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ITV – lessons from America
There’s nothing like paying someone else to do your thinking. ITV chairman Michael Grade has apparently decided to get Spectrum in. What’s the betting there’s a job at ITV on offer for whoever can come up with something that sounds like a plan? Buying up social networking sites and having them sign up for big-spending…
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Off licence
…if they go mad and hire fifteen more Jonathan Rosses they’ll blow the whole wad!Exactly who believes that the leaked licence fee settlement is bad news for the BBC? Why BBC insiders, of course. Oh, and the NUJ and BECTU. In the real world, a 3% revenue rise for the next couple of years is…
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Press Gazette
This is a piece for Press Gazette on what Michael Grade means for ITV.
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Grade – the half-corona of success
In March the FT reported that pre-Hutton, Michael Grade was part of a team trying to put together a private equity bid for ITV. [FT ] Now, in the two years before he qualifies for a senior rail card, Grade trades a six figure pay cheque for seven, and coasts into Grays Inn Road on…