Channel 4 News is the news division of British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is a British public-service television broadcaster, largely commercially self-funded. Channel 4 News is noted for its extensive coverage of international news and good background reports on current affairs. It is anchored by Jon Snow and is on the air Monday to Friday from 19:00-19:55 on Channel 4 and at variable times on weekends. The news is most popular in the evenings as a large population of the audience are home from school, work etc. The News is after the popular shows such as 'The Simpsons', 'Hollyoaks' therefore attracts a large audience as they would be watching the channel after the shows. Channel 4 is mostly to entertain however it informs and educates too. Many news channels have their own websites online now therefore a large audience would access the Channel 4 news online, such as their website.
Print
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper, it was founded by Alfred Harmsworth, who sold it to his brother Harold Harmsworth in 1913. In 1963 a restructuring of the media interests of the Harmsworth family led to the Mirror becoming a part of International Publishing Corporation. The Mirror was owned by Robert Maxwell between 1984 and 1991. It is famous for it's wide range of celebrity gossips and sports attracting a large audience of working class and young adults, however I think the female audience would be more interested in the showbiz section whereas the male audience would be more interested in the sports section, the newspaper widely attracts both audiences of different ages. Newspapers are becoming more unpopular as new technology has been introduced such as phone apps which provide news therefore audiences who used to buy newspapers are unlikely to get them now as they would have access to it on their phone. However I think a elderly audience would still like to read newspapers and buy them as it has become a tradition to them.
E-Media
SourceFed is a news website and YouTube channel created by Philip DeFranco, produced by James Haffner on January 23, 2012, as part of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. SourceFed's channel includes numerous shows, the staple show being SourceFed, originally named 20 Minutes or Less; a news show which presents five news related videos daily from Monday to Thursday. The SourceFed team consists of hosts, editors, bloggers, and one producer. The hosts are YouTube bloggers who are used like reporters, but only exclusive on the Internet and not on television or on radio. The demographic audiences attracted to this e-media source would be a young audience from 14 to 25 as the show informs the audience about the top news around however creates humour and allows the audience to stay amused with the creative images and gestures used by the hosts as it creates interest and wanting the audience want to watch more as normal news is boring for a younger audience. In addition SourceFed is a channel where an organised team allow to explain the news in their own way which shows the digital and new media is becoming more advanced and as technology is improving audiences would rather use the new media. Moreover a larger audience are on the internet browsing such as 'Youtube' therefore they would watch this channel as part of entertainment as well as inform.
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