Comments on: The NUJ’s economic stimulus plan for local journalism – can it work? http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/06/09/the-nujs-economic-stimulus-plan-for-local-journalism-can-it-work/ Online journalism news Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Local media: A stimulating discussion? Your ideas needed | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/06/09/the-nujs-economic-stimulus-plan-for-local-journalism-can-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13792 Local media: A stimulating discussion? Your ideas needed | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:42:24 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=10974#comment-13792 [...] this week the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) sent an eight-point plan to new culture secretary Ben Bradshaw a... for the UK’s local [...] [...] this week the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) sent an eight-point plan to new culture secretary Ben Bradshaw a… for the UK’s local [...]

]]> By: Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2009-06-11 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/06/09/the-nujs-economic-stimulus-plan-for-local-journalism-can-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13736 Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2009-06-11 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:31:59 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=10974#comment-13736 [...] The NUJ’s economic stimulus plan for local journalism - can it work? | Journalism.co.uk Editors&#0... Kevin: The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has wasted no time in sending an open letter to the new culture minister with an ‘economic stimulus plan for local media’, which includes a "tax credit for individuals who buy quality media" and "A levy introduced on commercial operators who benefit from quality public service content - including local news - but do not contribute to its production". Laura Oliver asks how 'quality media' will be defined. That is one of the biggest issues for public support of journalism, outside of established public broadcasters, who decides who gets the money. (tags: journalism uk nuj local) [...] [...] The NUJ’s economic stimulus plan for local journalism – can it work? | Journalism.co.uk Editors&#0… Kevin: The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has wasted no time in sending an open letter to the new culture minister with an ‘economic stimulus plan for local media’, which includes a "tax credit for individuals who buy quality media" and "A levy introduced on commercial operators who benefit from quality public service content – including local news – but do not contribute to its production". Laura Oliver asks how 'quality media' will be defined. That is one of the biggest issues for public support of journalism, outside of established public broadcasters, who decides who gets the money. (tags: journalism uk nuj local) [...]

]]> By: James Goffin http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009/06/09/the-nujs-economic-stimulus-plan-for-local-journalism-can-it-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13688 James Goffin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:48:28 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=10974#comment-13688 Presumably "A levy introduced on commercial operators who benefit from quality public service content - including local news - but do not contribute to its production" is aimed at people like Google, but why leave it there - and why only in one direction? If this is genuinely aimed at supporting local media (and not just shoring up the BBC, which tends to be the NUJ line nationally) then why shouldn't the Corporation be charged when it "benefits" from stories it has followed up from the local press? (Or blogs for that matter.) And much as I enjoy the idea of claiming back my Private Eye subs against tax, I can see it being as effective in stimulating the economy as the VAT cut. Give them some credit for at least trying; pity most of it is nonsense. Presumably “A levy introduced on commercial operators who benefit from quality public service content – including local news – but do not contribute to its production” is aimed at people like Google, but why leave it there – and why only in one direction?
If this is genuinely aimed at supporting local media (and not just shoring up the BBC, which tends to be the NUJ line nationally) then why shouldn’t the Corporation be charged when it “benefits” from stories it has followed up from the local press? (Or blogs for that matter.)

And much as I enjoy the idea of claiming back my Private Eye subs against tax, I can see it being as effective in stimulating the economy as the VAT cut.

Give them some credit for at least trying; pity most of it is nonsense.

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