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The case of the disappearing Reed Elsevier blog
The Telegraph reports today that Reed Elsevier is packaging up an HP deal (ok, a loan) for potential buyers of Reed Business Information. The fate of RBI is a matter of academic interest to business watchers and – well, academics – but if you actually work there it’s a little more interesting. Like, ‘your livelihood’…
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The BBC and presenter pay
So the BBC is cleared of paying too much for talent. Great word. Let’s try two older ones – public servants. The BBC is a public service broadcaster, so the standard by which its salaries should be judged is the UK public sector. The Prime Minister makes getting on for £190k. The Lord Chief Justice…
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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):