After a number of false starts, I managed to speak with former DR director-general Christian Nissen this morning over the phone. We started by talking about his appointment. The appointment process – insofar as there was a process – seemed to me a curious mixture of informal queries through elite social networks – in this [...]
From Le Monde:
Dans une lettre adressée, lundi 24 septembre, à Michel Boyon, président du Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), François Hollande, premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste, et Didier Mathus, député (PS) de Saône-et-Loire et spécialiste des questions de médias, estiment que “l’expression des grands courants politiques dans les médias est gravement déséquilibrée par les interventions [...]
Repubblica has an interesting series with Ilvo Diamanti asking candidates for the leadership of the Partito Democratico for their stance on a number of issues. Today’s is electoral reform. The three serious contenders – Bindi, Letta, Veltroni – each have a different stance. Bindi opts for the system before 2006, Letta for the German system, [...]
Blogging has been a bit delayed recently with a number of trips to K\obenhavn and back. On one of those trips, I had to travel back to Aarhus to phone DR’s Head of News Ulrik Haagerup, who is, of course, based in K\obenhavn.
As Haagerup’s wikipedia entry shows, he’s risen up the ranks quickly. In response [...]
Perhaps the Berlusconi years made me lazy, but I’ve had to re-learn some cautionary principles of Italian politics:
the position of the government is not necessarily the same as the position of the parties that compose it;
the position of the government is not necessarily the same as the position of the largest party in the government;
the [...]
Yesterday I went to visit Tage Baumann at the new DR-Byen in \Orestaden. I knew I would arrive early, but thought I could wander around the area and grab a bite to eat and a coffee before the interview. Unfortunately, this plan turned out to be a wishful projection based on the experience of BBC [...]
Yesterday I met with Johannes Reimer, who’s been working for DR on-and-off since 1983. I’d asked to speak to him to give a longer-term perspective on DR, and he didn’t disappoint.
Johannes has a slightly awkward schedule, working one week as the program-chief for the early morning 6am to 10am programme, then next week switching over [...]
Two items connected by disregard for ethics. In Sweden, a TV4 journalist undermines the country’s reputation for probity for accepting bribes to portray favourably a criminal investigation under appeal. According to Le Monde:
Dans la première affaire, le plaignant affirme que le journaliste de TV4 aurait touché 43 500 euros pour diffuser un reportage afin d’aider [...]
I took my first trip to DR Aarhus today to interview Dianna Bach. Dianna started working for DR straight out of journalism school ten years ago, first in Aalborg and now in Aarhus. After starting as a reporter, she now presents a morning show (6am – 10am) on the regional radio network, with an estimated [...]
Repubblica reports that the share-holder meeting for Rai has ended with Petroni being removed and replaced with Fabiano Fabiani. Il Sole 24 Ore has better coverage on Fabiani’s background:
CEO of Acea spa, municipal electricity company in Rome;
board member for Suez Environment;
former director-general of IRI
former MD of Cinecittà, Finmeccanica;