So the general public and music industry are united and up in arms together about U2’s album launch a.k.a. free distribution via iTunes. The album was not free, it cost Apple $100m which then allowed Apple to gift it to its 500 million users. A couple of points: U2 sold themselves short by accepting $2 …
Attended and competed (well sort of) in an open water swim event over the weekend. Had a wonderful day out, the weather was glorious, had the honour of swimming in our national lake with its beautiful golden amber water that, with the reflection of light, gave you the feeling of swimming in liquid gold. Overall a well …
So Garth Brooks stuck to his ‘5 or none at all’ ultimatum and will not be joining us on the rock as planned later this month despite having friends in far from low places. Over the past week we’ve had: A comment from the Taoiseach (yes our Head of State) live from Berlin on National television about the …
It has been rough reading, listening and viewing over the past week. We learned of a mass grave of 800 children who were literally dumped into a septic tank and then last night’s repeat of the excellent Prime Time investigates documentary, Anatomy of a Scandal, told us about illegal medical trials conducted on vulnerable infants by highly revered medical …
The abrupt dismissal of New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson last week highlights our obsession with the first mover advantage ideology i.e. Ms Abramson was the first female executive editor while Dean Baquet, her replacement, is the first African-American in the role. Much of the agro seems to be about Abramson hiring another person in on top and across Baquet, the …
MAN BITES DOG There’s an old saying among media hacks that a good story has to be a little different or unusual to catch our attention. Dogs biting humans is an everyday occurrence, a story is when the man bites the dog back. Anyone who has seen the movie, “The World According to Garp,” will remember …
