Goodbye Press Gazette: round-up of the links
April 7th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Job losses, Jobs, Journalism, Online Journalism
We bid farewell to our fellow media reporters at Press Gazette, unless, as Roy Greenslade hopes, a buyer comes forward (again).
We haven’t produced our own coverage, as there has been more than plenty – with insider perspective – elsewhere. We would, however, like to wish the editorial team at Press Gazette the very best of luck in the future with whatever they go onto do. We’ve enjoyed meeting Press Gazette team – past and present – at events, and being kept on our toes when we’re covering the same stories.
Here’s a round-up of the coverage in links:
- Kristine Lowe: ‘The depressing but inevitable demise of Press Gazette’ [headline attributed to Dave Lee, see below]
Please do add any others of note in the comments below.
Newly added:
Tags: Adam Tinworth, Alison Gow, Dave Lee, fellow media reporters, Jon Slattery, Kristine Lowe, Neil Thackray, Patrick Smith, Press Gazette, Roy Greenslade, United Kingdom, Wilmington
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April 8th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Press Gazette, like many magazines, desperately needed a ‘marketing audit’ to assess the way forward.
Rather like a weak patient needs a medical examination …
Read more here:
http://www.subscriptionsstrategy.co.uk/articles/press-gazette-closes-no-marketing
April 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
If you’ll excuse me tootling my own trumpet:
Why I Won’t Miss Press Gazette
April 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Thanks for these. @Adam – excused – not just because you ‘toot’ ours too!
@PeterHobday: similar medical analogy used at the Frontline Club last night – in the diagnosis of UK local media. Roy Greenslade feared he might be the Harold Shipman on the panel.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Judith – as long as I was first that is great.
But Roy Greenslade, in my medical analogy, would not be Harold Shipman. The Shipmans would be the Piers Morgan consortium (theft of body organs) and Wilmington (starvation, then switching off the oxygen without consultation).
Roy Greenslade is one of the women who watch and knit by the guillotine.
No that doesn’t work. Roy Greenslade would be one of the autopsy team. Looks like there are lots on that team.
What we really need now is a great diagnostic practitioner to look at other media publications. Media Week looks a bit unhealthy…
October 30th, 2009 at 8:41 am
[...] Following its near closure earlier this year and subsequent acquisition by Progressive Media, there’s been little talk of what would happen to Press Gazette’s annual British Press Awards. [...]