Media Quotes of the Week: From tech titans want to lay waste to old media to will BBC reap Rupert's revenge after documentary on Murdoch family?

Danny Forston in the Sunday Times [£]: "The upheaval that has cut half of US newspaper jobs in 15 years and decimated local publishers is far from over. The few winners, such as The New York Times, simply have a bigger target on their back. And Silicon Valley is gunning for them with extra vigour — for two reasons.The once-fawning press has turned on tech, slamming the industry for how it handles data, its lack of diversity, how the companies are run and, in extremis, for undermining democracy. At the same time, the fight for the future of media is still very much in play, and tech titans, tired of being painted the villain, want to lay waste to what remains of old media."

Piers Morgan in the Daily Mail: "Of course, the comical irony of the approved publication of all this ‘setting the record straight’ private information is that most of it confirms myriad newspaper stories that we were previously assured were ‘media lies’. There are other little snippets in the book that blast off the page like bombs. Meghan, we’re told, used to tip off the paparazzi about her movements in Toronto where she filmed her TV show Suits. One of them even had her phone number."

Nick Newman in The Spectator: "Eighty years ago, cartoonists were so celebrated that waxworks of Low, Strube and Poy were displayed in Madame Tussauds. Today, all that remains of Low is a pair of waxy hands in Kent University’s British Cartoon Archive. We are a vanishing species. There is a lack of new blood in the industry that doesn’t bode well for the future."

John Ware in the Daily Mail: "As journalism seeps into the social-media jungle of the 'activist' fringe and further away from the mainstream where it is at least governed by clearly defined codes, there is a cost to democracy. It is broadcasters like the BBC that are trying to hold the line on standards, not the self-appointed 'media activists' who make up their own rules and whose self-righteousness leaves them with dangerously little self-doubt. If we want fair and truthful journalism to prevail over deceitful propaganda on the internet, we must hold their authors to account."

The Wall Street Journal in a note to readers: "We’ve been gratified this week by the outpouring of support from readers after some 280 of our Wall Street Journal colleagues signed (and someone leaked) a letter to our publisher criticizing the opinion pages. But the support has often been mixed with concern that perhaps the letter will cause us to change our principles and content. On that point, reassurance is in order...As long as our proprietors allow us the privilege to do so, the opinion pages will continue to publish contributors who speak their minds within the tradition of vigorous, reasoned discourse. And these columns will continue to promote the principles of free people and free markets, which are more important than ever in what is a culture of growing progressive conformity and intolerance."

Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, in a statement on Reach's proposed deal to take full control of the Irish Daily Star: "The NUJ represents journalists across the Reach titles. Our local representatives and officials are under enormous pressure, engaging in urgent consultations on redundancies - apparently necessary on economic grounds by a company which is simultaneously expanding its portfolio. There is seething anger among our members and we are contesting the proposed redundancies at every opportunity. We cannot stand back and allow this proposed transaction to proceed without a challenge."

Owen Jones in the Guardian on alleged Russian interference in the Brexit vote: "Of far more relevance was the role of the two largest newspapers in Britain, the Sun – owned by an Australian-born American mogul, if we’re talking of foreign intervention – and the Daily Mail, which forcefully campaigned for Brexit. Not only do they have millions of readers, their front pages play a key role in shaping broadcast news coverage too. And given that immigration played a key role in the referendum, years of inaccurate and inflammatory press reporting on migrants surely had a dramatic impact on the result."

• A Guardian spokesperson after a man was jailed for assaulting Owen Jones: “We are pleased that the police and courts have now dealt with those responsible for this terrible attack. Assaults on journalists or political activists have no place in a decent society.”

Alan Rusbridger on Twitter: "Huge credit to the BBC for this series on Murdoch. Of course, it will redouble Murdoch drive to destroy the BBC. Do watch if you care about the relationship between information and democracy."

Nick Davies on Twitter: "A big salute to the BBC for having the backbone to commission and to broadcast their three-parter on Murdoch. The old man has been trying to destroy them for years, so it was great that they stood up to him. He has done so much damage..."

Adam Boulton on Twitter: "It was a poor series which re-hashed conventional "guardianista" wisdom with no new insight."

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