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NHS privatisation tender moves up the agenda

The NHS privatisation tender reported here and on 24dash has now been reported by PA as you can see also on 24dash

24dash is an interesting media organisation as it is a pure internet media organisation without any dead tree editions.

I found they did quite well at reporting the job cuts in hospitals first. The reality of such an organisation is that the stories are continually published and there is no need to deliver a physical object to the reader.

This will challenge the print media as well. To some extent organisations such as The Times publish on the net during the day. Others, however, hold back a bit.

There is some tension in media circles about the BBC using licence fee payer revenue to establish a dominant online position. I do understand that concern.

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