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
