http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/07/the-death-of-the-welsh-media-the-pace-quickens/ ...now tell me yours Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:45:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/07/the-death-of-the-welsh-media-the-pace-quickens/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Angela Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:54:10 +0000 http://www.thisismytruth.org/?p=24#comment-15 It is a shame that we have to have Welsh editions of English media.Why can't we have our own publications, what's the key fact that stops Welsh print media being sustainable? is it just money or are we missing a crucial cog in the wheel? partly I feel that like everything else , there has to be commitment from the top and some leadership shown from the top too.Who in government has shown either? Seeding some robust publications that are about news in Wales surely cannot be that expensive.If the publications are quality then advertising would follow. I don't think this is so much a numbers game , because the market is not huge , but as far as advertising is concerned it is a viable one for traders in Wales and those who want to sell into Wales.Been there ,done that and proved it. To me a national media is essential and its time One Wales addressed this seriously.Its not only cultural , its social and economic. It is a shame that we have to have Welsh editions of English media.Why can’t we have our own publications, what’s the key fact that stops Welsh print media being sustainable?
is it just money or are we missing a crucial cog in the wheel?
partly I feel that like everything else , there has to be commitment from the top and some leadership shown from the top too.Who in government has shown either?
Seeding some robust publications that are about news in Wales surely cannot be that expensive.If the publications are quality then advertising would follow.
I don’t think this is so much a numbers game , because the market is not huge , but as far as advertising is concerned it is a viable one for traders in Wales and those who want to sell into Wales.Been there ,done that and proved it.
To me a national media is essential and its time One Wales addressed this seriously.Its not only cultural , its social and economic.

]]> http://www.thisismytruth.org/2009/07/the-death-of-the-welsh-media-the-pace-quickens/comment-page-1/#comment-12 achangeofpersonnel Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:22:12 +0000 http://www.thisismytruth.org/?p=24#comment-12 more worrying news for the ever shrinking welsh media but also for welsh education thanks for highlighting it, you would have thought that WAG and the Union would have been more alert to this sort of development with the problems the welsh media is facing. more worrying news for the ever shrinking welsh media but also for welsh education thanks for highlighting it, you would have thought that WAG and the Union would have been more alert to this sort of development with the problems the welsh media is facing.

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