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Losing Kaplinsky
A source close to Natasha Kaplinsky tells MediaGuardian that she’s trousering £1m a year to join five. BBC insiders reckon Kaplinsky’s loss was the real reason Peter Fincham quit. Five’s news supremo Chris Shaw hammers the keyboard on behalf of the MediaGuardian fairly regularly, so you’d think they’d get a quote off him – but…
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The eternal brain drain…
Alan Mutter‘s Brain Drain post, is a reminder of how political many old media organizations are: young net natives, for the most part, rank too low in the organizations that employ them to be invited to the pivotal discussions determining the strategic initiatives that could help their employers sustain their franchises. …Members of the wired…
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Ethics of television editing discussion
On BBC Radio 3 last night talking about the ethics of TV editing – if you want to listen, it’s here.
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Kirsty Young
Stands up and then stands down from newsreading at five ce soir. She is probably the most talented broadcaster I’ve ever come across, a bloody good writer and a damned fine human being to boot. So that’s my colours nailed to the mast.