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Al Jazeera English – Arab reaction
On the day Al Jazeera English launches where better to visit than the offices of a leading Middle East newspaper? There is a complete absence of excitement at the launch of the new service. Although Al Jazeera’s international profile remains high, its Arabic channel has lost out in its own backyard to Dubai-based channel Al…
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BBC local news…
Former BBC exec Roger Laughton has produced a report for the BBC on the impact of their local news trials in the West Midlands. [SH] So what did the former BBC exec’s BBC-commissioned report say about the BBC? 1) There’s a problem for local media.2) There’s no problem for local media. You guessed. Why do…
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Cheers to Al Jazeera English
A big welcome to Al Jazeera English. Available in the UK on Sky 514 tomorrow. I’ll be raising a glass to their success…though not as many as perhaps have already been raised…Britons at Al-Jazeera TV station rapped for ‘drinking binges’…Who could the alleged boozers be? If you can guess, you probably know.
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The Future of News Media
To the Westminster Media Forum to talk about The Future of News Media. Hopefully, for the students, there is one. With charter review complete and the licence fee about to be set, no-one from the BBC is in attendance. But with a huge percentage of the jobs in broadcast and online news being in said…