tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post4303587368567907977..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: The Murdoch plans for media pricingsnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-67468897639958231442009-10-03T19:08:43.639+01:002009-10-03T19:08:43.639+01:00I like the hopeful claim that the BBC is now the o...I like the hopeful claim that the BBC is now the object of a universal desire for reform.<br /><br />No-one wants to pay of course, but most people would be rather annoyed at any change which cut across their own tastes.<br /><br />But then, I don't restrict my friendship group to thsoe online who imagine they are "libertarians" and look forward to the authorities easing the way forQuietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-11479350056404983622009-09-30T13:33:29.252+01:002009-09-30T13:33:29.252+01:00DevonChap, you are assuming that if people can'...DevonChap, you are assuming that if people can't get the news free online, they will go <i>somewhere else</i> for it - you speak as a news junkie who goes from site to site and blog to blog to get your fix. You even visit my blog more than I do, LOL.<br /><br />Most people arn't like that. If they have to pay, they just give up the news full stop. Lots of people don't have the time tosnowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-35283015463098681392009-09-11T17:47:13.653+01:002009-09-11T17:47:13.653+01:00One thing Murdoch isn't is stupid so I doubt w...One thing Murdoch isn't is stupid so I doubt whatever scheme he has in mind will fail.<br /><br />I think this is all a ruse to beat on the Beeb - the viewers of which have no choice but to pay.<br /><br />Also I think there is no chance of this happening before the election.Harry Flashmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-20427399840599952052009-09-04T15:48:22.392+01:002009-09-04T15:48:22.392+01:00Back, from the dead, I was beginning to worry. At ...Back, from the dead, I was beginning to worry. At least the factual errors are still here<br /><br />"handing defeat to Churchill just three months after D-day". D-Day was 6 June 1944, VE Day was 8 May 1945 which is I think the occasion you were looking for.<br /><br />Leaving that aside I'm not sure your argument holds water. Firstly the Murdoch press lined up behind New Labour in DevonChapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-15860553974337913462009-09-04T00:50:57.245+01:002009-09-04T00:50:57.245+01:00Perhaps the most interesting outcome from Murdoch&...Perhaps the most interesting outcome from Murdoch's speech is the general consensus that the BBC is long overdue for radical downsizing.Just surprising that this dinosaur been allowed to survive for so long.<br /><br />Angry voterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-55356601968085647922009-09-03T21:52:23.554+01:002009-09-03T21:52:23.554+01:00Snowflake:
Guido and his ilk have greater influen...Snowflake:<br /><br />Guido and his ilk have greater influence than the old Daily Sketch, for example, ever did because opinion formers read him.<br /><br />His money he claims comes from placing advertising online, and not on his own site from what I saw there. Clearly those who like what he does will give him that sort of wrk, wether as buyers or sellers of online ad space.<br /><br />He has Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-53761311991009259202009-09-03T21:27:41.048+01:002009-09-03T21:27:41.048+01:00Quietzapple - I'm not sure why it would be a p...Quietzapple - I'm not sure why it would be a problem if there were fewer correspondents, I'm afraid. They mostly write rubbish that's not applicable to people's daily lives, so no loss if they disappear.<br /><br />I'm also not sure Guido is a problem in the way you describe. 99% of the population have never heard of him, and crucially he relies on his contacts in the snowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-17019040610791422432009-09-03T18:53:12.002+01:002009-09-03T18:53:12.002+01:00I can see how Murdoch might bundle news with part...I can see how Murdoch might bundle news with particular features like P3, or sport as he does with his TV I think.<br /><br />Fewer newsprint sales and reduced advertising share will mean fewer correspondents, fewer real writers I fear.<br /><br />While the current situation is skewed more than usual vs Labour, partly because the Tories and their friends are scared witless of a fourth Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.com