It is hard to think of a time since Irish independence when the political situation on this island dictated the very shape of the British government. But as November 24 draws closer, this year is shaping up to produce such an event. As pressure builds on British prime minister Tony Blair to make way for [...]
Newstalk 106 must work hard to avoid losing its loyal Dublin audience once it goes national, chief executive Elaine Geraghty has said. The talk radio station will be in a unique position when it makes the move to national coverage. Programming and format changes are to be made to ensure that output is relevant to [...]
The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is aiming to include download sales in its weekly singles chart from this summer. The news comes just weeks after the British singles chart saw the first-ever number one from download sales alone. Crazy by Gnarls Barkley has spent three weeks at the top spot there although it was [...]
The development of digital television in this country remains clouded in uncertainty.The tender process for the Government Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) trial is due to conclude by the end of April, with the pilot programme on track for an autumn 2006 launch.But broadcasting representatives have said that a mixture of caution amongst the networks and [...]
Today’s Sunday Business Post features and article I wrote on the online music market, You can view the piece on their site here. The article is connected to a recent post on my blog in relation to the pre-order campaign for Pearl Jam‘s upcoming album; people who preorder the CD on their site will be [...]
Apologies for the delay in putting this piece up, I’ve been knocked for six over the last few days and am just getting myself back on track. Below is my piece which featured in The Irish Times on Tuesday 21st of March; it is an interview with Cian O’Flaherty of Irishelection.com. The article was teamed [...]
Todays (Tuesday 21st March) Irish Times features a large piece on blogging in the upcoming Irish Election. As part of the feature I interviewed Cian O’Flaherty of Irishelection.com about his new site, what its goal is and what role he sees it playing come May 2007. The piece is available to view here (subs required). [...]
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