LibGuides: Business: News & Broadcast Media

The Financial Times

Financial Times
The Financial Times website provides global corporate, financial and political developments. It includes in depth special reports, company information and market data. If you are a new user, you will need to register for a myFT account which will allow you to personalise the news feeds you follow. There are instructions on how to access FT.com on the library website.

A guide to accessing the FT.com is below.

Please note that the subscription to FT.com will be ending on 17th May 2025.

Accessing the FT.com

Articles from the Financial Times are also available to view in the database Proquest Central. Please note that there is a 1 month delay.

Newspaper databases

LexisLibrary is the database to use if you are targeting newspaper articles. It contains full text articles from major UK national and local newspapers.

Lexis+ UK Newspapers
To access UK national and regional newspapers through the Lexis+ platform, click on the Content tab from the Lexis+ homepage and then select Newspapers.

Please note: LexisNexis terms and conditions do not permit the uploading of Lexis content into third party applications, including artificial intelligence technologies such as large language models and generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT, Bing, Google Bard and Harvey).
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
British Library Newspapers
Newspapers selected from the British Library's collections, including the Leicester Chronicle, from 1840-1900.

BBC Business News

Film, TV and radio

TV and Radio on demand (BoB)

Watch, record, create clips, search for upcoming programmes by title or keyword, compile favourite shows into playlists and share them with others. On and off campus: Requires your Single Sign On username and password (the same as for MyDMU and email).

Use this guide to find out how to request programmes, edit them into clips, create and share playlists etc..

Kanopy
Kanopy provides access to critically-acclaimed movies, thought-provoking documentaries, award-winning foreign films and lots more. When off campus, please click on Visit the Montfort Collection and then the Log in to Montfort link. You will then need to enter your DMU Single Sign On account to access the Kanopy site. If you have previously logged in as a DMU registered member then you may not be required to sign in again.

You can browse a list of Business titles on Kanopy.

Magazines on the Libby App

The free Libby app gives you access to a range of magazines and news sources, along with e-books and audiobooks with a leisure reading angle. These are provided in addition to the range of academic e-books and journal subscriptions that you can access via our catalogue and our print Leisure Reading collection in Kimberlin Library. All you need to access these collections is to download the Libby app and sign into our library using your single sign-on details to begin browsing and borrowing from the digital collection.

You can also read on Libby within a browser.

There is a guide to using the Libby app to get you started.

Why use newspapers?

Newspapers are often discounted as sources of information as they are not 'academic'. However they can be very useful as they provide:

Information about local events
First-hand accounts of events
Current information

Reading quality newspapers is a great way to develop your commercial awareness. In assignments you will often be writing about business models and theories and information from newspapers can illustrate how these models and frameworks are put into practice.

International newspapers

Many newspapers now have an online presence.

The Paperboy and The Newspaper Index both help you to identify online newspapers in particular countries. They don't give any assessment on the quality of the newspaper but they do indicate which language the newspaper is available in.