Daily Telegraph sacks editor Tony Gallagher in shock move designed to 'move beyond putting news online'
Summary
Telegraph are saying that they need to reinvent and innovate their business beyond simply just putting news online for audience consumption. The dismissal of Gallagher comes as he clashed with chief content officer Jason Seiken. Gallagher is widely admired in the industry while deputy editor he played a crucial part in the Telegraph's coverage of the MP's expenses scandal of 2009. The Telegraph say they need to be an essential part of the audiences lives, they need to innovate to survive. The Telegraph are trying to take precautions with the dizzying decline of the newspapers industry and the chief executive of Telegraph Media Group says “To protect the company’s future we need rapidly to embrace and adapt to the new digital world in which our customers live.”
Key Statistics
- MP's expenses scandal of 2009
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297606/MPs-expenses-Full-list-of-MPs-investigated-by-the-Telegraph.html - Over 25 MP's were investigated for the expenses scandal of 2009 including Ed Balls and Diana Abbott.
My Opinion
Just like all the major newspaper conglomerates the Telegraph are just trying to protect themselves in whatever way they can in this decline of the news institutions as things like citizen journalists take over pushing them out of the industry. In my opinion, this is the right thing to do because competition is tough and if they do not protect themselves early then they are more likely to be pushed out. Having said that the Telegraph protecting their future is good but they need to ensure that they think outside the box in order to stay afloat.
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