If any of you read a newspaper over the past week, you will see we are now in the era of the shrinking pie. And wow… it is shrinking quickly. The policy talk is now of cutting budgets and efficiency, not investment. And certainly not subsidy. That’s probably a good thing when applied to the [...]
‘It is hard to find a sector that has suffered from so much dithering, so many u-turns and such a relentless conveyor belt of reviews and consultations that have ultimately led nowhere. This is no way to nurture any industry – let alone the communications sector that last year, according to Ofcom, generated revenues of [...]
In an interview with the Daily Mail Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined proposals for the future of the BBC.
Under these plans the BBC would be forced to slash salaries and scale back its online presence. It would also see the BBC Trust abolished with its powers transferred to an independent authority, possibly Ofcom.
A [...]
Folks, summer is basically half-way over. I’m about to take off for Hilton Head to improve my tennis. Good times. Anyway, I thought I would take a step back and see where everything stands before I paddle out to the islands:
– David Cameron’s speech about quango reform really touched a nerve with some people. I [...]
