Broadcasting Sub-committee

Minutes (BSC(3)-04-09)

Date:19 March 2009
Time: 09:30 - 11:30
Venue: Committee Room 1, Senedd

Assembly Members in Attendance

Dai Lloyd, South Wales West (Chair)

Eleanor Burnham, North Wales

Alun Cairns, South Wales West

Joyce Watson, Mid and West Wales

Committee Service

Stefan Sanchez, Clerk

Annette Millett, Deputy Clerk

Others in Attendance:

Gavin Steacy, Regional Managing Director, Newsquest

Gerry Keighley, Regional Managing Editor, Newsquest

Spencer Feeney, Editor-in-Chief, South West Wales Media Limited

Sara Wilde, Regional Managing Director, Media Wales, Trinity Mirror

Aled Eirug, Committee Adviser

1: Introduction, Apologies and Substitutions (09:30 - 09:35)

1.1. The Chair welcomed Committee Members and members of the public

2.1. No apologies had been received.

2: Evidence gathering on the current state of the Welsh Newspaper Industry (09:35 - 11:30)

Evidence from:

Newsquest

2.1  The witnesses responded to questions from the Committee

South West Wales Media Limited

2.2  The witness responded to questions from the Committee

Trinity Mirror

Paper

BSC(3)-04-09 (Paper 1)

2.3  The witness responded to questions from the Committee

3. The Sub-committee’s report

3.1  The Sub-committee agreed that the report of its inquiry on the Welsh newspaper industry would be circulated around members for agreement as this was the last formal meeting of the Sub-committee.

Paper to Note:

Minutes of the last meeting

Paper: BSC(3)-03-09

The minutes of 5 March 2009 meeting were ratified

Committee Service
March 2009

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