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The drive to local
“If we go ahead with our vision of local TV, the scale of what we offer will be limited…Editorially it would aim to complement the market…There would be particular focus, for instance, on local democracy and community issues…The BBC’s local TV is intended to enrich our current local offering, represented by local radio in England…
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Libel news 2
I managed to sneak in the back of the session. It’s easy to throw the term masterclass around, but the WSJ team of Dorsey, Simpson and Blackshire were thoughtful, serious and rigorous about their journalism. And Mark Stephens was as entertaining as ever… It’s worth reading the HoL judgment in full, but Baroness Hale’s closing…
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Libel news
I rarely get excited about the law, there being only so much Carbolic Smokeball Co. a person can handle. But today my university, City, is hosting a law seminar with the journalists behind the Wall Street Journal libel win that has changed our libel laws for the better. You can read the judgment here. Stewart…
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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…