There is no question that all media – newspapers and television especially – are going through great change with more to come: declining sales of newspapers and concerns about local coverage; the value of user-generated content; potential digital content charging; the decision on state contracts for regional television news; potential consolidation in the Scottish media industry following the Ofcom proposed loosening of media ownership restrictions. Join a panel of leading media industry professionals, commentators and politicians including Tim Blott, president of the Scottish Daily Newspaper Society and managing director of the Herald & Times Group; Mark Wood, former chairman and CEO of ITN; Sandy Ross, formerly managing director STV, now MurrayfieldMedia Ltd. ; Douglas McCabe of Enders Analysis, the premier analytical company looking at the international media sector and (to be confirmed), Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution. Chaired by Herald columnist Ruth Wishart this is a session for all that work in, consume and use media as well as those concerned with civic and political life.
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