LOCAL newspapers have become amongst the first victims of the global recession with major job losses, pay freezes and closures announced.
Some commmentators are already predicting that the future for local papers is bleak, almost terminal, as they are hit both by the economic downturn and the march of the internet.
Editorial quality is always one of the first [...]

FLEDGLING businesses in Greater Manchester want more help to market themselves on the internet as the recession bites, according to a Sound Communication survey.
They want better technical support, more training and stronger creative input to help market their businesses more effectively on the web.
Although most are ‘reasonably’ or ‘very well equipped’ to use the internet, [...]

HOW many people would watch a 37-minute speech by a politician?
Few of us would guess that five and a half-million people would have tuned in.
But that’s how many people have apparently so far watched Barack Obama’s ‘More Perfect Union’ speech on YouTube.
In its entirety.
The Democratic Presidential contender has other impressive on-line statistics: $235million dollars so [...]

A NEW online network for social entrepreneurs has just been launched – and was attracting considerable attention at the Voice 08 conference in Liverpool this week.
UnLtdWorld aims to provide a network to bring together social entrepreneurs from all over the globe.
They can share on-line conversations, interests and values – and make connections around specific projects or work.
UnLtdWorld is [...]

MEET the Sound Communication team:
Matthew Finnegan – former Director of Communications for Liverpool between 1999-2006, Matt was part of the team which helped win the Capital of Culture title for the city. A respected journalist in the North West for 20 years – 15 at the Guardian & Manchester Evening News – he is a [...]