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Dina Rabinovitch
I try to keep away from people writing about dying. It’s one of those healthy natural defence mechanisms – like cruelty – that work best when you’re young and vigorous. But like bone and tooth enamel, it weakens over time. And I am weak.So when I saw the notice about the death of Dina Rabinovitch,…
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The end of WHOIS?!
I have just done my internet search 101 class that introduces students to the wonders of WHOIS, and guess what – yes, pull out the headline pun – WHOIS could be WHOIS-tory, WHOIS could be WHOWAS etc etc. Here is the AP story. If you read it, you’ll notice that, to use one of my…
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News at Ten
In the spirit of passing on hopeless rumours I have heard that the official announcement is today – and also that it will be Wednesday.
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The future of Channel 4
David Lloyd calls for a new public endowment for Channel 4 in the Guardian today. It’s an edit of a very entertaining lecture he gave at City University last Tuesday – and which we’ll post soon on our website. He mischievously fuelled speculation that Mark Thompson wasn’t the first choice for Channel 4 CEO when…