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Two views of ITV
James Murdoch bought ITV shares for 135p not too long ago. Now, you and I can pick them up for about half that. Murdoch didn’t exactly buy them hoping them to make a quick buck. But now he has moved to Wapping, how does one of his papers cover the ITV story? Dan Sabbagh plays…
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Off topic: The Billionaire’s Vinegar
There now follows an advertising announcement on behalf of Benjamin Wallace, who has the story of a very expensive bottle of plonk. The answer to all those Father’s Day gift conundrums… THE BILLIONAIRE’S VINEGARThe Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Slate calls it “terrific.”Food & Wine finds it “riveting.”GQ says it’s “what…
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Retired generals – not the neutral fence-sitters we all thought…
The day’s big media story belongs to David Barstow and his epic NYT story, Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand, on the Bush administration’s hearts and minds campaign. Yes, retired generals on army pensions and with a lifetime of military service turn out not to have been the neutral thumb-suckers we all assumed they’d been…
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Off topic: Signs the global economy is tanking
So you know times are bad when the Harvard Business Review starts asking potential entrepreneurs to check their health insurance before cutting the corporate cord: Take the case of my brother who was 55 and a former CEO when he took early retirement. To his great chagrin he discovered that he couldn’t find health insurance.…