I haven’t been blogging much about public broadcasting recently. I’ll be blogging more as and when my book comes out. But here’s a tit-bit from Italy: Lorenza Lei has been appointed as first female director-general of Rai. Reasons to be cheerful:
Lei replaces Mauro Masi, who had an unhappy and brief (two-year) tenure.
Lei was appointed by [...]
So, it’s election time here in Italy, and as usual, all politicians are concentrating on how to make Italy’s stagnant economy perform better.
Oh, sorry, no, they’re talking about how much time they get on television.
Silvio Berlusconi has now been formally placed under investigation for pressuring officials within Agcom (the sectoral regulator) and Rai. Mauro [...]