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Is the Mail Online heading for domination with change to moderation policy?

The news today that the Mail Online is to stop checking user comments before they go live could not only make it the most visited website in the UK, but possibly the one with the largest and most active community. A potentially very powerful combination. New Media Age is reporting that Associated Newspapers...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 12 Aug 2009

Tottenham Hotspur the Daily Express of the Premiership

Martin Samuel in The Times today on Tottenham Hotspur and why the club is like the Daily Express. Made me laugh, well they are both total crap. Samuel says that anyone who has ever worked at the Daily Express would know why Spurs are in the proverbial latrine. His reasons are pretty straight forward...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 27 Oct 2008

The disgrace of the Daily Star

The Daily Star is a poor excuse for a newspaper, maybe even proprietor Richard Desmond is thinking this today as his papers pay out again (to the tapas seven), but he should be ashamed as should the editor of the front page of today's paper with its headline "BBC put Muslims before you!"...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 16 Oct 2008

Tabloid doom

In a hilarious piece of selective forecasting in the Evening Standard today, Roy Greenslade predicts the death of certain tabloid newspapers, but failed to mention one key one. Now why could that be?Greenslade kicks off by writing about how newspapes will prevail "once online enthusiasm dies down"...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 25 Jul 2007

High end freebie

Richard Addis, the former Daily Express editor, is launching a free daily newspaper targeting big earners. According to Media Week, Addis, who was more recently FT Weekend editor, is launching a free daily newspaper at the end of March, targeting high-worth Londoners with arts, leisure and current affairs...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 16 Jan 2007

Express this

Some people shouldn't be allowed to own national newspapers. Richard Desmond is one of those.Yesterday's decision to cut 35 jobs – including the entire City desk – is further evidence of this. Former porn baron Desmond seems to be using the paper as a cash cow and pension fund. Last...
Posted to Gordon's Republic (Weblog) by Gordon Macmillan on 31 Oct 2006

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