Talk:PA Media

Disambiguation needed
"Press Association" is one organization described in the entry and also another term for "Press agency" (a separate entry). But "Press Association" is also a type of business or professional society that editors and publishers have organized since the 19th century. I arrived at this entry searching for the latter, which appears to have no entry in Wikipedia (based on my searches). Kgbwpo2 (talk) 03:00, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Not that the name has changed, perhaps the disambiguation is needed even more.

09:59, 9 July 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kert01 (talk • contribs)

Corporate PR?
The article has a number of POV issues, some of which I have attempted to address in recent edits. To cut to the chase, it reads more like a piece of corporate PR than a balanced Wikipedia article. For example, Nick Davies' highly critical account of PA's role in the UK media's "churnalism" is glossed over and actually spun into an endorsement of PA. The trumpeting of a 2004 BBC memo about PA's status as a "confirmed, single source" also does not appear to fit with what I have been told by BBC staff (or with my own observations of the change in the way that the BBC reports "breaking news" from agencies). Perhaps someone could assist with some contemporary cite to establish what the BBC currently regards as trusted external sources? --Bill de Burgher (talk) 05:20, 28 November 2011 (UTC)


 * The BBC do list, in the form a small paragraph on one of their websites regarding news and data sources, however it does not specify the conditions for trusted items. here. Given what you have said reguarding the BBC staff, it is possible that the BBC, as stated on the website use a variety of both internal and external sources which include the Press Association. GN003 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:29, 1 December 2011 (UTC).


 * I see the POV problem goes back a long way - this really does read like a press release. Right on the first line: "The Press Association (PA) is the United Kingdom and Ireland's national multimedia news agency" - "the"? Implying there are no others? The use of the word "national" also implies it's an institution like the BBC or the NHS, not a commercial company. David (talk) 21:27, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Change of name
I'm an employee of the company, so can't do much more than suggest the edit...

The umbrella company changed name to "PA Media Group (Ltd.)" on 27th June 2019: https://pamediagroup.com/press-association-rebrands-as-pa-media-as-the-news-agency-pursues-a-digital-future/

Also https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00004197 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jberanek (talk • contribs) 11:53, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Given the article is about the news agency rather than the company, the page should be renamed to "PA Media".

As in Talk:PA_Media and the edits I actually performed (which I now know to be not ideal procedurally). Jberanek (talk) 17:55, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

As a result of the change of name and a clarification of the two separate entities of PA Media and PA Group, this page is now a bit of a mishmash of the two (they previously shared a single website, so confusion understandable).

Kert01 (talk) 10:23, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Agreed - most of the page is about the news agency, which is now "PA Media" but there are aspects which discuss other members of the group, PA Media Group. Jberanek (talk) 13:15, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

removed this template
it's broken, and I can't figure out how to fix it. Feel free to re-add if you can tell what the break is. StarM 01:58, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

The PA Cuttings Library
When did it disappear? In 1990 it was a vast resource of physical cuttings filed in subject folders for current topics and microfilmed for 'dead' topics. It must have represented millions of man hours. An invaluable resource for free-lancers. Where is it now? Wolstan Dixie (talk) 17:09, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Confusing
The first sentence describes PA as "the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland". (Is it possible to be the national agency of two different countries? Let's assume so.)  But then later on, it states "the PA provides a London-based service of news-collecting and reporting from around the United Kingdom". So how does that involve Ireland then? In fact, Ireland isn't mentioned after the first sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.255.189.104 (talk) 15:03, 16 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Guessing they meant Northern Ireland, but agree with you IP 94 that it could be better written. Star   Mississippi  16:57, 16 October 2022 (UTC)