http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-it-has-its-faults-but-we-should-be-proud-of-the-british-press-952294.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-it-has-its-faults-but-we-should-be-proud-of-the-british-press-952294.html <p> National newspapers are supposedly dying. Half of them are losing money. All of them are losing sales. The internet is the future &ndash; and there appears to be little money even there for publishers. The glory days are over, and from now on it is all about managing decline.</p> Stephen Glover Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-the-prof-should-put-his-sniping-to-one-side-and-look-closer-to-home-945120.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-the-prof-should-put-his-sniping-to-one-side-and-look-closer-to-home-945120.html <p> We pundits are sometimes cruel or unfair. I have certainly written things I later regretted. But I wonder whether I have ever sunk as low as my esteemed colleague Professor Roy Campbell-Greenslade did in his media column in the London Evening Standard last week.</p> Stephen Glover Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-how-easy-it-is-to-slip-on-a-banana-skin-when-your-nose-is-in-the-air-937459.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-how-easy-it-is-to-slip-on-a-banana-skin-when-your-nose-is-in-the-air-937459.html <p> Tesco has won its epic legal battle with The Guardian. Last Tuesday the paper published an apology that can only be described as abject. It was wrong to run a "splash" last February accusing the supermarket chain of trying to avoid paying &pound;1bn in corporation tax. The article should not have been published, and the allegations were unfounded. </p> Stephen Glover Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-britains-quality-newspapers-are-still-cheap-despite-the-price-rises-930716.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/comment/stephen-glover/stephen-glover-on-the-press-britains-quality-newspapers-are-still-cheap-despite-the-price-rises-930716.html <p>Since September 1993 Britain has enjoyed the cheapest quality newspapers in the world. It was then that Rupert Murdoch cut the price of The Times from 45p to 30p. He later dropped it to 20p. His rivals were dumbstruck. The Independent initially raised its cover price in response before realising that this was not a particularly bright idea. The Daily Telegraph tried to stay aloof, but was eventually forced to follow The Times's lead.</p> Stephen Glover Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100