tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post6154386109697260912..comments2023-09-07T12:12:55.877+01:00Comments on WelshnotBritish.com: Is there such a thing as Welsh media?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-22616324339691461542012-05-21T21:46:34.965+01:002012-05-21T21:46:34.965+01:00Thanks for that Roy. It reminds me of a Mark Twain...Thanks for that Roy. It reminds me of a Mark Twain quote that I once read.<br /><br />“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”<br /><br />It's just a shame that we only have those two options.Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-22256571874144828172012-05-21T17:53:49.290+01:002012-05-21T17:53:49.290+01:00Roy Jones NUJ Wales
Stuart it's a bit long b...Roy Jones NUJ Wales <br /><br />Stuart it's a bit long but it conmes at an interestimg time for the Welsh Media.<br /><br />Is the Welsh media British is a reasonable one but how much of it can survive even<br /><br />A few stats; BBC radio and television originating in England give little time to Welsh affairs. BBC Wales Television originating in Cardiff and Bangor broadcast just 12 hours a week of Wales content. BBC Radio Wales (in English) all day all week and BBC Radio Cymru (In Welsh) broadcast seven days a week all originating Wales.<br /><br />S4C is the Welsh television channel in Welsh ... Last year it was taken into BBC TV's budget. Control from London will and almost certainly a loss of broadcasting revenue, with a 20 per cent cut in the pipeline. <br /><br /> Across all sectors journalist, production staff, technicians and administration, have suffered, jobs and wage wage cuts consequent downgrading, with programming cut and dumbed down.<br /><br />As to the press 85 per cent of daily national newspapers sold in Wales are published in England making for sparse coverage of Wales worrying at the time of devolution when to maximise its democratic base the public need better news and information. <br /><br />There are five daily papers; Trinity Mirror's Wales Western Mail, South Wales Echo, published in Cardiff, the Daily Post (published in Llandudno Junction, Northcliffe's South Wales Evening post, Newsquest's South Wales Argos (Newport)and the North Wales Media's Wrexham Leader. <br /><br />Tindle newspapers lead title Cambrian news with 11 titles across mid Wales including Y Cymru head (Welsh office)_ Aberystwyth. All groups have local newspaper titles (about 40 in total) spread across Wales with the NWM the only group with a Wales head office.<br /><br />Titles and staff are being cut to the quick making for poorer products and a decline in circulation. Switching resources to on line media line services has failed financially because advertising revenue is static or declining. Wales then with has little control of its media's destiny its most vulnerable, local newspapers, the grass roots of the news and comment and a poor outlook for those wanting to work in the industry.<br /><br />The National Union of Journalists warned that with 1,000 members in Wales have been grappling with this for about five years warning there was facing a crisis that “threatens their survival,”. and engaged with the Welsh Assembly to initiate moves to save and develop the local media both in newsprint and new media services. <br /><br />Thus an Assembly Members committee has called for a forum to monitor the media industries in Wales as a matter of urgency with a panel of independent media experts to examine the Welsh media and the creation of sustainable business models for the local press.<br /><br /> “Given the contribution that print media can make to local communities, and indeed its importance on a national level, we feel that, where there are job losses at a newspaper company, or where there is a risk of a title closing, the Welsh Government should ensure that it is in a position to be able to assist those companies, in the same way that it would assist companies in similar difficulties in other industries.” At this time thou9gh there was no recommendation that newspapers should be subsidised.<br />So there whether the Wales media is British is a reasonable question, and true to a great extent, but the very existence of parts of it are under threat.. so any help that can arise from the facts published on this site is welcomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-18201390156615222802012-03-03T07:36:52.201+00:002012-03-03T07:36:52.201+00:00That's not strictly true, they often go out of...That's not strictly true, they often go out of their way to find the most stereotypical and dullest taff possible in order to make the comment by an English resident sound better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-45866664435413519132012-03-02T20:32:03.664+00:002012-03-02T20:32:03.664+00:00Have you ever noticed that when 'BBC Wales'...Have you ever noticed that when 'BBC Wales' report’s their latest story from a town in Cymru they always seek out the nearest English resident for their opinions, even in places like Machynlleth or Llanelli, it seems us locals are too stupid to voice an opinion.Mamwladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266647231847776222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-65049706323887206442012-03-02T15:44:26.835+00:002012-03-02T15:44:26.835+00:00I was actually looking at that site the other day....I was actually looking at that site the other day. I'll put a link to it here <a href="http://www.welshicons.org.uk/news" rel="nofollow">http://www.welshicons.org.uk/news</a> and knock up a graphic and stick it somewhere on the right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-5871228923560274282012-03-02T15:07:06.628+00:002012-03-02T15:07:06.628+00:00Hey you forgot to mention Welsh Icons News at http...Hey you forgot to mention Welsh Icons News at http://www.welshicons.org.uk/news - Truly Welsh and truly independentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com