Activity 1

Monopoly- This is when a sector of the media industry such as newspapers is dominated by one or a small number of large organisations.
Distribution- This is the process of how the media product gets to its audience after production
Takeover- This is where a larger company buys a smaller company
Convergence- This literally means ‘to work together’ and is where one form of media product ‘cross sells’ another form of media product to their mutual advantage of increasing sales/audiences.
Plurality- This means  that there is a diversity of viewpoints available and consumed across and within the media industries and prevents any one media owner or voice having too much influence over public opinion and the political agenda.
Vertical Integration- This is when a Media Company owns different businesses in the same chain of production and distribution.
Merger- This is where two or more companies, usually of similar size, combine to form a larger single company.
Consolidation- This is where a media company tries to maximise its power and profit by combining elements of its business into a more concentrated and more effective model.
Conglomerate- A large business corporation that is comprised of a range of different parts or smaller businesses
Horizontal integration- This is the process of a company expanding its media production in the same area of media. For example, one newspaper company buying another newspaper company. This can happen by internal expansion, merger or takeover and can lead to a monopoly.
Synergy- This is the combination of different areas of the media coming together to maximise profit

Activity 2
1. Trinity Mirror plc is the largest British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher after purchasing rival Local World for £220 million, in October 2015. It is Britain's biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the national Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and People, and the Scottish Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Since purchasing Local World, it has gained 83 print publications.

Monopoly, Conglomerate, Consolidation, Merger, Takeover, Vertical intergration.

2. News UK is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the American mass media conglomerate News Corp, owned by Rupert Murdoch. It is the current publisher of The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The Sun on Sunday newspapers as well as the Times Literary Supplement and Times Educational Supplement. Until June 2002, it was called News International plc.

Monopoly, Conglomerate, Consolidation, Merger, Takeover, Vertical intergration.

Late Night women's hour

Target audience is middle aged middle class women.

Its tone is more informal than women's hour.
the audio is in line with woman's hour being spoken word only, no audio stings or music. Making the format more formal than the tone.

The presenters have been Lauren Laverne and Emma Barnett.

Lauren Laverne is of a more working class background having working class grandparents and a father being a sociology lecturer. She has a regional accent which she has been criticised for and presented her opinions very clearly as the presenter.

Emma Barnett is a more traditional host voicing her opinions explicitly less and having less controversial left wing views. Acting more as a vessel for the target audience. Middle class southern white women.

Late night woman's hour is more progressive than woman's hour.