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The CBS Evening News business
How would you fix a problem in TV News? Say, the Couric Evening News? Before you send in your running order and personnel tweaks, your graphics ideas and story suggestions remember you are a journalist not a network boss. This is how bosses think (my italics): Karmazin, the former chief of CBS (CBS), was asked…
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Great writing
Never really had a chance to see the writing of Malcolm Muggeridge – I remember him as a faintly embarrassing figure of fun. But here’s a lovely excerpt of Muggeridge describing America in the 1950s: What they all want … is what the Americans have got – six lanes of large motor cars streaming powerfully…
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Ofcom and ITV
What will public service broadcasting look like in 2012 – post digital switch-off? Yesterday industry regulator Ofcom announced its review, a consultation which will end in 2009. Today ITV‘s Executive Chairman Michael Grade spelled out the result of his review – free, original entertainment – which will begin as soon as he can get Ofcom‘s…
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Why you shouldn’t allow comments on news stories…
Because sometimes readers aren’t stupid. Take the innocuous-looking piece above from AdAge. Someone called Roger has actually read it and asks:If you followed the link, you might just agree with him. There’s no reply from AdAge (your opinion is requested but presumably not valued), but if you are going to allow comments and recycle press…