So, I posted here about News International’s (perceived) power — but that’s really very unimportant compared to what’s happening to the Italian stock market and the BTP-Bund spread.
Then come hear me at the very first media@uea symposium on the 24th June 2011. Details are here. Quick descriptor:
media@uea is an initiative which brings together the schools of Economics,
Film & Television Studies, International Development, Law, Political, Social &
International Studies and others from across the University of East Anglia.
We are pleased to invite you to [...]
Really puzzled why the story about Berlusconi getting a kickback on gas deals makes the Guardian top story, and Repubblica’s frontpage, but only ranks fifth on corriere.it, behind a story about a trawler…
Fresh from… well, fresh from doing something, one presumes, the Italian parliament is ready to vote on a law hamstringing the press even further (the so-called <a href=”http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2010/05/19/news/senato_accelera-4186524/?ref=HRER1-1″>legge bavaglio</a>).
The main provisions of the law relate to the publication of leaks from public prosecutors’ office: in particular, a ban on any information before the initial hearing, [...]
Thank God someone’s bringing this out in the UK — for my classes I’ve had to rely on an Italian copy with outrageously bad English subtitles.
Some image-heavy slides from my presentation on the Italian media. Thanks to Jeppe for reminding me.