Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
On 26 Feb 2010, at 10:58, Mo McRoberts wrote: I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. It means I need to find a new job next year. Where do I claim my prize? Jim - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
On 2-Mar-2010, at 16:29, Jim Tonge wrote: On 26 Feb 2010, at 10:58, Mo McRoberts wrote: I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. It means I need to find a new job next year. Being pedantic, I wasn’t offering the prize for the “25% of staff to go” bit of it… In all seriousness, my condolences, though. Where do I claim my prize? I didn’t even specify what the prize *was* ;) M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
[backstage] web jobs to go?
web jobs to go? according to the front page of today's Times: The corporation’s web pages are to be halved, backed by a 25 per cent cut in staff numbers. http://bit.ly/webjobstogo ~: - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:14, Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetw...@btinternet.com wrote: The corporation’s web pages are to be halved I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. My off-the-cuff thoughts on it last night: http://nevali.net/post/412092568/bbc-signals-an-end-to-an-era-of-expansion M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
On 26/02/2010 10:58, Mo McRoberts m...@nevali.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:14, Jonathan Chetwynd j.chetw...@btinternet.com wrote: The corporation¹s web pages are to be halved I'm tempted to offer a prize to the first person who can accurately determine what web pages are to be halved ACTUALLY means. My off-the-cuff thoughts on it last night: http://nevali.net/post/412092568/bbc-signals-an-end-to-an-era-of-expansion That's a good post, Mo and I'm sure many here appreciate it. The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media My personal opinion of course. Gavin - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:28, Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk wrote: The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media this goes back to the old 'will a commercial replacement fill the gap?' argument, and I did allude to it to an extent in that post: my guess is 'no, it won't', and I don't think much of that's the BBC's fault, really. the marketplace is changing, and the commercial environment is also changing. localised content is a very different game to ten - or even five - years ago. given that, I'd err more towards the BBC providing such services so that *somebody* will, even if that's under a relatively tight remit so that feature-creep doesn't have a negative effect upon commercial services in related areas. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
Re: [backstage] web jobs to go?
Mo McRoberts wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 14:28, Gavin Johnson gavin.john...@bbc.co.uk wrote: The bit that worries me is .. a pledge not ever to produce services at a 'more local' level than is currently the case. because (a) 'not ever' seems a bit greedy, particularly as (b) I can't see there has been much interest in local by commercial media this goes back to the old 'will a commercial replacement fill the gap?' argument, and I did allude to it to an extent in that post: my guess is 'no, it won't', and I don't think much of that's the BBC's fault, really. the marketplace is changing, and the commercial environment is also changing. localised content is a very different game to ten - or even five - years ago. given that, I'd err more towards the BBC providing such services so that *somebody* will, even if that's under a relatively tight remit so that feature-creep doesn't have a negative effect upon commercial services in related areas. If Radio licences from Ofcom weren't so extortionate then we might see more community stations providing local content. The US has so many non-profit radio stations that it is hard to see why it is worth making permanent broadcast licences such commercial challenge to get. I mean WBAI New York[1] is probably one of the best non-profit stations out there but there are literally droves of them. Why we don't seem to want the UK to have this is beyond me... :-/ Cheers, Tim [1] well worth checking out: http://www.wbai.org/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
