Category Archives: News
Murdoch Redoubles with the Sun
Rupert Murdoch, his family and his media empire are very busy at the moment fighting scandals from every angle. The press (except his Fox network, unsurprisingly) has been ablaze with the latest Sun newspaper bribe allegations and has seen the … Continue reading
Murdoch’s up against it, again
One wonders what the closed boardroom meetings must be like at News International headquarters. Oh, to be a fly on the wall for those. It seems the alleged unscrupulous world of Murdoch’s empire continues apace. This time the Sun newspaper … Continue reading
If These Walls Could Talk
Having just finished watching the Social Networkrecently (yes, I’m a little late), it’s still amazing and more than a little baffling that this whole ‘social media thing’ has had the impact it has. Sean Parker’s Napster idea I can fully … Continue reading
Filed under Business, business news, News, Tech
The Feds Move In
The US congress may have recently backed down on their proposed anti-piracy legislation, caving in to high-profile dissent from the likes of Google, Wikipedia and thousands more. But, it seems the government is serious about this stuff. The founder of … Continue reading
Filed under Government, internet, News
The Gods Must Be Crazy
An interesting and wholly (holy) modern religious group has emerged from the frozen, progressive landscape of Sweden. It seems that the nation that gave the world Pirate Bay, Spotify and Skype are adding a new addition to the table. The … Continue reading
Filed under internet, News, Social Media
The Arab Spring in Moscow
With the recent passing of North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader,’ Kim Jong-il, it will be interesting to see if such a closed society will be swallowed by the kinds of tumultuous changes that the Arab world has faced in the last … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Government, News, politics
Britain’s Divide At Home
Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, not only took a public flogging from the sound bite king, Nicolas Sarkozy (calling him an “obstinate child”) for his stand-alone approach at the latest Brussels EU meeting, but his coalition partner and Lib Dem … Continue reading
‘Hamsters’ are out for Putin’s blood
The ripples from the ‘Arab spring’ have continued to evolve, facilitating the Occupy Wall Street campaign and countless other demonstrations, and now the Kremlin, once the bastion of censorship and state control is being shaken by what President Vladimir Putin … Continue reading
Murdoch Jr. is the new sacrificial lamb
The Commons culture committee were in attendance and so was James Murdoch, for a three hour grilling on the continued phone-hacking saga. Now that it’s been reported in the mainstream media that the Sun newspaper also took part in the … Continue reading
A close shave for Murdoch?
To turn our attention away from the eurozone crisis (actions have been delayed, yet again) and look at another interesting story that never seems to leave (like the debt deliberations). Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp team had their annual … Continue reading
