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Bush’s misfortune is BBC’s opportunity?
A while back I warned a couple of media chums in the US that the BBC would come gunning for them. They laughed. I hate to sound smug, but they’re starting their push. Still, it’s not all plain sailing. Take the news (my particular interest) – when you’re launching a neutral, impartial news service in…
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Kate Adie: hates bloggers, BBC management, etc.
Mike Mullane has a nice post about a conversation with Kate Adie, who he memorably describes as “a sort of cross between Dan Rather and Dame Flora Robson as Lady Bracknell.”Adie, who was the Lara Logan of her day, still presents BBC Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent. But she’s not happy about blogging or…
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World News Today
Richard Porter has a pop at my review of his new show (in its BBC Four incarnation). Adrian Monck is wrong about World News Today (News lightweight doesn’t stand a chance, June 4) on a number of counts. My main criticism was that it’s scheduled in the UK against an almost identical public service programme…
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Industry moves
In an interesting move, Howard Kurtz reports today that Rome Hartman, formerly Exec Producer at the revamped CBS Evening News, will be joining BBC World. Like many an EP before, Hartman was fired for the American public’s failure to appreciate the anchor chosen by the network. He’s also had a lot of experience playing with…