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This afternoon
Paul Pilkington from PWC, on what advertisers want from news media, at the Stationers‘ 450th anniversary conference. I did a panel hosted by Lord Iliffe who heads Yattendon, with FT chairman Sir David Bell and Tim Bowdler, CEO of Johnston Press.
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The best of British journalism
There is a strangeness about the British press – the newspapers go from ponderous analysis to pure entertainment and they bring the techniques of journalism to bear on all of that content. But, at the British Press Awards, there was some outstanding journalism on display. To invidiously name just three of the winners: Sheila McNulty…
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The new secret economy…
Just caught up with Eli Noam‘s piece on private equity in the FT. Private equity has been in the ascendancy, buoyed by cheap debt, rising equity prices and high liquidity. In 2006, almost a quarter of all mergers and acquisitions were financed that way. This trend has raised questions. Many private equity deals are fuelled…
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What’s that coming over the hill…
Fresh reports of the coming of a Fox News business channel. Of course, Rupert Murdoch has been promising to get one off the blocks since 2004, but now he’s so serious he’s even cracking jokes: “…we have to recruit some money honeys,” chuckled Murdoch, referring to the now-trademarked nickname of CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo. Slate‘s…