Posts Tagged ‘ The Times ’

Public backlash - well, a backlash on Facebook - is it actually what the BBC wants to save its own skin?
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Weak-willed BBC management happy to let two radio stations die, for what purpose?
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Here's the verdict from the rest of the press...
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Can't vouch for these figures, but this is a blog and I reckon you can print a rumour. A well placed source, speaking to me in the last week, says The Times is on track to lose...
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Patrick Foster at The Times has the story of the day, which says that the Conservatives want to shake up the BBC Trust, the BBC’s regulator, which in turn would prompt the resignation of Sir Michael Lyons, the Chairman of the BBC. Or so they hope. Brilliant. Now ask yourself if a single telly...
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Paul Dacre made an entertaining speech a couple of years ago, nicely making a common enemy of both the BBC and heavyweight, loss making newspapers. He said that both were dependent on subsidy, whether from the licence fee, profits made elsewhere in a conglomerate or from a rich proprietor. Since then, the BBC has...
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Can’t think of any much less likely than Rupert Murdoch selling The Times and The Sunday Times, and anything less bizarre than Michael Wolff’s decision to go public on the rumour via Twitter on Saturday. Phones melted on both sides of the Atlantic with speculation over the weekend. But given Mr Murdoch’s sentimental attachment...
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