CNN:
Illiteracy to Literature in the Enlightened South - Part I By NEAL MOORE OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI (CNN iReport) Known as the home of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner, the University of Mississippi, and one of the finest (Read More)
The Guardian:
Presenter of ITV1's tonight to stand in for regular presenter Peter AllenTonight presenter Jonathan Maitland is to stand in for Peter Allen on BBC Radio 5 Live's drivetime show later this month.In addition to his duties on IT (Read More)
The Guardian:
ITV chairman candidates thought to include John Peace of Standard Chartered, HMV's Robert Swannell, John Gildersleeve of Carphone Warehouse and former banker John NelsonITV's search for a new chairman may be nearing an end, w (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Lord Bruns was confirmed as the new chairman of Channel 4 and immediately received a welter of advice from senior broadcasting industry figures on whom to appoint as its chief executive. (Read More)
www.ft.com:
The broadcasting commission chief has resigned after government and opposition representatives terminated two foreign-owned stations' licences and awarded the frequencies to bidders
he regarded as commercially weaker. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Can news organisations thrive in troubled times by using charity funding, amateurs and student interns?Believe it or not, newspapers and news organisations are still hiring journalists - but not quite in the way they used to (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Radio 4 deserves its success: controller Mark Damazer is doing outstandingly wellLast week brought the giddying news that Radio 4 has attracted more than 10m listeners – a 10-year high for the station. Is anyone surprised? Se (Read More)
BBC:
The Egyptian government is poised to unify the call to prayer by broadcasting the voice of a single muezzin to all of Cairo's 4,000 mosques, the BBC's Christian Fraser reports. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Lord Burns joins Channel 4's board immediately, helping with chief executive search, and becomes chairman in JanuaryLord Burns will be the next chairman of Channel 4, Ofcom confirmed today, and will join the broadcaster's boa (Read More)
New York Times:
Over the years, “Sesame Street” has replaced the graffiti and gritty smudges of city life with green spaces, tofu and yoga.
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The Guardian:
After a nearly 18-month run of sinking figures, ITV sees ad revenue up 4% in December and flat over fourth quarterITV promised to break an almost 18-month run of sinking revenue figures today, reporting that its TV advertisin (Read More)
L.A. Times - TV News:
'NCIS' and its L.A.-set spinoff give CBS a boost. Fox Broadcasting's coverage of the first four games of the World Series drew 45% more vi (Read More)
The Guardian:
Julian Bellamy, head of Channel 4, attacks rivals' reliance on reviving classic shows such as Doctor Who and GladiatorsChannel 4 head Julian Bellamy has criticised rival broadcasters for a lack of ambition and "cultural provo (Read More)
New York Times:
Over the years, “Sesame Street,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary next week, has replaced the graffiti and gritty smudges of city life with green spaces, tofu and yoga.
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The Guardian:
Red-hot favourite in race to be named Channel 4 chairman was involved in shaping plans for rival broadcaster BBC's futureWhen Lord Burns chaired the government's inquiry into hunting with dogs, he famously concluded that the (Read More)
The Guardian:
Andy Duncan criticises BBC for not doing more to help commercially funded public service broadcastersOutgoing Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan criticised the BBC today for failing to deliver on its promises to strike dea (Read More)
The Guardian:
Charities, unions and consumers groups unite to form Citizens' Coalition for Public Service BroadcastingThe Citizens' Coalition for Public Service Broadcasting launched last night, backed by 30 organisations including chariti (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Game on:
Truckin' got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin', like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin' on.-- The Grateful Dead The broadcasting world will be a lonelier and far more predictable place now that (Read More)