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Fudge
Does James Murdoch write his own speeches? I only ask because his recent laudable articulation of free market principles and consumer choice in broadcasting contained this little nugget, or nougat: Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the BBC has managed so far to escape any meaningful oversight by concocting, as governance, fudge that Thornton’s…
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TV News – who gives a Ross?
In television, I think we should start talking about the cost of what we do in Rosses – Jonathan Rosses. Just to refresh your memory, Jonathan takes home/homes about six million quid a year. So ITV News costs £35 million, that’s a six Ross deal. Channel 4 News is about £20 million, just over three…
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Bring out the Branson
Screw It, Let’s Do It. Looks like James Murdoch has been taking ‘lessons in life’ from Richard Branson. Sir Richard, a minority shareholder in NTL, is unhappy because James has snuck in and bought a billion quid’s worth of ITV stock. Sir Rick’s anger has led him into the dangerous academic trap of asserting ‘strong’…
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Sky-TN
The news that Sky are buying into ITV makes me a little nervous for ITN. Admittedly £940 million is a big chunk of change and a pootling £35 million a year in savings by dumping your news provider is nothing, but… [MG]