Hesmondhalgh Cultural Industries Theory


Hesmondhalgh
The Daily Mail Online

Cultural industries (newspapers) follow normal capitalist patterns of increased concentration cultural production is owned by a few conglomerates who vertically integrate across a range of media to reduce risk.
DM- totally supports this because it is owned by Lord Rothermere who is one of the two billionaires in the UK who between them own ¾ of the press. He has reduced risk by vertically integrating to an online paper as well as print.

Risk is high for cultural industries – especially now the internet means stories are shared quickly.
Lord Rothermere doesn’t mind if figures are down a bit

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