After packing a previously uncontroversial bill full with measures that would help Retequattro avoid a move to satellite, the government yesterday lost a vote on one of the provisions contained there, on bird protection, of all things.
Gioacchino Alfano, justice minister, has now promised to listen to the opposition’s concerns about Retequattro. Quite what this means […]
Once again, Marco Travaglio has appeared on a Rai programme, made some provocative comments, and kicked off a furore which will generate more heat than light. Here is my hasty transcript of his remarks from the video posted on Repubblica.it:
È molto istruttivo quando vengono elette le alte cariche dello stato, perché i giornali pubblicano tutti […]
Several months ago, leaked telephone intercepts showed that Agostino Saccà, director of Rai Fiction, had been in regular phone contact with Silvio Berlusconi about which actresses to recruit, and how best to advance his own production company, Pegagus. Now they’re trying to fire him. It seems to be more difficult than it ought to be, […]
On Saturday, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Finance Minister, writes to Rai saying that he no longer has confidence in Angelo Maria Petroni, the Finance Ministry’s representative on the Rai board. Petroni was nominated by Padoa-Schioppa’s right-wing predecessor. Petroni claims that the move is purely political, and has no legal foundation. Petroni is partly right: the move has […]
Good gossip from Prima Comunicazione on the recent choice of Claudio Cappon as RAI DG. Apparently, Romano Prodi didn’t want Cappon, but instead Antonello Perricone, MD of the editorial house that produces La Stampa. Prodi had counted on peeling off centre-right members of Rai’s Administrative Council, but his point-man, Angelo Rovati, messed up his counts. […]
Rai’s Administrative Council yesterday made three key appointments: Giancarlo Leone was made vice-director general, Lorenza Lei, head of TV Resources; and Nicola Claudio, chief of staff to the Director-General. Leone was formerly head of RaiCinema, and had been considered for the job of director-general before in 2002 (source: Bruno Vespa, Rai: la Grande Guerra).
Leone […]
