Public radio taking over Classical radio

WGBH in Boston has announced that it has bought a classical music radio station in New England, WCRB on 99.5FM. So what you say, broadcasters buy other broadcasters? True, but the equivalent in the UK would be the BBC buying...

Disney buys Marvel - more corporate conservatism?

Financial Times: Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn. Imagine this: you are webslinging across the New York city skyline, just like Spiderman. You swing round to see the famous Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four, twith its big "4"...

Murdoch claims independent journalism threatened by "dominant" BBC.

BBC News: Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC So James Murduch, the head of NewsCorp in Europe, says a dominant BBC damages independent journalism in the UK. The hypocrisy of that statement is positively drooling out of his mouth even as...

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