adrian monck

Author: Adrian Monck

  • Grade news at 10.30pm

    Melvyn Bragg rather outshone and outluvvied ITV News business editor Mark Eddo at 10.30pm. Eddo didn’t mention the line from Grade about looking at the news: I think news is very very important for a big network. And it is very interesting that in the competitive situation in America, although they’ve cut back the investment…

  • Sponsored news

    Next week sees NBC News getting sponsored by Philips. The sponsorship will give them extra programme time. Wow…Ofcom take note.

  • Grade – the half-corona of success

    In March the FT reported that pre-Hutton, Michael Grade was part of a team trying to put together a private equity bid for ITV. [FT ] Now, in the two years before he qualifies for a senior rail card, Grade trades a six figure pay cheque for seven, and coasts into Grays Inn Road on…

  • Writing school…

    I’m not a fan of Jeff Jarvis ordinarily, but this is a nice piece of critical work.