House of Commons - Future for local and regional media - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

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Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Fourth Report
Future for local and regional media

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary
1 Introduction

Our inquiry
Local and regional media in the UK

2 Regional and local newspapers

The state of the local newspaper industry
Structural changes and declining advertising revenues
Consolidation and the media merger regime
Local authority publications
Public service reporting and the future for local journalism
Digital and broadcast pools

3 Regional news on television

The future for regional news on Channel 3
Introduction
ITV's Public Service Broadcasting commitments
Independently funded news consortia
Top-slicing and the funding of IFNCs
BBC partnership proposals
Scottish regional television

4 Local radio

The state of local commercial radio
Regulation of local radio
Local radio ownership rules
Local radio news programming
Digital Britain and radio upgrade
BBC partnerships with local radio
Music licensing on local radio

5 Local media online

The impact of technology on the local media landscape
Google and online advertising
The future for local and regional news online

Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Tuesday 27 October 2009

Tuesday 10 November 2009
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009

Tuesday 8 December 2009
Written Evidence

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Prepared 6 April 2010