No response so far to my blog post and tweets about the Sunday Times. See previous post on how Marr and Peston promoted me into paying out for Sir Keir Starmer in print only to find he is behind a paywall online. OK only a few hours but I did tweet yesterday so am moving on. Complaint is not just to Sunday Times but also BBC and ITV. I would think someone would tweet eventually. Will broadcast media continue to decide on news as in what appears to be in newspapers? Should they worry at attacks, even if backed up by Conservative MPs? At some point they may start their own news and/or report on newspapers as a situation.
Much is happening. Trinity Mirror may buy the Express group. According to Garry White, Trinity Mirror revenues fell 8% in a recent quarter but profits continue, up 24% for 2016. Apparently cost savings could make a link with Express a good deal. But Sunday Mirror down 22% year on year. Also the Guardian has announced that they will change format away from Berliner to tabloid. Trinity Mirror will do the printing. According to the Telegraph, April circulation 154,000 compared to 341,000 in 2005.
Shutting down the Berliner presses should save millions of pounds per year but could trigger a hefty one-off charge. According to the newspaper's annual report last year, it still owed Lloyds Bank £33.7m on hire-purchase agreements for the presses.
Next week at the NEC there will not be a Man Roland stand as part of IPEX. There was sheetfed at the Print Show in Telford. But the future for newspapers is getting closer to a news event.
Much to talk about though. Short run ( digital ? ) magazines as very local for example.
Sir Keir Starmer has only got 70,000 followers on Twitter. Sunday Times behind paywall about 200,000 ( accurate figures welcome, this is just a draft )
Watch the trends. If about 5x followers his tweets could be news.
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