RAYMOND SNODDY
Raymond is a highly regarded writer and media consultant. He has written columns for The Independent and was media editor of The Times for seven years. Before moving to The Times he was a reporter on the FT for 19 years, covering media and communication issues. His television credits include eight years as the BBC’s NewsWatch presenter.
LATEST ARTICLES
10 Dec 2025
Could Labour campaign to overturn Brexit at the next election? The numbers add up and the UK press can be influential, explains Ray Snoddy.
03 Dec 2025
A modernisation of the merger rules is long overdue, but change in the public interest is afoot, explains Ray Snoddy.
26 Nov 2025
According to the Daily Mail, culture secretary Lisa Nandy is paving the way for a 'timely' sale of The Daily Telegraph to DMGT. Not so fast, says Ray Snoddy. Is this really a good idea?
19 Nov 2025
The Daily Telegraph may have broken the story that has plunged the BBC into crisis, but the newspaper group is facing a crisis of its own, as Ray Snoddy explains.
Who should be the next director-general of the BBC? How about someone with proven experience of successfully fighting for a channel's survival, suggests Ray Snoddy.
05 Nov 2025
Is the media finally beginning to scrutinise Reform UK and Nigel Farage properly? Not before time says Ray Snoddy.
29 Oct 2025
It's a fool's errand trying to predict the contents of the UK budget, but it doesn't stop the newspapers trying, says Ray Snoddy.
22 Oct 2025
It's a big win for Farage as Ofcom's ruling on what serving politicians can or cannot do on TV allows his presenter career to continue. But is impartiality at risk?
15 Oct 2025
The decision by Paramount Global to close all its MTV channels by the end of the year is culturally seismic, but what lessons should the UK’s public service broadcasters take from the demise of music television?
The Daily Mail's ire turned on the advertising industry recently, claiming that black people are over-represented in British ads. What lies behind “the woke fantasies of ad-land?"
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