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New news channels…
News channels are more about influence than money according to The Economist. I look forward to its next issue on religious affiliation at the Apostolic Palace and the sylvan defecatory habits of bears. Whilst The Economist, like the rest of us, eagerly anticipates the November 15th launch of AJI, if only because television was invented…
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Reporting Al Jazeera
The Independent carries a story about Al Jaz. [Indy] Here’s a quote from the piece… “Morale has been plummeting throughout the year,” says a source at al-Jazeera’s Knightsbridge bureau. “There is serious confusion about what the station is for and real tension between al-Jazeera’s Arabic programme makers and the new international team.” Hmmm. I love…
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Al Jaz
“You read it here first. Al Jazeera International will launch in November. And not November 2010 either. This November.” [MG] Yes, the old crystal ball is still working…of course when I wrote that for Press Gazette back in June, Al Jazeera International probably didn’t know they would be on air in November. Early this month…