New York Times:
Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.
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New York Times:
The sides appear to be at least $500 million apart on how to value NBC Universal, which G.E. is hoping to sell to Comcast, the big cable television company.
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The Guardian:
Of course the English don't hate, despise nor fear the French, but an incident in a game of football in France requires a leading broadsheet English newspaper to cover the story by an article on its front page (Hands-on Henry (Read More)
www.ft.com:
The two main UK opposition parties on Friday threatened to block regulatory reforms affecting broadband, internet piracy and broadcasting unless the government made concessions. (Read More)
The Guardian:
The newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is making the search for a chief executive his number one priorityThe newly appointed Channel 4 chairman, Lord Burns, is understood to be keen to appoint a chief executive w (Read More)
The Guardian:
Stephen Timms claims piracy powers necessary to 'future-proof' government proposals to safeguard the UK's creative industriesRead the government's statement on the billRead the digital economy billStephen Timms, the Treasury (Read More)
The Guardian:
James Murdoch's speech to investors in Barcelona yesterday revealed the direction that News Corporation plans to take in the coming years. His key quote:In the business of ideas, which is the business that we are in, we do th (Read More)
The Guardian:
It's a bumper edition of Media Talk this week, as Matt Wells and guests Jane Martinson and Paul Robinson analyse a busy seen days across the industry.We begin with broadcasting, where – after months of dilly-dallying – ITV ha (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Viewers are not interested in what our presenters earn, says corporationThe BBC will reject calls to publish the individual salaries of top stars, citing private polling that shows licence-fee payers do not regard it as a pri (Read More)
The Guardian:
Whether playing, training, warming up, warming down or simply travelling, the English sportsman is an accident waiting to happenAre the English the world's most injury‑prone people? Certainly the recent plague of afflictions (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
Sweeping reforms to combat internet piracy, secure the future of public service broadcasting and extend digital radio are unlikely to pass into law, the Conservatives have warned. (Read More)
This Week:
The Obama administration has not yet made a final decision on whether to extend the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a government source told ABC News today. However, the source noted, the administration is conside (Read More)
Politics As Usual:
ABC's Jonathan Karl reports from Capitol Hill with the latest on the bill.
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Politics As Usual:
On the road with ABC's Jake Tapper, covering President Obama in South Korea.
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The Guardian:
In the US, guitarist John Mayer is seriously famous – helicopters over his house-type famous. He gives Angus Batey his view from inside the 21st-century celebrity circus'I basically visualised a record called Battle Studies a (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Premier League wanted more say in strategy from the start• Bid team seeks commercial partners to bridge £2.5m gapThe Premier League is believed to have closed the door on providing extra financial support for England's 2018 (Read More)
feeds.reuters.com:
She represented President George W. Bush before the world’s media and now is a commentator for Fox News. And she’s been quite a vocal critic of the current White House. But he nominated her anyway.President Barack Obama nomin (Read More)
The Guardian:
Finance director Anne Bulford to hold reins at Channel 4 until new chief executive appointed by Lord BurnsAndy Duncan, the Channel 4 chief executive, quietly slipped out of the broadcaster for the final time on Tuesday, five (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Jeremy Hunt says Conservatives would look to ease TV advertising rules for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel FiveThe shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said that the Conservatives would look to relax TV advertising rules, wh (Read More)