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Diversity becomes hot media topic --- Michael Hedges November 24, 2008 All things financial have permeated airwaves and headlines for weeks, usually in funeral tones. Pirates, from bankers bungling to Somalis hijacking boats, have grabbed lots of attention. Bubbling to the surface, perhaps as relief from the nastiness, is a topic a bit more tangible. Diversity in society and media, societies mirror, is getting attention. |
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Time On My Side --- Michael Hedges July 31, 2008 Maybe it escaped your notice but Mick Jagger just turned 65. Two days later the Rolling Stones ditched label EMI for Universal. Jagger has made no other comment on becoming eligible for a free bus pass in the UK. EMI said they were sad. Universal said they were glad. |
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The millstone around Russia --- Michael Hedges June 23, 2008 Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan – all on Russia’s edge – are pushing media repression to new lows. With all broadcasting and most print media firmly under State control, the Web is the current target. Dictators on Russia’s borders perplex even Russian media. |
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Another radio guy goes after a newspaper --- Michael Hedges June 2, 2008 Newspaper people seem absolutely panicked over the arrival of radio people in their midst. The Tribune Company in the US is now filled with radio people. NextRadioTV owner Alain Weill took over Le Tribune in France. Now it’s Denis O’Brien, owner of two Irish national channels and dozens more in Europe, going after the O’Reilly clan’s Independent News & Media. |
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Media War 2.0 --- Michael Hedges May 14, 2008 The Hezbollah faction fought its way across Lebanon’s capital Beirut with more death and destruction in its wake. One target was the pro-government media center Future TV, now in ruins. The militias now control through force of arms much of what moves. And its own media empire is spreading the news. |
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Green Grows the Radio --- Michael Hedges May 1, 2008 Global warming and the environment are hot topics for broadcasters. And broadcasters are taking environmental issues personally, adopting carbon-neutral initiatives, joining the rush within many business sectors to embrace an issue deemed increasingly important by listeners. |
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Murdoch Watch…or not --- Michael Hedges April 22, 2008 The Murdoch Watch rhythm has pitched up a few beats, now louder than car radios in a Paris traffic jam. Fortunately most of it is in America where we don’t have to hear it. A British columnist, however, is asking if not enough attention is paid to the dealings of Mr. Murdoch, The Elder. |
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Big Media Companies Reach Into Smallest Countries --- Michael Hedges May 27, 2007 Conventional wisdom holds that big media companies are interested only in media deals in the biggest markets. Merger and acquisition lawyers and advisors say the paperwork, big deal or small, is the same. But there is no surprise at News Corps recently acquiring two television companies in Latvia, one of Europe’s newest and smallest countries with a hot media market. |
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New Ideas For Better Or Worse --- Michael Hedges February 12, 2014 Follow on Twitter Business priorities are opening media companies to outside-the-box thinking. Legacy brand strength of newspaper titles is an undeniable asset for investors. Converting to cash is tricky in the digital age. While possibilities are endless to those liberated from brick and mortar – and paper – delicate steps achieve more than cash and bluster. |
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