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Post by Rory on Feb 12, 2022 13:22:34 GMT
I agree with the comment above that Baz's move away from the Mail will mean that Middle England and the Shires won't get the same exposure to theatre news and theatre in general.
I've read Baz since I was a teenager and whilst I hate the Daily Mail, I will miss his column hugely, especially his breaking of theatre news, if it doesn't appear with the same regularity at Deadline. But I wish him the very best.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 12, 2022 13:27:10 GMT
If he is 63 then maybe he just wants to slow things down a bit. He’d be more than entitled to after 40 years. Keeping his hand in, without the same pressures that a daily tabloid presents might be his choice.
As for Deadline, I’ve not heard of it but I’m sure we’ll continued to get his tweets anyway, his Twitter account isn’t attached to the DM presumably. I suppose it’s a question of whether he’ll still be fed all the goss without having the DM behind him.
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Post by Jon on Feb 12, 2022 13:35:00 GMT
I agree with the comment above that Baz's move away from the Mail will mean that Middle England and the Shires won't get the same exposure to theatre news and theatre in general. I've read Baz since I was a teenager and whilst I hate the Daily Mail, I will miss his column hugely, especially his breaking of theatre news, if it doesn't appear with the same regularity at Deadline. But I wish him the very best. You make it sound like Middle England and the Shires are luddites who can't access or use a computer or a phone. I'm sure some of them are but not all of them! The world of news is changing rapidly and print media has it place and will likely not die anytime soon but I'm not sure if Baz leaving the DM for Deadline means people will stop buying theatre tickets. |
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Post by Rory on Feb 12, 2022 16:16:32 GMT
I agree with the comment above that Baz's move away from the Mail will mean that Middle England and the Shires won't get the same exposure to theatre news and theatre in general. I've read Baz since I was a teenager and whilst I hate the Daily Mail, I will miss his column hugely, especially his breaking of theatre news, if it doesn't appear with the same regularity at Deadline. But I wish him the very best. You make it sound like Middle England and the Shires are luddites who can't access or use a computer or a phone. I'm sure some of them are but not all of them! The world of news is changing rapidly and print media has it place and will likely not die anytime soon but I'm not sure if Baz leaving the DM for Deadline means people will stop buying theatre tickets. That's not what I said at all, or was inferring, Jon, with all due respect to you. I made the point that a large demographic of Mail readers picked up on theatre events from his column which *many* of them otherwise may not have done at all, or at least not until some later stage. I was referring to the circulation and popularity of the Mail and the consequent reach of his column and I called no-one a luddite. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 12, 2022 18:32:22 GMT
Sure Deadline is a big website if you follow a particular genre of entertainment, not big in theatre circles, it’s a big like Vogue is big if you are a devotee to fashion, but not in the wider circles.
Jon I have noticed the years you have been posting, you encompass all types of popular entertainment and not just theatre, so guess why Deadline would be big in your world.
No one has replaced Micheal Riedel at the NY Post?
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Post by crowblack on Feb 12, 2022 18:52:53 GMT
As discussed there has been unhappiness at the direction the Mail has taken and some uncomfortableness from many theatre companies and producers about placing so much emphasis on articles in that paper. Indeed many have pulled advertising spend with the Mail and Mail Online because of its dubious stories which many see as old fashioned or even straight-up racist or sexist. That, I think, is a reason for theatre to reach out to and engage with these readers, not turn its back and close itself off. |
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Post by Rory on Oct 24, 2024 22:51:12 GMT
Gotta say that I still miss Baz on a Thursday night. Just not the same!
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2024 23:25:38 GMT
I cannot remember the last scoop from Baz who was a Thursday night feature. Shows the downsizing in printed media where Baz Bamigbode and Michael Riedel are irrelevant now.
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