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RAJAR Q3 2026
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Nudity in America
This piece from the BBC Editor’s blog really explains the ludicracy of the situation in US broadcasting with regard to nudity.
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Ashley Cole
Wow. Isn’t Ashley Cole a bitter man? I think we’re getting a very biased and one-sided view in the first extract of his book – a book, incidentally, I certainly won’t be reading. It’s called My Defence. He bemoans the fact that fans were still singing Henry’s name and not his at the end of…
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Newspaper Bribery Returns
September’s here, and the newspapers are desperate to remind everyone coming back from their holidays that they should continue to buy a daily newspaper. They don’t do this with news (well aside from book buyups and the soap exclusives). No, they do it with free gifts! Yes, it’s that time of year when you linger…
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Returning to Little Miss Sunshine
I’ve just read The Guardian’s review by Peter Bradshaw of Little Miss Sunshine, and I wanted to quickly say that it’s so way off base, it’s actually badly wrong. Bradshaw gives the film a paltry two stars out of five. If he can possibly direct me to a better comedy this year, I’d be really…
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Cycling Weekly Picture
So I took some photos of the Tour of Britain last week, including the one above which I thought would make a nice picture of the cyclists crossing Tower Bridge. Then I picked up this week’s Cycling Weekly to see the picture below (by Mark Lees of Empics) in nearly the same position. And who’s…
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TV and Radio on Phones
Lots of news today all built around DAB radios built into phones. First up is Virgin Mobile who have finally launched their Lobster 700 – well to the press at least. This is the phone that’s a Windows Smartphone with a DAB radio built in that lets you listen to the radio and also, via…
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ITV on 3
Have I misunderstood something in this story about mobile operator 3 allowing you to watch ITV shows on your mobile? 99p per day to watch ITV seems a little steep but I suppose someone who wanted to watch Coronation Street on the train home might find value. But 49p to watch ITV Play? A channel…
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Let Battle Commence
So today battle finally got underway in the London newspaper market. For years now the Evening Standard has been dominant. Dominant, that is, in a declining market. Then in 1999, following the lead of the similarly named, but separately owned Scandinavian Metro, the Evening Standard’s owners, Associated Newspapers, launched Metro (at first in London, but…
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Quiz Television
Today’s Mediaguardian has a cover story looking at the recent growth of “quiz television” programming – particularly highlighting the recent success of ITV Play with it’s Mint and Quizmania strands running overnight on ITV1 as well as on a separate channel. Clearly ITV Play in particular has been very successful, earning profits of £9m on…
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Tour of Britain hits London
Today saw the Tour of Britain arrive in London and I set out unneccessarily early to see the Tour cross Tower Bridge. It was a good opportunity to give my camera a decent work out. Some of the photos are OK, but others aren’t. Have a look below, and also my Flickr stream (Why does…
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Footballers Wives Not Yet in US
If you read the trade press, or follow Mediaguardian, you can’t help to have noticed all the reports about how Footballers’ Wives, the trashy ITV series, is being remade in US by ABC. On the surface, this seems like another successful deal for a British indie. But this is Shed Productions, who’ve seen Footballers’ Wives…
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User Generated Ads
I was on the tube this morning, and after avoiding a man who threw up in the middle of the carriage, I ended up standing near a guy who was refining a paper copy of his Powerpoint presentation. Closer examination, as I pretended to read my book, revealed that he was giving an i-Level presentation…
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