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Great unequal contests of our time: BBC vs. Google
Martin Belam writes one of those blogs I read so religiously I almost never bother to pass on what is actually written. Let me make up for it. Here is Martin addressing Ed Roussel‘s piece on the Guardian PDA blog (itself a kind of Christmas footie match given the Comment is Free/My Telegraph trench warfare):
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The death of TV reviewing: an explanation
Why is TV reviewing dying on its knees? The Daily Telegraph has just bid farewell to its TV reviewer. Is television no longer worthy of criticism? Buzz. Dumb question. What actually has happened is that reviewing has been bypassed altogether. Take Channel 5’s Strangelove: Married to the Eiffel Tower*, a programme which featured women who…
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Print and online strategies: a UK perspective
So another account of the state of newspapers from a thoughtful British news exec, Chatham House rules. The key themes and claims (my thoughts in itals):
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“Warming up” Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown is struggling in the presentational department. On 1 May, BBC 5 Live‘s Nicky Campbell told him right out about “that lack of human connection that you have.” (listen from 1:39) [Non-UK readers – imagine your political chief taking this verbal slapdown?] So how can Gordon get that “human connection”? Perhaps by taking a…