Blog Relations
Press Gazette Closes
The Press Gazette is to close after 41 years reporting on journalism, mostly in the UK. No reasons were given. In a way, its surprising it’s lasted so long. Classified Ads for British journalism jobs go straight to Monday’s Media Guardian. I suppose there are so many media pundits blogging away for free these days, that the competition was almost limitless. Still, I think if you wanted to really know what was going on behind the scenes in British journalism, you had to read the Gazette. It will be missed.
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Sorry, but some of the point of this post need addressing.
“Classified Ads for British journalism jobs go straight to Monday’s Media Guardian”
Just not true. Journalism.co.uk carries a similar number of journalism jobs to the Guardian and PG was not strong on jobs anyway – hardly the reason for its demise.
“I suppose there are so many media pundits blogging away for free these days, that the competition was almost limitless”
Perhaps, but most of what floats about is poor second-hand rhetoric worthy only of distain and a desire never to return.
“Still, I think if you wanted to really know what was going on behind the scenes in British journalism, you had to read the Gazette.”
Yep, have to agree with that. But despite is doubted quality it was not the sole provider ‘going on behind the scenes in British journalism’.
“It will be missed.”
Absolutely.
Oliver Luft from Journalism.co.uk gives a fairly comprehensive dismissal of almost all my points – but I would be interested if he could give me his views for the reason why Press Gazette went out of business…