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Saving journalism, one summit at a time
Like Jeff Jarvis, I too was in Dubai for the World Economic Forum‘s inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda. Charlie Beckett (whose upsummer is here) and I were in the Future of Media group. So what was our diagnosis of the state of journalism? Well, here it is. We did talk about censorship and values…
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To Dubai
Like Prof Jarvis, I’m heading to Dubai today for the World Economic Forum‘s Summit on the Global Agenda. I’m on the council considering the future of the media, which – I predict – will be one of the most parochial, since media, despite its pretensions to globalism, is still so profoundly tied up with culture…
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An Obama poll worker writes…
This is via an email from my friend’s mom. Read it to the end if you will. It’s why I like Americans: Yesterday, I was a poll worker in M-. There was a record turnout in this little Republican stronghold. BUT, in my district alone, there was an increase of 200 voters, bringing the total…
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Do draft EU competition regs make BBC Trust obsolete?
Complying with the new EU Draft Communication from the Commission on the application of State aid rules to public service broadcasting [pdf] will pretty much obviate BBC Trust control over the market-based activity of the BBC: Member States shall have appropriate mechanisms in place to prevent disproportionate market distortions and to control the market behaviour…