ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
09 Oct 2013
Let's not get bogged down in the apparently small issues that separate the two royal charters. In the end we are talking principles - about the separation of powers between government and a free press in a democracy.
As the Privy Council is due to rule on the two Royal Charters governing press regulation, the Daily Mail's editor Paul Dacre could not have chosen a worse week for his rush of poisonous blood to the head says Raymond Snoddy.
25 Sep 2013
At the consumer end of the business, Virgin and Sky will fight like cats in a sack says Raymond Snoddy - but what is remarkable are the large areas of agreement between them. So what do they have to say about their future?
18 Sep 2013
DR, Denmark's small public service broadcaster, has produced monster hits including The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge. Raymond Snoddy asks how they have pulled this off - and after hearing the organisation's director of cultural affairs talk at IBC in Amsterdam, finds the answers are both extreme and surprising.
11 Sep 2013
As the BBC sinks into yet another crisis, the future of the BBC Trust remains in the balance. Should it simply be put out of its misery? The answer from Raymond Snoddy is an emphatic no.
04 Sep 2013
As newsbrands experiment with new business models and witness real success, there is one heavyweight owner of top-notch newsbrands which continues to sit on its hands. It's now time for News UK to nail its colours to the mast with real user and readership numbers says Raymond Snoddy.
28 Aug 2013
After Kevin Spacey attracted headlines last week with his MacTaggart lecture in Edinburgh, Raymond Snoddy looks in more detail at what he said - and wonders how much of a threat the likes of Netflix really pose to cable operators.
21 Aug 2013
It would be heart warming, says Raymond Snoddy, if local TV were to establish itself and outlive the period of Government-imposed subsidy that will kick-start it. But to do so it will have to confront and overcome a number of harsh challenges.
14 Aug 2013
A huge spat is taking place in the US between CBS and Time Warner, with millions of customers losing out - and despite the differences between the US and UK broadcast industries, the row highlights some serious concerns much closer to home says Raymond Snoddy.
07 Aug 2013
After the shock sale of the Washington Post, Raymond Snoddy asks why should Jeff Bezos, the multi-billionaire founder of Amazon and a West coast citizen of the new world be interested in a fading symbol of the old world?
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