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BBC ‘acquisitions’ saga
Rafat Ali takes The Guardian to task for their BBC exclusive: The BBC has set up a £350m war chest for expansion into social networking on the internet and international acquisitions, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal. He points out that in September 2006, the Mail on Sunday reported: BBC Worldwide is looking to take on commercial media…
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News: "a really expensive, exhaustive exercise…"
Mitchell Stephens in the Columbia Journalism Review has seen the future of journalism. It’s the Independent: The Independent is a serious English national daily in a market with three other serious national dailies. So the Independent, looking for an edge, has begun devoting most of its front page, weeklylike, to a single story — a…
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A quick look at what to expect on Al Jazeera Documentary…any feedback from Middle Eastern viewers welcome.
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The ‘5 things’ thing
With thanks to Martin, the ‘five things’ thing… Born in the house my grandparents rented from the council. Once hired Lara Logan… Paul Smith gave me my Paul Smith T-shirt. I took a call from an IRA bomber – codeword? ‘Marigold.’ Five journalists I worked with have been killed in Iraq. Matt, you’re tagged. Charlotte,…