Archive for May, 2007
Is the Tribune trying to tell us something?
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Below is a scan of Richard Delevan’s column from the main section of today’s Sunday Tribune (final edition) - what’s of interest is the e-mail address at the bottom:
Way back when there were rumours that The Irish Times were about to pounce on a floundering Sunday Tribune in a bold move into the Sunday market […]
On Newstalk tonight
Saturday, May 19th, 2007I’ll be on Newstalk tonight as part of their weekly ‘Lay of the Land’ feature, in which each Sunday’s newspapers are previewed before they hit the shelves.
The bit is part of the Taste programme and I go on at 8:45PM - you can catch it online, on 106-108FM, on your relevant digital TV platform or […]
Rants: Changing a film’s setting in an attempt to pander
Saturday, May 19th, 2007I recently picked up Regina Spektor’s Begin To Hope, an acquisition largely based on the opening track ‘Fidelity‘ which piqued my interest in her after just one brief listen. As tends to happen when I listen to a new song or album, I go searching for more information, for lyrics, backgrounds and meaning.
It turns out […]
More journalists blogging
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Damien flagged this the other day but it looks like The Irish Times has rolled out its fourth blogger over at Ireland.com/blogs.
Mark Hennessy, the paper’s political correspondent, has started up the aptly titled ‘Correspondent‘ in recent days and has been giving some extra weight to the election’s ins and outs. The main blogs page does […]
Independent.ie relaunch
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007The Irish Independent has just relaunched its website, Independent.ie, which heralds the end to registration and the beginning of a far more interactive site for the national newspaper.
This follows the relaunch of The Irish Times website Ireland.com which happened in November of last year and is another step forward for the online presence of Irish […]
Finally got a DTT box
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Having written about it numerous times in recent months I’ve finally had the chance to check out Ireland’s DTT trial for myself today.
I got in touch with the DCMNR - as I said to them, I’ve been watching developments in it so closely it’d be nice to try it out for myself - who kindly […]
Media buyers still doubt Channel 6 (SBP - 13th May 2007)
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007An article of mine from the latest Sunday Business Post which analyses the performance of Channel 6 now that it’s one year old:
Channel 6’s presence on Sky’s digital platform has caused a slight improvement in its performance, but it is clear from the entertainment channel’s aborted attempt to attract the lowest common denominator by introducing […]
Sweet and tender irony
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007Spotted in a local shop window in Dublin this afternoon:
Blogs elsewhere
