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More from Roger Ailes
You have to love this quote from Fox boss Roger Ailes in Broadcasting & Cable: Q: Are you getting more nervous as [the launch of Fox Business News] approaches? A: No. Look, when you die, the first 100 years in the ground is just the beginning. So you just can’t get yourself all worked up…
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Roger Ailes, the Jackie Mason of news
I can’t help myself. I have great admiration for Roger Ailes. Take a look at these clips that didn’t make the cut from a Wall Street Journal interview transcript: WSJ: Your best friend and longtime colleague, Chet Collier, died recently. What are some of the things you learned from Chet – either about the television…
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Fox News: teaseless, crapless
When people at Fox News start trotting out stuff you were doing five years ago, you know you’re getting old. Still, it is pretty sensible advice: Shepard Smith: We have to do more news. We’ve already given up the “coming up” teasing that we were known for in the early days. We’ve taken all of…
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New research: the US audience for British news
My City University colleague Neil Thurman has been busy looking at the impact of British news websites in the United States. And maybe it’s time for the tipping of web pages into the Second Life equivalent of Boston Harbour. Here’s what he found: – Online, the BBC News website gets more US readers than Fox…