1 day ago by Adam Collyer

Mark Thompson, the BBC Director General (total pay package last year: £834,000 or four times the Prime Minister’s salary) has, according to the Daily Telegraph, vetoed a review of executive pay, because viewers care more about other matters. Apparently the BBC’s private research shows that executive ...

It's Just Not Right, Is It? - adamcollyer.wordpress.com · Rank: 183,786 · 2 references

6 days ago by Lara Manni

Chi lo ha letto in versione fan fiction lo sa già: tra le ambientazioni di Sopdet c’è la prima guerra mondiale. C’è l’ombra del generale Cadorna. C’è la ferocia con cui i soldati italiani vennero condannati al macello. Sono accenni, sfondi, rispetto alla narrazione principale, ma ne sono parte integ ...

Laramanni's Weblog - laramanni.wordpress.com · Rank: 33,424 · 13 references

6 days ago by Karen Ocamb

This afternoon from 4:00-6:00pm, Roots of Equality is hosting a panel discussion on the Gay Press, featuring yours truly and author Mark Thompson, who has a new book out on his days as an editor at The Advocate. In fact, Mark was my editor when I wrote for The Advocate under the late editor-in-chief ...

LGBT POV - lgbtpov.com · Rank: 22,358 · 31 references

7 days ago by Plainsong

Diciamoci la verità: per quanto utili, le previsioni del tempo sono estremamente noiose; anzi, mi spingerò fino a dire che probabilmente sono tra le cose più noiose che si possano vedere in televisione. Quando poi si vive a Los Angeles, dove regnano il sole ed il bel tempo per tutto l’anno, le previ ...

Noantri - noantri.com · Rank: 7,208 · 93 references

8 days ago by Pugface

Adam Lovejoy writes: I would like to voice my defence of the BBC and the wonderful and talented people who run it, including its Director General, Mark Thompson, and all of his deputies and senior executives. A vicious campaign has been unleashed against these fine people by some sections of the med ...

Stirring Trouble ... - stirringtroubleinternationally.com · Rank: 59,892 · 15 references

10 days ago by Carl

BBC Television Centre The expenses row. It’s always there to give us a cheap laugh at the ridiculous things that these high earning people don’t want to part with their cash for. The latest one is a guy called Mark Thompson who is the Director General of the BBC. He’s on a mind blowing £834,000 a ye ...

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10 days ago by Chuck Plunkett

Tomorrow we’ll weigh-in with an editorial on coming Congressional hearings regarding Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. It’s made me interested in considering what we might learn from the hearings in terms of our nation’s laudable obsession with diversity. Though I’m a big fan of diversity and tolerance, I’m n ...

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13 days ago by Jordan Breindel

Filed under: Videos, News / Politics, Dancing, Listless Let's face it: Weather reports are boring. It's either going to rain or it's not. And and if you know what season it is, chances are you can ballpark the temperature without consulting the Doppler. Weather reports are especially unnecessary in ...

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16 days ago by Charles Kuffner

Mark Thompson has ended his candidacy for Governor. “There’s just too many people running,” Thompson said. “Any time someone jumps in, they cut your percentages down.” Thompson said last week he was considering ending his bid. He had said he had launched his campaign earlier in the year assuming he ...

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19 days ago by Gordon Cheng

Ooh, ooh, I'm so excited! I was in at Moore College yesterday and ducked into the bookshop to pick up Calvin by Bruce Gordon. All the cool kids—you know, people like Colin Bale and Mark Thompson reckon this is the Calvin bio to get. And I've got it! Be still my beating heart. I must remember not to ...

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