Within Italy's Berlusconi government Moves are apparently afoot to stop Murdoch's Sky from broadcasting Italy's public TV channels, RaiUno, RaiDue and RaiTre.At least this is what an article on Italian news website La Repubblica states today, complete with a headline that alludes to the fact … [Read more...]
Lario Leaving Berlusconi
May 4, 2009 By 4 Comments
As predicted in the previous post, a reaction from Berlusconi to the news that his wife, who is not happy that he passes too much time with 'minors', as she put it, was not long in coming.Berlusconi is apparently saddened by the news that his wife has decided to leave him, and has returned … [Read more...]
Murdoch’s Sky Italy versus The Berlusconi’s Mediaset
April 21, 2009 By 6 Comments
Once upon a time Murdoch and Berlusconi were 'business buddies', to quote the words used in an article which appeared in Time magazine back in February this year.Well, it so happens that I've just finished running a course on press release writing skills and understanding the foreign media … [Read more...]
Ad Personam Man
December 2, 2008 By 2 Comments
'Ad Personam' is an expression being bandied around frequently these days in Italy, often with reference to media mogul cum prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in connection with his propensity for making laws which appear to benefit him personally.Well, Italy's ad personam man has been at it … [Read more...]
Mood
March 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
An attempt to capture the mood of the sky at around sunset. I actually took this last year. See what you think. … [Read more...]
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