The impact of new and digital media news

Task 1

	NEWS
Impact on audience	Impact on institution	Theories & debates
v  Can access news easily anytime v  Information they get may be inaccurate v  Many sources of new v  They can become their own journalist ‘citizen journalist’	v  Audience numbers are down for traditional institutions v  Bad reputation on the institution v  Revenue taken by different institutions  such as: google v   Printing has considerably fallen down	v    Paretos law as 80% of audience get news from 20% of institution v  ‘The information age castells’ v  ‘Most important medium’

Task 2

E-Media

BBC: 
The industry: Mass Media
Predecessors: British Broadcasting Company
Founded: 18th October 1922
Founders: John Reith & George Villiers
Area Served: Worldwide
Revenue: £5.06billion
Owners: The crown (publicly owned)

ITV:
Launched: 22 September 1955
Owned by: ITV plc, STV Group plc, UTV Media plc
Audience Share: ITV Network
Country: United Kingdom
Headquaters: The London Studios, Waterloo, London, SE1 9LT

Five:
Launched: 30 March 1997
Owned by: Northern & Shell
Channels: 5USA, 5*, Channel 5+1
Formerly called: Five from 2002-2010 now, Channel Five:2010-present

Channel 4:
Channel four television corporation
News: Channel 4 News
Audience Share: Channel 4= 4.9% Channel 4+1=0.9%

Print:

Telegraph Media Group:
Editor: Tony Gallagher
Political Alignment: Centre-right conservative
Circulation: 541,036 (Feb 2013)
Newspaper: Daily Telegraph

The Sun:
Type: Daily newspaper
Owner: News UK
Editor: David Dinsmore
Founded: 1964
Circulation: 2,281,301 (July 2013~)

Trinity Mirror PLC:
Type: Public
Industry: Publishing
Founded: 1903
Revenue: £761.5million (2010)
KP: David Grigson (chairman of the board), CEO= Simon Fox
Products: National and regional newspapers, magazines
Operating income: £138.0 million
Profit: £113.3 million (2010).

Broadcasting

Google
Larry Page, Sergey Brin
Revenue: US$ 50.18 Billion (2012)
Operating Income: US$ 12.76 Billion (2012)
Profit: US$ 10.74 Billion (2012)
Total Assets: US$ 93.80 Billion (2012)
Total Equity: US$ 71.72 Billion (2012)
News: Google News, through Google search

Yahoo
Founders: Jerry Yang and David Filo
Revenue: US$ 4.98 Billion (2012)
Operating Income: US$ 566 Million (2012)
Net Income: US$ 3.94 Billion (2012)
Total assets: US$ 17.10 Billion (2012)
Total Equity: US$ 14.56 Billion (2012)
News: Yahoo News

Twitter
Founders: Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams, Biz Stone
Revenue: US$ 317 Million (2012)
Users: 200 Million (active Feb 2013)