GI
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
Great discussion on Jeff Randall Live about the proposed News Corp takeover of Sky and the speculation that surrounds the future of Sky News.
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
DA
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
"Coming up at 8 o'clock. News, Sport and Weather in 15 minutes, EVERY 15 minutes."
Great discussion on Jeff Randall Live about the proposed News Corp takeover of Sky and the speculation that surrounds the future of Sky News.
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
"Coming up at 8 o'clock. News, Sport and Weather in 15 minutes, EVERY 15 minutes."
SN
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
"Coming up at 8 o'clock. News, Sport and Weather in 15 minutes, EVERY 15 minutes."
Great discussion on Jeff Randall Live about the proposed News Corp takeover of Sky and the speculation that surrounds the future of Sky News.
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
"Coming up at 8 o'clock. News, Sport and Weather in 15 minutes, EVERY 15 minutes."
BC
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
I didn't see it, but I guess it'd be the two options being bandied around - either Sky News is sold or (more likely) an independent editorial board is set up, similar to what they have on The Times.
Blake Connolly
Founding member
Great discussion on Jeff Randall Live about the proposed News Corp takeover of Sky and the speculation that surrounds the future of Sky News.
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
I didn't see it, but I guess it'd be the two options being bandied around - either Sky News is sold or (more likely) an independent editorial board is set up, similar to what they have on The Times.
FO
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
I didn't see it, but I guess it'd be the two options being bandied around - either Sky News is sold or (more likely) an independent editorial board is set up, similar to what they have on The Times.
Yes they discussed the possibility of an independent editorial board and Claire Enders also raised the possibility of having Sky News operate as a trust that would be financed through BSkyB effectively paying Sky News for a 10 year news contract. Apologies it's not the best explanation of what was said but hopefully they will upload it on the website.
Great discussion on Jeff Randall Live about the proposed News Corp takeover of Sky and the speculation that surrounds the future of Sky News.
Damn! missed it. What was said around the future of Sky News?
I didn't see it, but I guess it'd be the two options being bandied around - either Sky News is sold or (more likely) an independent editorial board is set up, similar to what they have on The Times.
Yes they discussed the possibility of an independent editorial board and Claire Enders also raised the possibility of having Sky News operate as a trust that would be financed through BSkyB effectively paying Sky News for a 10 year news contract. Apologies it's not the best explanation of what was said but hopefully they will upload it on the website.
JP
The Guardian reports that while News Corp are willing to make concessions on Sky News, they are not willing to see it sold. Apparently News Corp's proposal for an editorial board would see the board have the right to veto the appointment and dismissal of the Head of Sky News (John Ryley)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/25/sky-news-independence-news-corporation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/25/sky-news-independence-news-corporation
LR
http://www.cityam.com/the-capitalist/sky-news-bites-the-hand-may-or-may-not-be-feeding-it
Birkett is absolutely right, these were the big stories of the day and Sky covered them as warranted.
LOL, yeah right. They barely touched the phone hacking at all until the weekend when it emerged from a media lawyer that other newspapers were involved in the scandal, and that was very much the line Sky lead with. They didn't want to know when everything was pointing towards NOTW being the main culprit.
Quote:
SOME puzzling editorial choices have been afoot at Sky News this week.
On Sunday, Gordon Brown’s disclosure that he asked the police to look into whether his phone was hacked by the News of the World topped its agenda all day. And yesterday the attack of foot-in-mouth disease that afflicted Sky Sports’ Andy Gray and Richard Keys – during which they saw fit to question whether a female referee’s assistant might need the intricacies of the offside rule pointing out to her – also headed the news list (at least until the Moscow airport bombing knocked it from the airwaves).
The interesting point about these stories is that they both involve companies controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns the News of the World and covets 61 per cent of the chunk of Sky that isn’t already in his clutches.
So why has Sky News turned on its brethren with such gusto? Could it be that the channel wants to prove just how impartial it is, and not at all a threat to media plurality?
Not so says Sky News editor Chris Birkett: “These are the stories of the day. We’ve covered the phone hacking scandal from day one. We play it straight.”
On Sunday, Gordon Brown’s disclosure that he asked the police to look into whether his phone was hacked by the News of the World topped its agenda all day. And yesterday the attack of foot-in-mouth disease that afflicted Sky Sports’ Andy Gray and Richard Keys – during which they saw fit to question whether a female referee’s assistant might need the intricacies of the offside rule pointing out to her – also headed the news list (at least until the Moscow airport bombing knocked it from the airwaves).
The interesting point about these stories is that they both involve companies controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns the News of the World and covets 61 per cent of the chunk of Sky that isn’t already in his clutches.
So why has Sky News turned on its brethren with such gusto? Could it be that the channel wants to prove just how impartial it is, and not at all a threat to media plurality?
Not so says Sky News editor Chris Birkett: “These are the stories of the day. We’ve covered the phone hacking scandal from day one. We play it straight.”
http://www.cityam.com/the-capitalist/sky-news-bites-the-hand-may-or-may-not-be-feeding-it
Birkett is absolutely right, these were the big stories of the day and Sky covered them as warranted.
LOL, yeah right. They barely touched the phone hacking at all until the weekend when it emerged from a media lawyer that other newspapers were involved in the scandal, and that was very much the line Sky lead with. They didn't want to know when everything was pointing towards NOTW being the main culprit.
RH
richard h
They are making a right mess of the graphics during President Obama's state of the union address
LL
London Lite
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Maybe we'll be seeing the Sunrise forecasts from the newswall later this week?
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