adrian monck

Tag: UK Media

  • 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…

  • Strange Christmas experiences…

    Two years ago I was Michael Aspel and Carol Smillie‘s phone-a-friend on the UK Xmas special of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: I’ve never met them… I got the answer right… I kind of knew they’d be calling… Weird, eh? Postscript: They only won a grand, after going for Will Self as author of…

  • Journalism jobs

    According to the Liverpool Echo, ‘top’ graduates are facing up to low paid jobs in the media. Gosh. One of the people quoted is recent Oxford grad Pipper Rimmer. Pippa, maybe? A quick Google search reveals that Pippa Rimmer was a first-year linguist in 2002. Oh dear. Journalism is not a career choice for anyone…

  • Pick an order, any order…

    Tony Blair questioned by police BAe investigation dropped Stevens Inquiry Hmmm.