PRESIDENZA DEL CONSIGLIO: Maurizio BALOCCHI (Semplificazione normativa) – Lega Nord Paolo BONAIUTI (Editoria) – Forza Italia Michela Vittoria BRAMBILLA (Turismo) – Forza Italia Aldo BRANCHER (Federalismo) – Forza Italia Rocco CRIMI (Sport) – Forza Italia Carlo Amedeo GIOVANARDI (Famiglia, droga e Servizio civile) – Liberali Gianfranco MICCICHÈ (CIPE) – Forza Italia AFFARI ESTERI Stefania Gabriella [...]
Walter Veltroni has come out against nominating a new Rai board with the current law. Whilst one might disagree with the method found in the current law to appoint board members (seven of nine members by parliamentary committee, president plus one ordinary member by ministerial nomination subject to two-thirds majority in the same committee), it [...]
Romano Prodi has recently announced his retiral from Italian politics. Today, I chanced upon a reference to his work at IRI from almost twenty-five years ago, in Musella, Luigi, Craxi, Roma: Salerno Editrice, 2007 “Prodi, president of IRI, asked for a meeting with Craxi. Prodi had the right, by law, to choose six of the [...]
From Inside CBC.com: Late last week, the federal government appointed three new members to the CBC Board of Directors. Two of the three have strong ties to the Conservative party. Opposition MPs claimed the appointments to the CBC Board were part of a larger strategy to fill vacancies on federal Boards in advance of a [...]
Outsider eyed as new leader of NHK. [Hollywood Reporter] New director for France 2. [Hollywood Reporter] [Le Monde]
Straight to Inside CBC for the news: Montreal media lawyer Hubert Lacroix will replace Robert Rabinovitch as president and chief executive officer of CBC/Radio-Canada. Lacroix does have a bit of broadcast experience, having worked for Radio-Canada as a commentator for basketball during the Olympic Games in 1984, 1988 and 1996. He was also a contributor [...]
From The Globe and Mail: The CBC is trying to fill some of the biggest jobs it has – including the one that now belongs to president and CEO Robert Rabinovitch. He’s due to step down later this year after eight controversial years. The apparent front-runner to succeed him is Sylvain Lafrance, the current vice-president [...]
The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications today released a report on the appointment of the BBC Chairman, written in the well-tempered amber prose typical of such committees. Some recommendations I share: if the government adds a member to the short-list it is given, it should be publicly justified. Some recommendations I disagree with. [...]
From Hollywood Reporter: Lutz Marmor has been voted the new head of German regional public broadcaster NDR. Marmor will take over from current NDR boss Jobst Plog in January 2008.
Paolo Gentiloni today announces that Rai gets €33 million more to aid the switch-over to digital. The headline figure cited by Gentiloni – “uno stanziamento per il triennio 2007-2009 per complessivi 300 milioni per la promozione digitale” [a subvention of 300 million for digital over the three-year period 2007-2009] – sounds good; although not all [...]