Wednesday 19 December 2012

Local business - Media structures and ownerships

The Crawley Observer.

The Crawley observer is a local newspaper, operating in the county West Sussex and more specifically in the towns Crawley and Horley.  The company deals with dealing with local news operation in and around west sussex, that would be useful to its inhabittants.  The Crawley observer operates on a vertical structure, meaning that they have more control on the production process of their media company.  So rather than having many businesses and different sectors to look at like larger companys they can focus more on the production of their newspaper.  Having a vertical structure in a local newspaper allows them to focus directly on the paper, from making sure the journalists make the deadline, to the designers, to the editors and then distribution.

The crawley observer is owned as part of Johnston Press PLC, the second largest local newspaper producer in Great Britain and Ireland.  The Company is run by CEO Ashley Highfield and Chairman Iain Russell CBE.  The Company is run and all corporate decisions are made by a series of directors instead of one individual boss.

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