Irish independent parent in talks to buy TheJournal.ie

Shan Doras

TheJournal.ie defined youth culture of the 2010s in Ireland, their factchecks were also so funny https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/04/18/irish-independent-owner-mediahuis-nears-deal-to-buy-journalie/

ToweringPerformance

Hopefully they shut it down. Awful left leaning bias and we've far too much of that in Ireland.

Atlantic Dawn

I'd say purchase price will be in the low digit single € coins.

The value of a potential deal is said to be in the “low single-digit millions”.

Shan Doras

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122039351#Comment_122039351

They've had the begging bowl out looking for donations for a long time so things must be tough. I'm surprised that money is so tight tho considering they have much lower overheads than a legacy print publication

hoodie6029

Feck. More consolidation in media. The Examiner and Breaking News went to the Irish Times a couple of years ago.
I know that they say the outlets will maintain their editorial independence but talk is cheap.

The consolidation is the effect of people getting their news from Social Media, YouTube, Telegram etc. Outlets just can’t survive. As an old fogey who still reads the papers and still uses boards, that world is alien to me. Fintan O’Toole wrote a column after the Dublin Riots pointing out that if you use the mainstream media now, you are in the minority. A shocking percentage of people get their news and opinions online from ‘citizen journalists’ and influencers.

Byline Times is a good outlet for anyone who hasn’t heard of it. They originally broke the Dan Wooton story among some other big stories over the last few years.

sugarman20

Bye bye comment section.

NewbridgeIR

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122039638#Comment_122039638

They're closed a lot of the time anyway. Even for non-legal reasons.

Overheal

The Indo becomes the Conglo eh

corkie

@hoodie6029 The consolidation is the effect of people getting their news from Social Media

Ireland enacted an EU Law in February, that could bring strong censorship on social media. Government's control of the narrative?

You mention an alternative site for news and thanks for that hadn't heard of it.

Example: -

Fact Checkers Slam Government Inaction on Political Deepfakes Ahead of General Election, Saying Laws ‘Not Fit for Purpose’

Full Fact has called on the Government to clarify how mis- and disinformation will be challenged in this pivotal election year

• Full Fact CEO Chris Morris told Byline Times: “The Government’s failed promise to tackle information threats has left us facing down transformative digital challenges with an analogue toolkit. An Online Safety Act with just two explicit areas of reference to misinformation cannot be considered fit for purpose in the age of AI.”

Unfortunately that article is behind the times and must be not aware of the new laws that are being enacted now.

Edit: Sorry! The site is an UK article so not governed by EU Laws ~ Brexit 

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122039638#Comment_122039638

..and nothing of value was lost.

pleasant Co.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122040927#Comment_122040927

not hearing the voice of arseholes doesn’t mitigate the voice of arseholes, just stick your head in the metaphorical sand, it does the same job for you.

Guildenstern

The Journal is just a views papers for under 30s liberals. Can't be that many of them left, no wonder they're selling.

Dick phelan

It died as soon as they closed most of the comments. That was probably a big driver to the site, let's be honest the standard of journalism was nothing to write home about.

Gloomtastic!

I like the comments. The peoples’ view of the news.

Padre_Pio

No great loss. Stories rife with factual errors and spelling mistakes. I'd say the average age of the journalists was 22.

The comments section is a cesspool.

I would say it only because popular as it had a better app and online presence before the larger outlets, and didn't require a sub.

I'm definitely in the minority, but I support measured efforts to reduce the amount of citizen journalists and talking heads. There are far too many cranks online peddling a one sided view of current events, and their opinions are influenced by revenue-generating views.

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122041020#Comment_122041020

No more than the bigger outlets to be fair, or staff who are thinking ahead to wanting to move into a political staffer role down the line.

Anyway, the Journal is the last place I'd go for news myself and the big "please donate" ads make it even more off-putting so there's no loss here really if it ends up getting absorbed.