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Facebook cuts back on news to give you more time with advertisers

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Tom Felle, City, University of London Dear friends, it’s not us, it’s you. You are the problem. You’ve stopped sharing every intimate detail of your lives and we can’t monetise […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers, Social Media

Has the UK press lost its political punch?

May 7, 2015by tomfelle Leave a comment

On the eve of the UK’s 2015 general election, I spoke with Reuters about the highly partisan and bizarre media coverage of Britain’s 2015 Westminster campaign. you can watch it […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers

JP looks set to exit Irish market

December 2, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

IN THE mid-2000s, the brash and bullish Johnston Press thought buying into Irish regional newspaper market was a licence to print money. It spent more than €200m building up its […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers

Kenny will miss sheltered RTE lifestyle

July 31, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

Pat Kenny will find the challenge of presenting his new show on Newstalk a tougher one than he may have imagined. Kenny’s move from RTE after a 41-year career in […]

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Broadcasting, Journalism, Media

Former Times editor Brady calls for Google to fund newspapers

May 28, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

IT SEEMS it is not only the current crop of newspaper editors that are worried about their papers. Two former The Irish Times editors have now also taken a stand […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers

Times to introduce paywall later this year

April 27, 2013by tomfelle 3 Comments

The Irish Times will introduce a paywall by the end of 2013, its managing director Liam Kavanagh has confirmed. Kavanagh was speaking on RTE’s ‘Media Show’ this evening, where he […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers

Indo to move to “leaky” paywall model

April 26, 2013by tomfelle 1 Comment

There’s so much media news in today’s dailies it’s hard to know where to begin. I’m going to largely ignore the JNLRs because (a) I’m no broadcasting expert and (b) […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers, Social Media

Tuning In: why local radio is important

April 26, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

Today was the launch of the latest Joint National Listenership Research results, or JNRLs, for the broadcasting sector in Ireland. It’s the equivalent of the ABCs for newspapers. And everyone […]

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Broadcasting, Journalism, Media

Trust the big issue as mistakes mount for US networks

April 24, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

Politico’s ‘On Media’ team discuss a difficult week for the US media, particularly for CNN. As mistakes take their toll on the credability of the news media, trust is becoming […]

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Journalism, Media, News and newspapers, Social Media

AP pulls Twitter account after hackers claim White House attacked

April 23, 2013by tomfelle Leave a comment

Earlier this evening the Associated Press deactivated its Twitter account after a bogus tweet claimed there had been two explosions at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama. The “news” […]

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