Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is believed to be gearing-up to clear the way for
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to acquire the 61% of BSkyB it does not
already own, and in a single stroke create possibly the biggest advertising
powerhouse in the UK. Read more »
In terms of commercial media, 2010 was always going to be dominated by one man and one company: Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation.
From the outset we expected paywalls and bundled content offerings (Alesia) to be the order of the day, but no one could have foreseen just where we find ourselves today. Read more »
News Corporation has been
forced to abandon plans for its eagerly anticipated digital news platform, part
of the company’s so called ‘Project Alesia’ initiative, citing runaway costs.
As we revealed this morning, bean-counters at Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate
have decided to pull the plug on the year-long activity when it was
expected to be finalised.
Despite all its bluster, in today’s multimedia 2.0 age, the Current Bun switching sides is not the game-changer it once was. A barometer of public opinion, perhaps – but nothing more.
‘The summer’s over, I’ve had time to think about it, I want to quit,’ appears to be the mantra being followed by many high-profile media execs this month.
Recession or not, September has lived up to its billing as the month which gets headhunters hearts racing.
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