Archive for November, 2006
BSkyB paying £940m for 17.9% in ITV
Interesting to see that Sky have paid £940m in cash for ITV, which in their announcement they say they will “support ITV in any discussions to help build shareholder value”. I’m sure this has nothing to do whatsoever with NTL looking at buying the firm. Interesting that James Murdoch says that they have no current [...]
Popstars
Yesterday I went along to a One Network gig with Jamiroquai, obviously not with, but you know, to watch. It was at the Mean Fiddler, which is a fairly small venue and he was brilliant. It was a lovely relaxed gig and sung all his hits, no doubt to promote to his greatest hits, which [...]
MySociety Makes Govt Website Useful
Hooray for MySociety, who i’ve talked about before. They’ve been working with Number 10 to create an ePetitions website that allows UK residents to create petitions and other citizens to sign them. Some great things about the service; 1. They will list all petitions (even the ones that break the T&Cs) – this is very [...]
Collapsed Lung
Some horrible news about Matt, who’s a friend from school, I hope he gets well soon. Other friend Graham got a text from him and apparently “it feels like Bella Emberg is sitting on my chest”. Eeek.