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Guardian readers’ editor
Siobhain Butterworth is the Guardian‘s new readers’ editor: Good for the Guardian replacing Ian Mayes. Bad for not explaining which of her current responsibilities she’ll be giving up to undertake the role…
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Press Gazette
This is a piece for Press Gazette on what Michael Grade means for ITV.
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Euro news
A friend of mine used to have the unenviable job of running Euronews, back in the days when it was owned by ITN. Basically, it’s a Eurovision feed with a voice track in umpteen different languages. A simple premise, and effective – like hitting someone over the head with a plank, instead of running them…
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Katie Couric
Jon Friedman has a go at explaining the failure of the new CBS Evening News to break out of third place through Katie Couric. His verdict? “America wasn’t truly ready for the first solo woman evening-news anchor…” Well, it is 1956. My own view would have been that Couric was the change and wrapping that…