Let’s start 2011 with a bit of social media comment and a celebratory column.
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Raymond Snoddy says despite the poisoned chalice left to him by Vince Cable, Jeremy Hunt will be in the relatively comfortable position of being able to accept a Competition Commission go-ahead for Murdoch’s takeover of BSkyB before the year is out…
Raymond Snoddy becomes a fortune-teller for the day – “everyone can head off to celebrate Christmas in the queues at Heathrow secure in the knowledge that 2011 is sorted. Well, apart from Vince Cable that is – when a politician becomes totally ridiculous the consequences are always inevitable”…
The European Commission has unconditionally approved News Corp’s bid to acquire BSkyB.
Zoe Winterson, associate director at Pearl & Dean, predicts that 2011 will be the year of creative cinema media planning…
Raymond Snoddy says (in a whisper) that the BBC might not have done too badly in its licence fee battle with the government – “evidence of this can be seen from the obvious anger coming from Rupert Murdoch’s News International. David Cameron has not delivered on their hopes for a very much smaller BBC – something for which we should all be grateful”…
Greg Grimmer, partner, Hurrell Moseley Dawson & Grimmer: “Wasn’t the internet supposed to encourage freedom, proliferation of brands and consumer choice? The actuality is that it is dominated by a hegemony of super brands.”
Circulation figures were down across the board in November, with the daily newspaper market posting a 5.3% decline on last year’s figures.
Karen Canty, Future Foundation, explains why the traditional charity bucket will soon look a little old hat as the digital revolution takes hold…
In response to John Billett’s comment on CRR (and Marshall’s age, hearing and understanding), Jim Marshall begs to differ…