My natural newpaper-buying instincts have been thrown into complete confusion by the British paper’s recent spate of giving away free DVDs. I first noticed this a couple of weeks ago when theguardian came with a free copy of The Madness of King George. That wasn’t a problem. I don’t always buy Saturday’s Guardian, but the… Continue reading Newspapers and Film
Category: media
BBC Licence Fee
The UK press is predictably angry about the BBC’s request for an increase in the licence fee. When you’re reading stories about this you should bear in mind that papers like the Sun are slightly biased as they are owned one of the BBC’s broadcasting rivals. Many of them seem to be reporting this as… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee
New London Transport Fares
It’s time for the Evening Standard‘s annual “outrage at the transport fare increases” issue. This year’s issue must have been particularly difficult to write as for most people the fares will have actually gone down. Let’s explain this simply so that even Standard journalists can understand. Transport for London want everyone to use their Oyster… Continue reading New London Transport Fares
Who’s On Brighton Pier
I was in Brighton over the weekend (for reasons I’ll write more about later) and whilst I was there I took the opportunity to visit the new Doctor Who exhibition. It was a bit over-priced for what it was (£6 each!) but it was nice to see a number of the props from the new… Continue reading Who’s On Brighton Pier
Politicians’ Families
Two nicely contrasting stories in today’s papers about members of politicians’ families. Firstly, theguardian has used the freedom of information act to get lots of good dirt on how Mark Thatcher abused the fact that his mother was Prime Minister. This is, of course, exactly how the freedom of information act should be used. And… Continue reading Politicians’ Families
Doonesbury
(I know I said the last post would be the final one on the new Guardian – it seems I lied, but this is important stuff) One of the things that provoked the loudest complaints about the Berliner Guardian (maybe I should just start calling it theguardian) was the removal of Doonesbury. There were some… Continue reading Doonesbury
More Guardian
A couple of final points about the Guardian redesign before I start looking for something different to write about. Firstly, circulation levels. One of the driving forces behind this redesign is (I assume) the Guardian‘s falling circulation figures over the last year. I realise that this is purely anecdotal evidence, but over the two days… Continue reading More Guardian
Berliner Review
In general, I think that the new format Guardian looks fabulous. It was, by far, the most interesting looking paper in the newsagent’s this morning. The few niggles I mention below are only very minor and I fully expect to not be noticing them at all in a month’s time. I’m not sold on the… Continue reading Berliner Review
Guardian Digital Edition
And while I’m talking about the new Guardian (face it, that’s all I’m going to talk about today) it’s worth pointing out that the digital edition is free for the next two weeks (until Sept 26th). This is partly to let people have a closer look at the new format and partly because the move… Continue reading Guardian Digital Edition
Guardian Preview
There’s a special report about the new Guardian now available on the GU web site. It includes a PDF version of a preview edition that will apparently be in tomorrow’s paper. I haven’t examined it closely yet, but on first glance it looks good. Of course the main change (the size) won’t be really apparent… Continue reading Guardian Preview