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How to fall off your editorial soapbox
There is occasionally a danger in moralising. From the Daily Mail: The Mail accepts that countless people working for the state are dedicated and conscientious. But the fact remains that too many are feather-bedded and infused with a clock-watching, careless culture… From the Daily Mail: In an article of 6 November 2007 about Tom Sykes,…
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Should CEOs be bloggers or bosses?
Reuters CEO Tom Glocer thinks it is no longer either/or. He writes on blogging, Facebooking etc: …it could be argued, I suppose, that imagination and experimentation should be left to more junior or younger staff, and the chief executive should only perform “serious” duties like strategy formulation and ordering people around. I think this is…
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Roger Ailes: Fox News caused the run-off in Florida
Roger Ailes gave an interview to members of Britain’s House of Lords Communications select committee. You can read it below: Minute of the meeting with Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News17 September, New York 24. The Committee met with Mr Ailes accompanied by his colleagues David Rhodes, Vice President of Fox News, John Moody,…
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Foxing up Sky News
Here is what Rupert Murdoch told the House of Lords Communications committee regarding Sky News. Personally (not that I would necessarily want to) I think you could Fox up Sky, but what you lack in the UK is the Talk Radio base from which to recruit your talent. But don’t listen to me yacking on…