If you would like to know about another big Italian scandal which is brewing, then purchasing a copy of this Saturday's edition of Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper is a must. It will obviously help if you can read Italian.I can't say any more, because I don't want to land someone I know in trouble. … [Read more...]
Burnt Midnight Oil
March 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A little while back I was asked to prepare a short two day workshop on how to write a press release in English for the Media Relations master at the business school where I often find myself.After burning copious amounts of that old midnight oil, I came up with such a course.The first time this … [Read more...]
Sarkozy likes the BBC, possibly!
January 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE: 14.01.08 - Having now read more of the articles in Il Sole, I can now understand why the paper used the headline saying that 'State TV without advertising would not work'. The article basically argues that just about all TV and Internet, is only possible due to advertising. Whilst this … [Read more...]
Italian TV, one more time…
December 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Well, I've gone on about it before, Italian TV that is, and how low the overall quality of programming is. Another of my Italian TV related gripes concerned the inordinate amount of advertising viewers are blessed with.Some time back, both of the biggies, RAI and Mediaset, were fined over the … [Read more...]
Beppe Grillo rattles the establishment.
September 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Various Italian politicos are going on both the defensive and the attack with regard to Mr Grillo's attempts to get Italy back onto a truly democratic track. Aside from Bertinotti, we now have D'Alema and Fassino having a go at dismissing Mr Grillo for having had the temerity to have stated that … [Read more...]
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