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Author Brock, George, 1951-

Title Out of print : newspapers, journalism and the business of news in the digital age / George Brock
Published London ; New York : Kogan Page Limited, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Contents About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction: from ink to link; 01 Communicating whatever we please; Messy, unethical and opinionated origins; Select and noteworthy happenings; An explosion of opinion; Playing with fire; 'Bible, ax and newspapers'; A brief flowering; The world's great informer; Every species of intelligence; 02 Furnishing the world with a new set of nerves; A great moral organ; The true Church of England; The Steam Intellect Society; We are all learning to move together; A vast agora; I order five virgins; The few dozen lines of drivel; A press typhoon
The waning power of the harlot03 The gilded age; A fluid mass; The brute force of monopoly; Sorrow, sorrow, ever more; A well-conducted press; 'So will it be goodbye to Fleet Street?'; I really loathe people with power; Deregulation; Boom and decline; Owners, news and celebrity; 04 The engine of opportunity; Chain reaction; Utopia or dystopia?; What the internet does to the business of news; 05 Rethinking journalism again; Complexity; Frontiers fade and vanish; Ink marks on squashed trees; Comparison and choice; The downside risks of choice; Authority; Manipulation; Objectivity under strain
The advantages and drawbacks of institutionsThe management of abundance; New media and change: a case study; Conclusion; 06 The business model crumbles; Over a cliff; Print is not dead; Palliative care for print; Flipping to digital; Making people pay: walls and meters; The demand for news; What we don't know about online news; 07 Credibility crumbles; Newsroom culture; Operation Motorman; Phone hacking; 'Quality' and 'seriousness'; Trust and authority; A spell is broken; 08 The Leveson judgement; Diagnosis; Prescription; A third way; Regulation's future; Plurality
09 Throwing spaghetti at the wallFour core tasks; We were having journalistic moments!; Error is useful; 10 Clues to the future; Business models; From the ashes of dead trees; Index
Summary "Traditional newspapers are under threat. The emergence of citizen journalism, collaborative news websites and freebie news-sheets -- coupled with a catastrophic drop in ad revenue -- has pushed many to the brink. Papers around the world are cutting copy, editions and staff, moving online or closing down. Out of Print explores how the collision of technology, economics and social forces has thrown news, newspapers and journalism into crisis. Covers key issues such as: the increased competition from expansive radio and 24 hour television news channels; the emergence of free "Metro" papers; the delivery of news services on billboards, podcasts and mobile; the development of online editions, as well as the burgeoning of blogs, citizen journalists and User Generated Content. Incisive and authoritative, Out of Print analyzes the role and influence of newspapers in the digital age and asks whether they can survive and, if so, how"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Newspaper publishing -- Great Britain -- Finance
Newspaper publishing -- United States -- Finance
Newspaper publishing -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
Newspaper publishing -- Economic aspects -- United States
Online journalism -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
Online journalism -- Economic aspects -- United States
Press -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
Press -- Economic aspects -- United States
Digital media -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
Digital media -- Economic aspects -- United States
Press & journalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications Industries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing.
Newspaper publishing -- Economic aspects
Newspaper publishing -- Finance
Press -- Economic aspects
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries.
Great Britain
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780749466527
0749466529
1299794858
9781299794856