Archive for March, 2008
On The Last Word to talk about FTA and DTT
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I’ll be on The Last Word just after 6pm this evening to talk about Free To Air broadcasting and DTT - following on from last week’s discussion about the DTT tenders.
Tune in online or via FM or DAB. If you want to be really meta, you could even listen in via your Satellite or DTT […]
What did Peev say next?
Monday, March 10th, 2008Carrying on from Saturday’s post about the Scotsman’s ‘Monster’ story, Roy Greenslade has picked up on the debate and put forward a few more arguments surrounding the issue.
The Scotsman and Peev’s defence is that, as a rule, what is on and off the record is defined from the outset and allowing someone to retrospectively go […]
On going off the record
Saturday, March 8th, 2008A post by Shane puts the spotlight on an interesting side-show to Samantha Power’s recent “monster” comments in relation to Hillary Clinton.
The Scotsman’s decision to run with a story based around an off-the-record comment raises some ethical questions about the entire meaning of those three words, and about a journalist’s obligation to pay attention to […]
On Today FM at 6:30pm this evening
Thursday, March 6th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word on Today FM this evening - should be at around 6:30pm or so.
The topic will be the DTT roll-out, coming on the back of the BCI’s announcement of a tender process for the three commercial multiplexes. If that means nothing to you, listen in!
I’ve been obsessively following DTT […]
My bible(s)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008I recently came into possession of two books/directories - one I bought and one that was given to me - which have quickly become equivalent to my Old and New Testament of Journalism.
First up, I forked out something like €26 for the latest Nealon’s Guide, which goes into great detail on the last Irish general […]
Making money out of Ghosts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Having successfully downloaded and listened through Nine Inch Nails‘ ‘Ghosts I-IV‘ I’ve been thinking over the potential for the business model pursued by Reznor with this instrumental album.
There’s no doubt that selling digital downloads for $5 and CDs for $10 will attract a lot of interest from fans - as will the higher-end packages for […]
Firefox Firsts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008This isn’t the kind of thing I normally do on the blog but what the hell, let’s see if this takes off (and passes some time).
When you start typing a web address into Firefox a list of addresses you’ve previously visited pops up to assist you, organised according to how often you visit them. (The […]
The Irish Blog Awards 2008 - My recap
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008A belated congratulations to all the winners at this year’s Irish Blog Awards - and congratulations to Damien and his team of elves for the excellent show they put on.
Over the course of the night I got the impression of a community that was far more sure of itself than before; as well as more […]
The experiment continues (Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008With various players involved in music trying different approaches to deal with the challenges of a changing industry landscape, news today shows that the experiment continues.
Completely out of the blue Trent Reznor self-released a new collection of his work, titled ‘Ghosts I-IV’, containing 36 tracks of completely new instrumental work. The business model works as […]
IBAs tonight - good luck and see you there
Saturday, March 1st, 2008A quick good luck to all those nominated for awards at tonight’s Irish Blog Awards.
Looking forward to it myself - mainly as an opportunity to meet some people in person for the first time and to catch up with those I’ve not seen in a bit.
If there’s one bad thing I can say about last […]
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