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ITV Gossip 2
There’s more ITV gossip on Digital Spy. Although word was that a bid was coming together last week, it’s pretty easy to write ‘ITV bid expected’ and not exactly get found out, so no claims of credit here.
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Doyle for Vaughan at Capital?
Word reaches me that the Jonny Vaughan era at London music station Capital, mockingly re-christened erm…Crapital, is about to draw a close. As listeners desert the station for Jamie Theakston on Heart, the man Capital bosses are lining up to replace him could be the station’s Saturday morning host, Craig Doyle. Watch this space.
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The Uneven Battlefield of Ideas
This weekend (28/29 Oct) sees journalists and pundits flooding to debates at the Battle of Ideas at London’s Royal College of Art. The Times is one of the event’s sponsors. Join the debate anyone? The weekend calls itself a freethinking festival and it attracts some serious people to step up on to its many platforms.…
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Stephen Grey’s Ghost Plane
My friend Stephen Grey (interest declared) has just produced a superb account of the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’ programme. It’s called GHOST PLANE The Inside Story of the CIA’s Secret Rendition Programme, and it’s out today. Some reviews: ‘An explosive new book provides a rare glimpse into the full extent of the Agency’s controversial terror renditions…