stay entrenched within the mind-set of their lordships at least until ...

Tagged: House Of Lords, Johnston Press, Lord Fowler, OfCom, Peter Kirwan, Sly Bailey, Stamford Herald & Post, Stamford Mercury, TrinityMirror
06.20.08

Panic of the streets of Stamford…. Dublin, Dundee and Humberside… General, Journalism | (1)
With due apologies to The Smiths, but the fate of the Stamford Mercury is one that's dear to my heart... http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/06/johnston_press_denies_sale_rum.html We've obviously been round this block before... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=87 Because if there is any talk of a sale afoot there won't be too many banks out there willing to grease the wheels of any sales either - unless they're Malaysian, perhaps; and it will be very interesting to see what the House Of Lords makes of the issue of media ownership when their long-awaited report is delivered a week today. But given that there's a regional newspaper group not a million miles away from here ...

Tagged: Johnston Press, Stamford Mercury, The Smiths
06.12.08

Down, down, deeper and down… ‘Project Stamford’ waits in line; for now, we will sit and watch and see how Mr Krishnan fares General, Journalism | (2)
As regular readers of this blog will know, I have a growing soft spot for Stamford. Indeed, we have 'Project Stamford' waiting in the wings... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=75 Which is why the fate of Johnston Press intrigues me. They, of course, are the owners of the last paid-for newspaper in Stamford, the venerable Stamford Mercury, now 20% owned by a Malaysian media magnate. So Peter Kirwan's latest post on his PressGazette blog was fascinating... http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/mediamoney/ And there is another game worth playing - finding the Johnston share price graph that most resembles a cliff. For my money, the three-month graph isn't bad.... http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=JPR.L&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l&c= Six months is ...

Tagged: Gannett, Johnston Press, Newsquest, Peter Kirwan, Project Stamford, Roy Greenslade, Stamford Mercury
05.27.08

OK, why don’t we concentrate our minds and give ourselves a gauntlet to pick up. Let’s try ‘Project Stamford’. General, Journalism, MLW | (2)
I'm not sure why, particularly. Or maybe I do. Anyway, Stamford is starting to intrigue me. It started several weeks ago with news that the local newspaper - the Stamford Herald & Post - was one of eight, free weekly newspapers that Trinity Mirror were reluctantly forced to close... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=56 having failed to find a buyer for its Midlands division last year. Within that post came a first reference to www.mylocalwriter.com/stamford - to which it would be nice to return. If not actually mentioned by name, the Stamford Herald & Post made it all the way to the House Of Lords the other ...

Tagged: Competition Commission, Johnston Press, MyLocalWriter.com, Project Stamford, Stamford Herald & Post, Stamford Mercury, Trinity Mirror

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