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Guillotine not yet down on France 24
The superb Media Network blog has an AFP story out of Paris suggesting that the guillotine blade has not yet dropped on the Version Anglais of France 24. “The president has expressed his opinion and it is he who will take the decision,” Mr Kouchner went on. “But the consultation period has barely begun and…
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An interview aggregator…
Rob McGibbon has just launched an intriguing looking site called Access Interviews, basically aggregating interviews. Will it work? (And in case you wondered what Andy McNab looked like…)
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Adieu France 24?
According to Forbes, France 24 in English is going to be axed. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is quoted saying: “a public channel, France Monde… can only speak French. “Between Al-Jazeera, the Arab perspective, and CNN, the Anglo-Saxon perspective, we would like to carry more of a French perspective,” he said. “We can perfectly have regional…
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TV and the presidency: Roger Ailes and Richard Nixon
From Joe McGinniss, The Selling of the President 1968 – a young Roger Ailes, formerly exec producer of the Mike Douglas Show, has been hired to produce ten live one-hour programmes featuring Richard Nixon. Nixon met the 28-year old Ailes before he appeared on the Douglas show. “It’s a shame a man has to use…