The Sun editor-in-chief: We will become a holiday operator and betting company as well as a newspaper
Tony Gallagher, editor-in-chief of The Sun, has said that the sustainable future of his paper depends on it being a betting company and a holiday travel operator as well as producing news.
- All national newspapers will rely on “a variety of revenue streams” beyond news, he told a London conference. “It’s not just going to be cover price anymore, it’s going to be advertising and if we are going to have a long term future…we all need to look to our strengths and see that there are areas we can play in where we can be successful for a long-term sustainable future.”
- Mr Gallagher was asked whether The Sun – which is part of the stable owned by Eurosceptic media titan Rupert Murdoch – would be backing Britain’s exit from the European Union. Noting that the paper had already published 55 “extremely sceptical” editorials about Britain’s future membership of the EU, he replied: “I haven’t quite decided yet but the tone of the coverage is undoubtedly pretty hostile to what David Cameron has delivered.”
- She said that many online readers “feel guilty” about consumingGuardian journalism without paying and she wanted a “deeper relationship” with them. “People say to me all the time ‘How can I give you money?’” she said. “We want to help them out with that desire…and come up with a membership proposition that is really appealing to them.”
Net neutrality: BBC urges Ofcom to protect iPlayer
The BBC has called for stronger protection for digital TV services such as iPlayerto make sure internet providers treat them fairly.In its submission to Ofcom’s once-in-a-decade review of UK communications,which was published on Thursday, the BBC said the communications regulator and Ofcom needed to modernise regulation and ensure incoming net neutrality rules were enforced.
- The corporation said as technology advanced, and more public service content from broadcasters such as BBC and Channel 4 was consumed over the internet, there was a greater chance of conflict with those who provide the connections for them to reach their audiences.
- The corporation also said rules guaranteeing public sector broadcasters’ prominence on linear TV guides should be extended to the web, and internet providers should not be able to charge public service broadcasters for making their content available over the internet.
- Ofcom believes that demand for BBC content means providers are incentivised to offer high-quality access to content from public service broadcasters, in particular the BBC, and says there is no evidence they are abusing their position.
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