Newspapers - Industry

Question 1

integration in the daily mirror

Answer 1

• owned by Reach Plc; daily record, evening news. Shared Journalism (horizontal)
• Buying of the Express and Star newspapers (vertical)
• less risk? (Hesmondhalgh)

Question 2

Give circulation figures for Daily Mirror

Answer 2

• 2019, print declines by 17% annually over the past 4 years
• 230,000 (march 2024) predicted to push 100,000 in 5 years

Question 3

Apply Curran and Seaton to the daily mirror.

Answer 3

• Power and profit
• 800 job roles cut to retain profit,
• “Prioritisation” of necessary jobs.
• Press is commonly right wing,
• Mirror stands out as diverse by diversifying into regional stories.
• diversifying into regional newspaper, diverse ownership

Question 4

Give the circulation figures for the times

Answer 4

The times keep circulation figures private.

• feb 2024; 180,000 (predicted)
• march 2020; 365,880 (last shared)

Question 5

Who owns The times?

Answer 5

News UK, subsidiary of News Corp

Question 6

What is oligopoly?

To what extent is the press a oligopoly?

Answer 6

market share dominated by one or few conglomerates.

90% of Uk press market owned by:
- DMG Media
- News UK
- Reach PLC

Question 7

Rupert Murdoch is often accused of…

Answer 7

controlling press supporting his views through gatekeeping

Question 8

News Corp is a ______ ____________

Answer 8

global conglomerate

Question 9

Ideology and brand of The Times

Answer 9

• more neutral, ‘centralist’ views compared to commonly right wing press
• ‘quality newspaper’
• ‘show news of the times’
• royal crest
• traditional, black and white house colours
• paywall

Question 10

Who regulates The Times and The Daily Mirror?

Answer 10

IPSO

Question 11

Is the IPSO leveson compliant?

What impact has this had?
link to another regulatory body

Answer 11

no, independent

no fines ever enforced, compared to impress’s £3,400 in fines/damages.

Question 12

Why might a newspaper choose to be regulated by IPSO and not Impress?

Answer 12

never enforced damages:
- freedom of speech
- ‘bend the rules’ shock factor

Question 13

Impact of technology on the Times

Answer 13

Adapted to changes in technology and distribution of newspapers by creating subscription based digital format.

304,000 digital-only paid subscribers (june 2019) one of the most used digital newspaper websites.

• online subscription £1 a month offer
• adverts
• pay wall, (hesmondhalgh)
• share stories (horizontal integration

Question 14

How is the times’s website regulated?

Answer 14

technology makes regulation difficult:
- bots and algorithms block offensive comments,
- human moderators (try) to block people avoiding bots
- self reg, can only comment when subscribed

Question 15

Impact of the times’s political ideologies.

Answer 15

The Times attempts to remain neutral (press comonly right wing) by using a ‘range of journalists’
- wider audience
- brexit, leavers and remainers

Question 16

Apply Curran and Seaton to The Times.

Answer 16

• Murdoch accused of gatekeeping and controlling press, oligopoly
• less creative?
• less adventurous?
• the times claims to have a range of journalist, from ranges of political alliances and views
• but news corp shares journalism, same across

Question 17

Apply livingstone and lunt to The Times

Answer 17

• protect audience from harmful, fake or libel content while maintaining right of freedom of speech, and exposed injustices and wrongdoings
• shock value

Question 18

Apply David hesmondhalgh to the times.

Answer 18

• protect audience from harmful, fake or libel content while maintaining right of freedom of speech, and exposed injustices and wrongdoings
• shock value

Question 19

What is the highest selling newspaper?

give figures.

Answer 19

metro free: 951,885 (march 2024)

Question 20

How many brands does Reach plc own?

name two national and one regional brands

Answer 20

130

• daily record, evening news.
• Irish Star

Question 21

How does the daily mirror enforce its political agenda?

Answer 21

opinion pieces like;

“…why tories deserve to lose the election”

Question 22

“At reach we have a clear core purpose…

Answer 22

…speaking up and shining a light on the truth”

Question 23

How does the daily mirror make money from its website, ‘mirror online’?

Answer 23

adverts; clickbait, pop up
no subscription needed

Question 24

How is digital convergence used by the mirror?

Answer 24

videos displayed eg. “Piers morgan slams netflix…”

Question 25

How does the mirror reinforce its brand?

Answer 25

• ‘intelligent tabloid’ large images, little text (both print and website)
• content into small chunks; ‘6 Key Details in new Tory schools plan…’
• house colours, link to political views