tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4657418571477272705..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Is Left Media in Decline?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69993927406591671372021-11-11T23:16:36.720+00:002021-11-11T23:16:36.720+00:00The Canary is the only one to which I pay dosh, ha...The Canary is the only one to which I pay dosh, having started to subscribe when the appalling Rachel Riley went after them.<br /><br />I'm also a bit surprised by this finding that people would rather go for the interminable video of Novara Media rather than a quick read. A short video clip, fine, and Sarkar is a bright young woman, but hour-long talking heads???? (There's also the issue of NM's inglorious response to the bovine by-product about alleged antisemitism.)Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-28175729171332254692021-11-10T21:52:23.910+00:002021-11-10T21:52:23.910+00:00Phil,
Personally, I mostly experience Novara Medi...Phil,<br /><br />Personally, I mostly experience Novara Media in the form of podcasts. The whole point in podcasts is that they are something you can listen to WHILE doing something else (EG: your stupid fucking job). Thus, it isn't a "timesinnk", and roughly an hour is the ideal length for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-71548701981302117482021-11-10T18:48:59.771+00:002021-11-10T18:48:59.771+00:00Hislop really let the mask slip when Corbyn came i...Hislop really let the mask slip when Corbyn came in. He went after Jeremy with vitriol far deeper than anything he hurled at Cameron. Once you see that you can't unsee it. Was wondering what political label would sum him up? One nation Tory? Whig? But I think that<br /><br />anti-establishment Establishmentarian fits him reasonably well.<br /><br />Still like Paul Merton, he was good in the 90s when he was actually able to stay awake for most of the show. Zero entertainment value in watching an old man sleep on TV though. Hell, even Biden manages that.dermothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10814535373795945000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-41179590327325514932021-11-10T13:56:07.052+00:002021-11-10T13:56:07.052+00:00Yeh Private Eye is essential, but it ain't &qu...Yeh Private Eye is essential, but it ain't "left" by any definition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-81198809982402835672021-11-10T10:28:33.822+00:002021-11-10T10:28:33.822+00:00«Let's not forget Tribune.» «Tribune will one ...«<i>Let's not forget Tribune.</i>» «<i>Tribune will one day have more subscribers than New Statesman</i>»<br /><br />I like Tribune too. The New Statesman is hardly "left" media, especially after the editorship of notorious mandelsonian Jason Cowley, who in an editorial painted Ed Miliband as a "trot" and wrote:<br /><br />http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/11/ed-miliband-s-problem-not-policy-tone-and-increasingly-he-seems-trapped<br />“<i>Miliband has a deterministic, quasi-Marxist analysis of our present ills. [...] And he might have to accept before long – or the electorate will force him to – that Europe’s social-democratic moment, if it ever existed, is fading into the past.</i>”<br /><br />«<i>Private Eye's doing well too</i>»<br /><br />The usually sharp "Shai Masot" seems a bit off here, as "Private Eye" is an opposition magazine, but not a "left" one; to me is seems to have a classic right-wing "whig" line. Its main role is to message that there are rotten apples who are just rotten apples, as they are exceptions, the (class) system/establishment is fine.Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57664990836315820442021-11-09T11:19:49.333+00:002021-11-09T11:19:49.333+00:00I expect Tribune will one day have more subscriber...I expect Tribune will one day have more subscribers than New Statesman. Braingrasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859826435710133646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-35580301301685188422021-11-09T11:10:05.624+00:002021-11-09T11:10:05.624+00:00Let's not forget Tribune. A jolly good read if...Let's not forget Tribune. A jolly good read if ever there was one. Private Eye's doing well too.Shai Masothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452453462950704943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-3809675820035178892021-11-09T10:29:00.223+00:002021-11-09T10:29:00.223+00:00Spend 10 minutes reading an article or an hour wit...<i>Spend 10 minutes reading an article or an hour with watching and, in some cases, interacting with a show as it's broadcast? No contest.</i><br /><br />Couldn't agree more - but you seem to be suggesting that the massive timesink is actually <b>better</b> than the smaller one. The numbers seem to be with you, but why? Instant gratification on Twitter plus hour-long videos seems like an odd pairing. Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-84693250967932682662021-11-09T09:23:47.329+00:002021-11-09T09:23:47.329+00:00Thomas G. Clark of AAV argues that one of the main...Thomas G. Clark of AAV argues that one of the main reasons for his reduced number of views since 2017 is a change to the Facebook algorithms in 2018 which reduced the visibility of his site on people's FB feeds. This could be a factor in the reduced reach of The Canary as well, as they've tended to rely heavily on FB to reach audiences. Whereas Novara have tended to use their own site (and Twitter) more. Howard Reedhttp://www.landman-economics.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-75569323990302977412021-11-08T22:58:51.191+00:002021-11-08T22:58:51.191+00:00Would also argue that it's a question of quali...Would also argue that it's a question of quality, sure the medium is important (Novara wouldn't have the reach its enjoyed without the virality of YT or even Twitter during election period / big political moments like BLM for that matter) but the success of Tribune shows that high quality analysis (same as Jacobin) is still something audiences are looking for - similarly for the podcasts like PTO, and GB's a World to Win, the in-depth stuff is still doing well rather than solely just needing a left-wing substitute for broadcast news channels. And maybe points to why Canary (more Buzzfeed-esque) hasn't stood the test of time with it's emphasis on clickbait.SomeGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734505321644111836noreply@blogger.com