Re-examining the UK Newspaper Industry

This book dispels myths surrounding the newspaper industry's financial viability in an online world, arguing that widespread predictions of pending newspaper extinction are based mostly on misunderstandings of the industry's operations.

List of contents

Preface;  Introduction: A Pandemic Stress Test;  1. A Digital Dark Age for Newspapers;  2. The Staying Power of the Press;  3. Press Freedom and Proliferation;  4. The National Press: From Propaganda to Profit;  5. The Provincial Press: The Problem of Free;  6. What if Newspapers Aren't Dying?

About the author

Marc Edge was a newspaper journalist for twenty years in his native Canada, holding senior positions as an editor and reporter at the Calgary Herald and Vancouver Province. He studied for his doctorate in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, USA. He is the author of five previous books including Greatly Exaggerated: The Myth of the Death of Newspapers (2014).

Summary

This book dispels myths surrounding the newspaper industry’s financial viability in an online world, arguing that widespread predictions of pending newspaper extinction are based mostly on misunderstandings of the industry’s operations.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Edge
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032390352
• ISBN: 978-1-032-39035-2
• No. of pages: 126
• Weight: 180 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Focus on Journalism Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; History, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, Humanities, News media and journalism