Sky News: Foreign Matters: Prince Harry, Self Censorship, and the Media

Posted on 1 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Tim Marshall: "There will be people wishing to use this incident to prove that the British media is supine in the face of Government pressure. That is a nonsense. The next time the Government screws up we will again give them a kicking."

Sky News Editors’ Blog: Why the British Media Kept Silent About Prince Harry In Afghanistan

Posted on 1 March, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Simon Bucks: "Where Drudge got the [Harry in Afghanistan] story from is a mystery - some suspect an element of the British media which wanted to break the story for its own ends."

Grantham Journal: Sky News journalist spotted in Grantham

Posted on 16 February, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Oh dear: "Sky News political editor Adam Boulton was spotted in Grantham by Journal reader Mark Wakerley on Tuesday. ... *Have you seen a celebrity roaming the streets of Grantham? Click here to tell us about it."

The Argus: Former TV Star Reduced To Living Rough In Hove

Posted on 15 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The orginal Brighton Argus story on former BBC, Reuters, ITN, Sky, and CNBC newsreader Ed Mitchell: "The smartly dressed and clean-shaven former journalist now sleeps on benches behind the Babylon Lounge which he jokingly calls the Hotel Babylon."

NMA: Sky News ramps up digital push as it looks to take on rival news sites

Posted on 13 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Sky News is setting its sights on newspaper websites and the BBC as it looks to expand aggressively into the online news sector. The news operation is preparing for a digital push early in the new year with a full site overhaul."

CyberJournalist.net: iPhone news sites

Posted on 11 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Jonathan Dube is collecting iPhone news sites, including Sky News' and BBC Podcasts'

Guido Fawkes: Stat-Porn : Give Guido the Crown Back Iain

Posted on 2 December, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Guido claims 305,624 unique visitors in November, says the Telegraph and Guardian have too many bloggers and asks whether the blogs run by Sky News and Mail Online are "commercially sensible". But Guido, the Graun and Indy claim to be profitable online...

New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer: Matt Drudge Declares London Center of All Media

Posted on 27 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

They just noticed that Sky News interview with Drudge, who said: "One of the reasons I'm in London is that the media here is unparalleled. It surpasses New York, it surpasses all the cities of the world. This is the media town."

Telegraph: Andrew Marr’s BBC warning angers Sky

Posted on 22 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Giving evidence to the House of Lords Communication Committee, [Andrew] Marr ... took a swipe at Sky News, BBC TV's principal news competitor. He faintly praised Sky by suggesting that it was only 'frequently right'."

Daily Post North Wales: Sky News ‘blind spot over Wales’

Posted on 22 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Wrexam AM Lesley Griffiths yesterday appealed to Sky News bosses to take notice of devolution in Wales. She told BSkyB chief James Murdoch that the network had a “blind spot” in its coverage of Wales."

I’m Simon Dickson: Sky News launching iPhone site

Posted on 8 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Sky News to have an iPhone-optimised version of their website ready for iPhone launch day tomorrow."

@Society of Editors – Simon Bucks: Grow membership in broadcast and online

Posted on 6 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The new president of the Society of Editors, Sky News associate editor for online, Simon Bucks, has delivered his inaugural address, the last event of the conference. Bucks, who earlier this year publically recanted his skepticism about the value of interactive journalism, says online has “most of the fun of television, although you don’t have to [...]

@Society of Editors – Football economics coming to online journalism salaries?

Posted on 6 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The final session of the conference is “The Future is ours: 2020 Vision”, which is billed as “ifting the covers on editors’ crystal balls”. Appropriately, the panel will be chaired by Martin Stanford, presenter of Sky.com News, the rolling news channel’s interactive programme which covers the most popular stories and debates on the web. He reveals [...]

@Society of Editors – Trust: the Big Issue

Posted on 5 November, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Alistair Stewart of ITN is charing the fist session of the conference, which also features Sky News’ Adam Boulton, Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty, Advertising Association chief executive Baroness Peta Buscombe. The judge on the panel, Sir Igor Judge, president of the Queen’s Bench Division, is said to be arriving shortly. Chakrabarti: There is no crisis of trust [...]

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