It’s been a little while since our last update, as I (that is to say, Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Coordinator) was away for about half of October. In lieu of that month’s update, we’re rolling Oct and Nov together into this edition. You can read the last update here. This update will be largely…
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As summer gives way to autumn, there are a number of notable shifts taking place in the UK’s media landscape. As usual, you’re with Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Coordinator, as I look back through the last month of our work. If you want to go further back, you can read the last update here.…
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The following is the full text of the response Better Media submitted to Part 1 of Ofcom’s ‘Review of Local Media in the UK’. Credit to our member Rob Watson for doing the majority of the work preparing this response. It was submitted on September 2nd, 2024. This is Better Media’s response to Ofcom’s Local…
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Welcome to the last monthly Better Media update of the summer. As usual, you’re with Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Coordinator, as I look back through the last month of our work. If you want to go further back, you can read the last update here. Participating in policy campaigns This month I want to…
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Welcome to another monthly update from Better Media. After a rainy June, the sun is coming out at last – but the change of government is not providing as sunny an outlook as we might have hoped when it comes to media issues. You can read the last update here. This month I’ll be focusing…
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The following is an open letter to Angela Rayner, the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Lisa Nandy, the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom, written by Better Media member Rob Watson for Decentered Media on 10th July 2024. We republish it here…
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Hello and welcome back to a bumper monthly update from Better Media. I was away on leave last week, so this June update is coming to you slightly late and we have plenty to catch up on after a dramatic month ahead of the country going to the polls today.
Hello and welcome to a slightly belated Better Media monthly update, for May 2024. I’m Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator.
Hello and welcome to Better Media’s April 2024 update. No fools here! Just me, Rowan Gavin, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator.
Hello and welcome to another update on the work of Better Media. Rowan Gavin here, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator.