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New news channels…
News channels are more about influence than money according to The Economist. I look forward to its next issue on religious affiliation at the Apostolic Palace and the sylvan defecatory habits of bears. Whilst The Economist, like the rest of us, eagerly anticipates the November 15th launch of AJI, if only because television was invented…
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Liquid Newsnight
Newsnight ed Peter Barron has been gamely justifying the Madonna interview. Here’s the case for the defence: Our audience share doubled, nearly three million watching three or more minutes of the interview. Grubby talk I know… Was it newsworthy? The interview spawned hundreds of articles worldwide, so if it wasn’t that’s an awful lot of…
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Reporting Al Jazeera
The Independent carries a story about Al Jaz. [Indy] Here’s a quote from the piece… “Morale has been plummeting throughout the year,” says a source at al-Jazeera’s Knightsbridge bureau. “There is serious confusion about what the station is for and real tension between al-Jazeera’s Arabic programme makers and the new international team.” Hmmm. I love…
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MoD vs. ITV News – resolution
The MoD has agreed to allow ITV News reporters back on embeds. Their director of news, James Clark, has had to back down in the face of widespread criticism. Clark is a former Mail reporter – here’s their account of his change of mind: Government forced to let ITV News back on the front-line. The…