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Current News for August 21, 2008
Al Jazeera and the VJs
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:14 PDT
bisme allahi al rahman al rahim… We first met the folks from Al Jazeera at the DNA2008 conference in Brussels. In fact, their Tony Birtley won the prize for best breaking VJ story for his coverage of the Burma democracy riots. Sue Phillips, who we have known for years, (most recently as the head of Newsworld) is now moving to Doha to head up their English news channel. And now, Nina Sang, who started as a VJ for Current TV, then moved on to working as a VJ trainer for us is now also in
CBC Newsworld’s The National News Graphics
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:50:55 PDT
Designer: Client: CBC Newsworld, The National Date: 2003
NBC News Correspondent Named Anchor of New Public Television Newscast (New York Times)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:26:50 PDT
?Worldfocus,? with a start-up budget that station employees said is about $8 million, will attempt to fill what the correspondent, Martin Savidge, called a void in television news.
BET makes news with new weekly show (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:18 PDT
NEW YORK – BET has started a weekly news program described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective. Called “The Truth with Jeff Johnson” and airing at 11 p.m. Photo caption: Jeff Johnson hosts BET’s weekly news program, which airs Fridays. Photo by Associated Press
James Piscopo may become MLP's first CEO
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:22:07 PDT
Media reports are pointing to a member of Joseph Muscat's core campaign team during the leadership race, James Piscopo, as the man earmarked for the new post of MLP chief executive officer. The news was known to only a small number of Labour insiders, but it was leaked to the PN media on Wednesday. It has been neither confirmed nor denied by the Labour administration.
Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...
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Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:14 PDT
bisme allahi al rahman al rahim… We first met the folks from Al Jazeera at the DNA2008 conference in Brussels. In fact, their Tony Birtley won the prize for best breaking VJ story for his coverage of the Burma democracy riots. Sue Phillips, who we have known for years, (most recently as the head of Newsworld) is now moving to Doha to head up their English news channel. And now, Nina Sang, who started as a VJ for Current TV, then moved on to working as a VJ trainer for us is now also in
CBC Newsworld’s The National News Graphics
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:50:55 PDT
Designer: Client: CBC Newsworld, The National Date: 2003
NBC News Correspondent Named Anchor of New Public Television Newscast (New York Times)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:26:50 PDT
?Worldfocus,? with a start-up budget that station employees said is about $8 million, will attempt to fill what the correspondent, Martin Savidge, called a void in television news.
BET makes news with new weekly show (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:11:18 PDT
NEW YORK – BET has started a weekly news program described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective. Called “The Truth with Jeff Johnson” and airing at 11 p.m. Photo caption: Jeff Johnson hosts BET’s weekly news program, which airs Fridays. Photo by Associated Press
James Piscopo may become MLP's first CEO
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:22:07 PDT
Media reports are pointing to a member of Joseph Muscat's core campaign team during the leadership race, James Piscopo, as the man earmarked for the new post of MLP chief executive officer. The news was known to only a small number of Labour insiders, but it was leaked to the PN media on Wednesday. It has been neither confirmed nor denied by the Labour administration.
Public: Don't Mess With My Flight Plans
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:58:25 PDT
"Pretty soon we'll have to fly naked!" The mass media rapidly embraced the UK terror storyline fed to them. The BBC, CNN, CBC Newsworld and other all-news broadcasters covered scarcely anything but the narrowly averted catastrophe throughout the day. Funny thing, but the general public wasn't buying it. The reaction was surprisingly cynical...
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shayne lamas
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