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Is quitting Reuters hurting CNN?
On the one hand, they’re putting money into aggressive expansion of the newsgathering base (good strategic move), on the other – people are starting to notice their exposure. Take this from Follow The Media: It was 1100 CET (0500EST) and having heard on the radio of bombings in Algiers FTM switched on CNN International to…
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Al Jazeera English: an email exchange
I wrote an anniversary review of Al Jazeera English recently, pointing out the dilemma of running a globally “progressive-minded” news channel on behalf of a despotic regime. Here is an email exchange with someone at Al Jazeera English in Doha, responding to that piece: …I am a tad disappointed with your recent Press Gazette article…
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Review: Al Jazeera English – one year on
Here’s a piece I wrote for Press Gazette on Al Jazeera English, one year on. In the gardens of Versailles you can visit a charming monument to France’s conservative, construction-crazed 18th-century monarchy. It’s the Petit Hameau, an idealised village built at the whim of Marie Antoinette as a way of “connecting” with the great unwashed.…
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What price CNN? Hardball on Israeli cable…
Want to see the business battle over news in the raw? You have to go to Israel, where they hold these negotiations in public. This is from Haaretz: Every few months in the past two years, the HOT cable company has announced it will stop broadcasting popular television channels like BBC Prime, Hallmark and National…