Where does your local Ö÷²¥´óÐã get its news?
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| 17:25 PM, Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Ed: On the About the Ö÷²¥´óÐã blog Tim Bishop, Head of Regional and Local Programmes at Ö÷²¥´óÐã East, has written about the relationship between Ö÷²¥´óÐã local radio and regional newspapers.
For many in the newspaper industry, and in particular the local press, the suspicion is that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Deep Throat is picking up a copy of the local paper.
It's a suggestion repeated fairly frequently and usually without much challenge. So what's the actual evidence?
Six months ago, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã and , the body that represents regional publishers, decided to work together to find out. The agreed method was simple. Monitor news in one area for a month then look at the stories that overlapped and trace them back to their source. Northamptonshire was chosen. It has two strong evening papers and a weekly run by . The Ö÷²¥´óÐã is not unusually well-resourced there.
Read the rest of Where does your local Ö÷²¥´óÐã get its news? on the About the Ö÷²¥´óÐã blog
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