The British Newspaper Industry: The Future of the Regional Press
John Hill
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Description for The British Newspaper Industry: The Future of the Regional Press
Hardback. This work sets out to distinguish the newspaper industry from the generality of single product organisations and to provide tailored solutions to its problems. It draws on a variety of techniques and practices successfully used in other industries. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
It is never very obvious to spectators of the newspaper business just why it is that the industry has suffered so badly in recent years. Most ascribe the reasons to the arrival of the Internet in all its forms when, in truth, most of its problems were created by the newspaper managements themselves, either by weak management in the control of its environment, by a serious lack of foresight in looking to the future, or by assuming that change, if it were to come, would be at the slow pace of past change. The magisterial attitudes of most newspaper managements ... Read more
It is never very obvious to spectators of the newspaper business just why it is that the industry has suffered so badly in recent years. Most ascribe the reasons to the arrival of the Internet in all its forms when, in truth, most of its problems were created by the newspaper managements themselves, either by weak management in the control of its environment, by a serious lack of foresight in looking to the future, or by assuming that change, if it were to come, would be at the slow pace of past change. The magisterial attitudes of most newspaper managements ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
445g
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137568960
SKU
V9781137568960
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Ref
99-15
About John Hill
John Hill has worked in newspapers in Kenya, Kuwait, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He has an MBA and a PhD and has either written or contributed to nine academic papers or books.
Reviews for The British Newspaper Industry: The Future of the Regional Press
John Hill has written quite a brilliant book on the state of the British newspaper industry. This lucid, informed and thought-provoking study takes a much needed look at one of our major cultural institutions. A comprehensive and intelligent account that readers will love. - John Hassard, The University of Manchester, UK