Media organisations can be publicly or privately funded, with public funding coming from sources like lottery money or government grants and private funding coming from companies like News Corporation, MTV, or Warner Brothers. Both public and private funding have benefits such as increased revenue, marketing, or editorial freedom for media companies. Privately funded organisations have more independence while publicly funded ones like the BBC are overseen by a governing body.

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2. Media Organisations
Sources of public funding media organisations
Benefits for media company of being
funded
Taxpayers’ money
• Lottery funding
• Government grants
Privately funded media organisations
• News Corporation Trinity Mirror
• MTV
• Channel 4
• IGN
• Sony
• Pixar
• Warner Brothers
• IPC
• Virgin Radio
• Time Warner
• ITV
• Channel 5
• Sky (BSKYB/Sky TV)
Benefits for media company of being funded privately
Alignment to products or brands
• Increased revenue
• Increased marketing
• Wider international distribution
• Editorial freedom
• Wider/innovative revenue stream(s)
• Less government/external intervention
Governing body of BBC
•BBC TRUST

3. CV
Benefits for the potential employee of using a CV when applying for a
job in the media industry.
• Flexible
• Low cost
• Quick to process
• Established practice
• Tailored to need
• Illustrates practical experience/skills
• Can use digital technology
• Suitable across all media sectors
• Offers a concise picture of applicant and their skills
Disadvantages of using a CV when applying for a job in the media
industry
• Uninspiring/boring
• Difficult to demonstrate creativity
• Limited space
• Difficult to stand out
• Can become out of date
Equality issues that the news organisation will need to consider when
employing someone for their 24-hour news output.
• Unsocial hours
• Relevant protected characteristics
• Discrimination/Bias
• Employee rights (dependents)
• Flexible working patterns
• Medical conditions
• Legal considerations

4. Work
Benefits of being employed by a media organisation on a
full-time permanent basis.
• Security
• Support
• Promotion opportunities
• Regular wage
• Better resources
• Employee benefits
• Develop working relationships
Advantages of working collaboratively in the media
industry.
• group dynamic/working with others
• support mechanisms/helping each other
• shared resources (equipment, personnel, administration support)s
• specialised roles/use other people’s skills
• shared outcomes/collaborations
• improves communication
Advantages of working independently in the media industry
• Multi-skilling allowing a wider range of skills to be developed
• An engagement with the whole production process giving greater creative
control over the product
• Ability to solve problems leading to enhanced experience for productions in
the future
• Higher levels of motivation as reputation is linked to the project outcome
• Flexible working work life balance
Prefers to promote a production assistant to a floor manager rather than
recruit a new staff member, Advantages:
• No recruitment costs
• Flexible notice period
• Production assistant is familiar with company programme and role
• Working relationships already established
• Motivated workfor
Reason why relying on internal promotion might be a drawback for the
television production company.
• A limited number of applicants to choose from meaning company is less
likely to recruit the very best person for the job
• Lack of innovation, as the incoming person will be used to the existing ways
of working
• Can cause resentment amongst other staff creating difficult working
relationships and affecting collaboration
• Will create another vacancy in the company requiring further training for
new staff members

5. National organisations
National media organisation in the UK.
• Sky
• ITV
• Channel 4
• Channel 5
• Classic FM
• TalkSport
• Guardian Media Group
• Virgin
advantages and disadvantages of this type of local newspapers are owned by a small number of national
or international organisations.