Microsoft to get tough with Yahoo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/29/microsoft.yahootakeover
Wall Street expects Microsoft to enter a protracted period of "trench warfare" in its attempt to buy Yahoo after the failure of its three-month-long attempt to bring the online company's board to the negotiating table. It is expected to launch a proxy battle and try to oust the Yahoo executive team while encouraging investors to accept its original $31-a-share offer, with the first shot fired possibly as early as this week. With the passing, on Saturday, of the deadline that Microsoft had set Yahoo to enter into negotiations without any comment from either side, shares in both companies declined yesterday, valuing Microsoft's bid at about $42.7bn.
Disappointing earnings figures from Microsoft last week prompted questions about whether the Windows software firm is in sufficiently hearty health to succeed with a hostile bid. But conversely Kessler said Microsoft's sluggish performance made the takeover all the more crucial.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
CondéNet UK overhauls Vogue.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/22/condenast.digitalmedia
CondéNet UK is preparing to roll out an overhauled version of Vogue.com on May 7, expanding its editorial coverage, harmonising international editions and unveiling high-profile fashion celebrities for its blogs and video reports. The Vogue TV video section is being expanded to include more behind-the-scenes footage and reports presented by personalities including model Agyness Deyn and designers Henry Holland and Manolo Blahnik. Vogue.com's popular Street Chic section, a significant traffic driver to the site, will become a daily feature. Image galleries will include a magnifier tool, allowing users to see clothes close enough to see stitching and zip details. The site, which claims around 1.2 million unique users each month, has been designed with a universal template across all 140-language versions, which means ad campaigns can easily be run across different territories.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/22/condenast.digitalmedia
CondéNet UK is preparing to roll out an overhauled version of Vogue.com on May 7, expanding its editorial coverage, harmonising international editions and unveiling high-profile fashion celebrities for its blogs and video reports. The Vogue TV video section is being expanded to include more behind-the-scenes footage and reports presented by personalities including model Agyness Deyn and designers Henry Holland and Manolo Blahnik. Vogue.com's popular Street Chic section, a significant traffic driver to the site, will become a daily feature. Image galleries will include a magnifier tool, allowing users to see clothes close enough to see stitching and zip details. The site, which claims around 1.2 million unique users each month, has been designed with a universal template across all 140-language versions, which means ad campaigns can easily be run across different territories.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
MySpace launches Korean service
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/15/myspace.web20
MySpace today moved in on one of the world's most competitive social networking markets, rolling out a localised version for South Korea. The News Corporation-owned site has, like the rest of MySpace's 28 other regional versions, been customised to appeal to the Korean market with a simplified design, local TV and music content and a new "minilogs" feature - diary notes that can be customised with animations and colours.
However, the site faces stiff competition in South Korea, where local site Cyworld is reportedly used by as much as 90% of the country's under-20s.
The Korean-language version of MySpace follows the launch of a Spanish version for north America's Latino audience
This article shows MySpaces's popularity and also they want to carry on being successful, which would mean breaking into competitive markets. In South Korea the competitor for News Corporation is Cyworld, as South Koreans are the worlds most regular users of social networking websites. In addition to most of the country having a fast Internet connection
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/15/myspace.web20
MySpace today moved in on one of the world's most competitive social networking markets, rolling out a localised version for South Korea. The News Corporation-owned site has, like the rest of MySpace's 28 other regional versions, been customised to appeal to the Korean market with a simplified design, local TV and music content and a new "minilogs" feature - diary notes that can be customised with animations and colours.
However, the site faces stiff competition in South Korea, where local site Cyworld is reportedly used by as much as 90% of the country's under-20s.
The Korean-language version of MySpace follows the launch of a Spanish version for north America's Latino audience
This article shows MySpaces's popularity and also they want to carry on being successful, which would mean breaking into competitive markets. In South Korea the competitor for News Corporation is Cyworld, as South Koreans are the worlds most regular users of social networking websites. In addition to most of the country having a fast Internet connection
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Text one is ‘The Sun Online’ homepage (02/04/08), the purpose of this text is to inform audiences of the day’s top stories. Text two is the’ BBC News report about the Tiananmen Square massacre’ (04/06/89), the purpose of this text is to inform audiences about what has happened.
The main headline on The Sun homepage is ‘Transatlantic Terror on Trial’ and with the caption ‘to use liquid explosives to blow up passenger jets’, the pictures used appear to be mug shots. Also this could create a moral panic (Cohen) amongst readers and also make some readers doubt flying. This article also appears to be sensationalised an aspect which is used in most tabloid (red top) newspapers.
The majority of the homepage consists of soft news (Galtung and Ruge) this would include celebrity gossip such as ‘Naomi Campbell arrested’ or ‘Becks tops porn poll’. This indicates what The Sun readers want to read, as the newspaper is targeted at C1, C2 and below and uses more informal language. In comparison to other newspaper websites such as The Guardian, The Sun has a more visual approach as the webpage features more pictures than writing.
The BBC news report is both informative and educational as it provides information on the events that happened in Tiananmen Square, but also establishes the BBC as a global institution providing coverage on events happening around the world, as this news report is likely to have interested those who keep up to date with world politics (hard news), therefore target audiences for the BBC would have been middle and upper class.
The report highlights the corrupt Chinese government and the fear that citizens live in as the reporter states that people were shot sitting in their own homes. At present news reports of government corruption have increased, which would have resulted in more people taking an interest in these issues.
Also the reporter is a white female who may be represented the hegemonic view of the BBC as she is injecting audiences (hypodermic needle model) with ‘white ideologies’, which the BBC has been criticized for.
But since the 1980s audiences have been able to gather information from a variety of news sources such as the internet or other news channels and are able to form their own opinion about the event being reported.
But the female reporter is represented as being educated and professional as many women may not have wanted to report from a country where civilians were being killed in front of them. In contrast to The Sun homepage where there is a picture of a Page 3 girl and another of Cameron Diaz in a bikini, these women have been featured on the page for the male gaze (Laura Mulvey) and are being sexually objectified; an aspect which is common in The Sun newspaper which features a Page 3 girl, reinforcing audiences with male ideologies as she has been placed there just for pleasure.
The Sun represents owner Rupert Murdoch who could be seen as a gatekeeper, he decides which stories make headlines and which do not, as information may have been mediated so that it is suitable for the target audience.
Since the majority of newspapers have gone online it has proved to be more effective as on the internet news can be updated throughout the day whereas a news report may only be shown once on the news. The Sun also proves that it caters for all audiences by providing news via ‘paper, online, mobile’. The BBC also has a website and offers a similar service to readers such as alerts sent to mobiles, emails and podcasts. This shows that institutions are trying to cater for the needs of different audiences by offering different forms of receiving news.
The BBC is known for bringing global issues to the attention of readers and listeners, whether it is protests or foreign elections. However the news featured in The Sun tends to be from either Britain or America, as many American celebrities are making headlines in the U.K. For example Jennifer Aniston is featured on the Sun homepage – for smuggling smarties on a film set she is working on.
The main headline on The Sun homepage is ‘Transatlantic Terror on Trial’ and with the caption ‘to use liquid explosives to blow up passenger jets’, the pictures used appear to be mug shots. Also this could create a moral panic (Cohen) amongst readers and also make some readers doubt flying. This article also appears to be sensationalised an aspect which is used in most tabloid (red top) newspapers.
The majority of the homepage consists of soft news (Galtung and Ruge) this would include celebrity gossip such as ‘Naomi Campbell arrested’ or ‘Becks tops porn poll’. This indicates what The Sun readers want to read, as the newspaper is targeted at C1, C2 and below and uses more informal language. In comparison to other newspaper websites such as The Guardian, The Sun has a more visual approach as the webpage features more pictures than writing.
The BBC news report is both informative and educational as it provides information on the events that happened in Tiananmen Square, but also establishes the BBC as a global institution providing coverage on events happening around the world, as this news report is likely to have interested those who keep up to date with world politics (hard news), therefore target audiences for the BBC would have been middle and upper class.
The report highlights the corrupt Chinese government and the fear that citizens live in as the reporter states that people were shot sitting in their own homes. At present news reports of government corruption have increased, which would have resulted in more people taking an interest in these issues.
Also the reporter is a white female who may be represented the hegemonic view of the BBC as she is injecting audiences (hypodermic needle model) with ‘white ideologies’, which the BBC has been criticized for.
But since the 1980s audiences have been able to gather information from a variety of news sources such as the internet or other news channels and are able to form their own opinion about the event being reported.
But the female reporter is represented as being educated and professional as many women may not have wanted to report from a country where civilians were being killed in front of them. In contrast to The Sun homepage where there is a picture of a Page 3 girl and another of Cameron Diaz in a bikini, these women have been featured on the page for the male gaze (Laura Mulvey) and are being sexually objectified; an aspect which is common in The Sun newspaper which features a Page 3 girl, reinforcing audiences with male ideologies as she has been placed there just for pleasure.
The Sun represents owner Rupert Murdoch who could be seen as a gatekeeper, he decides which stories make headlines and which do not, as information may have been mediated so that it is suitable for the target audience.
Since the majority of newspapers have gone online it has proved to be more effective as on the internet news can be updated throughout the day whereas a news report may only be shown once on the news. The Sun also proves that it caters for all audiences by providing news via ‘paper, online, mobile’. The BBC also has a website and offers a similar service to readers such as alerts sent to mobiles, emails and podcasts. This shows that institutions are trying to cater for the needs of different audiences by offering different forms of receiving news.
The BBC is known for bringing global issues to the attention of readers and listeners, whether it is protests or foreign elections. However the news featured in The Sun tends to be from either Britain or America, as many American celebrities are making headlines in the U.K. For example Jennifer Aniston is featured on the Sun homepage – for smuggling smarties on a film set she is working on.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
2000s
2000
- DVD players become world’s fastest selling home electronics device.
- George W Bush declared president
- Launch of Big Brother
- Launch of ITN News Channel
2001
- US terror attacks. Two planes crash into the World Trade Centre Towers and the Pentagon
- In response to the terror attacks, US and British forces launch a bombing campaign on the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan
- Race riots in Cincinnati continue for several days following a shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer
2002
- Live autopsy on Channel 4
- Launch of BBC Four
- India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists
- MTV reportedly reaches 250 million homes worldwide
2003
- Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts
- The Recording Industry Association of America cracked down on people who illegally swapped more than 1,000 songs over the Internet, filing lawsuits against hundreds of people. Apple Computer, however, made downloading both affordable and easy with its iTune Music Store
- Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops
- Leni Riefenstahl dies (Triumph of the Will)
2004
- Asian tsunami
- Hutton report published
- Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks, killing more than 200
- Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11
- Mel Gibson – Passion of the Christ – angered Jews
- The secret policemen (BBC) – documentary which uncovered institutionalised racism within the police force.
- Crash
2005
- Desperate Housewives
- Tony Blair becomes first Labour Party prime minister to win three successive terms, but his party loses a large number of seats in the elections
- London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700
- Youtube Is launched
- Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami
2006
- The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios
- A Danish newspaper challenges taboos against illustrations of Muhammad by printing several negative cartoons depicting him
- Series of bombs explode on commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour
- Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court
2007
- Benazir Bhutto assassinated
- Launch of the iphone
- Increase in fuel prices
- Al Gore – an inconvenient truth
2000
- DVD players become world’s fastest selling home electronics device.
- George W Bush declared president
- Launch of Big Brother
- Launch of ITN News Channel
2001
- US terror attacks. Two planes crash into the World Trade Centre Towers and the Pentagon
- In response to the terror attacks, US and British forces launch a bombing campaign on the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan
- Race riots in Cincinnati continue for several days following a shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer
2002
- Live autopsy on Channel 4
- Launch of BBC Four
- India's worst Hindu-Muslim violence in a decade rocked the state of Gujarat after a Muslim mob fire-bombed a train, killing Hindu activists
- MTV reportedly reaches 250 million homes worldwide
2003
- Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all 7 astronauts
- The Recording Industry Association of America cracked down on people who illegally swapped more than 1,000 songs over the Internet, filing lawsuits against hundreds of people. Apple Computer, however, made downloading both affordable and easy with its iTune Music Store
- Saddam Hussein is captured by American troops
- Leni Riefenstahl dies (Triumph of the Will)
2004
- Asian tsunami
- Hutton report published
- Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks, killing more than 200
- Michael Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11
- Mel Gibson – Passion of the Christ – angered Jews
- The secret policemen (BBC) – documentary which uncovered institutionalised racism within the police force.
- Crash
2005
- Desperate Housewives
- Tony Blair becomes first Labour Party prime minister to win three successive terms, but his party loses a large number of seats in the elections
- London hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700
- Youtube Is launched
- Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami
2006
- The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios
- A Danish newspaper challenges taboos against illustrations of Muhammad by printing several negative cartoons depicting him
- Series of bombs explode on commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour
- Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court
2007
- Benazir Bhutto assassinated
- Launch of the iphone
- Increase in fuel prices
- Al Gore – an inconvenient truth
1990s
1990
- Margaret Thatcher steps down as prime minister
- GoodFellas
- South Africa frees Nelson Mandela
- Communist Party relinquish sole power in Soviet government
1991
- End of Persian Gulf War
- The Broadcasting Standards Council is set up to monitor sex, violence and bad language on radio and TV.
- In Europe, Internet sites more than triple in one year pass 100,000
1992
- Bill Clinton elected president
- 172 nations various address issues of environmental protection and sustainable development at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
- ‘The Big Breakfast’ begins on Channel 4
- US lift trade sanctions against China
1993
- Launch of GMTV
- Britain’s first home shopping channel QVC
- Five arrested, sixth sought in bombing of World Trade Centre in New York
- Clinton agrees to compromise on military's ban on homosexuals
- South Africa adopts majority rule constitution
1994
- Start of Yahoo search engine
- Time Warner creates WB television network
- IRA declare ceasefire in Northern Ireland
- ER and Friends debut on NBC
- South Africa holds first interracial national election (April 29); Nelson Mandela elected President.
- Thousands dead in Rwanda massacre
1995
- Amazon.com starts selling books online
- Terrorist’s car bomb blows up block-long Oklahoma City federal building
1996
- Hotmail.com – web based email service
- Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state
- Pressured by the Federal Communications Commission, television broadcasters agree to include three hours a week of educational children's programming into their schedule.
- The Simpsons arrive at the BBC
- Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease
1997
- Channel 5 launches
- News 24 launches
- US shuttle joins Russian space station
- European Union plans to admit six nations
- Tony Blair leads Labour to its greatest victory
1998
- ITV launches its first new channel ITV2
- Europeans agree on single currency, the euro
- President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky
- US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed
- Viagra goes on sale
- Sex and the city
1999
- Channel 4 airs Mafia drama The Sopranos, sparking a debate on whether American television is better than British.
- Last transmission of ITV’s News at Ten
- Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over
- Total Eclipse
- Television cameras are allowed into the House of Commons for the first time on an experimental basis
- Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir
1990
- Margaret Thatcher steps down as prime minister
- GoodFellas
- South Africa frees Nelson Mandela
- Communist Party relinquish sole power in Soviet government
1991
- End of Persian Gulf War
- The Broadcasting Standards Council is set up to monitor sex, violence and bad language on radio and TV.
- In Europe, Internet sites more than triple in one year pass 100,000
1992
- Bill Clinton elected president
- 172 nations various address issues of environmental protection and sustainable development at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
- ‘The Big Breakfast’ begins on Channel 4
- US lift trade sanctions against China
1993
- Launch of GMTV
- Britain’s first home shopping channel QVC
- Five arrested, sixth sought in bombing of World Trade Centre in New York
- Clinton agrees to compromise on military's ban on homosexuals
- South Africa adopts majority rule constitution
1994
- Start of Yahoo search engine
- Time Warner creates WB television network
- IRA declare ceasefire in Northern Ireland
- ER and Friends debut on NBC
- South Africa holds first interracial national election (April 29); Nelson Mandela elected President.
- Thousands dead in Rwanda massacre
1995
- Amazon.com starts selling books online
- Terrorist’s car bomb blows up block-long Oklahoma City federal building
1996
- Hotmail.com – web based email service
- Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state
- Pressured by the Federal Communications Commission, television broadcasters agree to include three hours a week of educational children's programming into their schedule.
- The Simpsons arrive at the BBC
- Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease
1997
- Channel 5 launches
- News 24 launches
- US shuttle joins Russian space station
- European Union plans to admit six nations
- Tony Blair leads Labour to its greatest victory
1998
- ITV launches its first new channel ITV2
- Europeans agree on single currency, the euro
- President accused in White House sex scandal; denies allegations of affair with White House intern, Monica Lewinsky
- US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed
- Viagra goes on sale
- Sex and the city
1999
- Channel 4 airs Mafia drama The Sopranos, sparking a debate on whether American television is better than British.
- Last transmission of ITV’s News at Ten
- Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over
- Total Eclipse
- Television cameras are allowed into the House of Commons for the first time on an experimental basis
- Pakistani government is overthrown in the midst of economic strife and intensified fighting with India over Kashmir
1980s
1980
- Children in Need
- CNN is launched by Ted Turner
- US break diplomatic ties with Iran
- BBC drama featuring women cops
- Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep
- ‘Who shot JR?’ prompted a national obsession over who the killer was. Dallas was a popular primetime soap which led to the spin offs Knots Landing and Dynasty.
1981
- MTV is launched on air 24/7
- First woman on US supreme court - Sandra Day O'Connor
- Air controllers strike
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Supreme Court allows television cameras in the court room
- Introduction of the Police Complaints Authority, aimed at improving trust between ethnic minority communities and the police force
1982
- Falklands war
- Launch of Channel 4
- E.T
- MRI diagnostic machines introduced in Britain
- Brookside aired on Channel 4
1983
- Breakfast TV on BBC
- CD’s go on sale
-US Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional
1984
- Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards.
- Apple introduces the user-friendly Macintosh personal computer
- Michael Buerk reports about the famine in Ethiopia which prompts a public response
- Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion
- The Supreme Court rules that taping television shows at home on VCRs does not violate copyright law
1985
- Coca-Cola attempts to change its 99-year-old formula in an effort to attract younger drinkers. "New" Coke is poorly received, and the company soon reintroduces the original, "Classic" beverage
- 50 newspapers now offer online access to news texts.
- First episode of eastenders aired on BBC1, seen as a response to ITV’s Coronation Street
- Mikhail Gorbachev becomes soviet leader. He is described as ‘an orthodox Marxist’
1986
- ‘Don’t die of ignorance’ AIDS campaign
- Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl power station alarms world
- US Supreme Court bars racial bias in trial jury selection
- FOX television network created
- Supreme Court affirms abortion rights
1987
- Women Priests in Church of England
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wins a rare third term
- Supreme Court rules that rotary clubs must admit women
- Fatal Attraction
1988
- The British government tries to get extracts from Peter Wright’s book ‘Spycatcher’ banned – as it included some controversial revelations.
- Benazir Bhutto, first Islamic woman prime minister, chosen to lead Pakistan
- The government fails to prevent an investigative documentary on British Special Forces controversial killing of 3 IRA gunmen.
1989
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- SKY launches the UK’s first satellite television service
- Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death
- Tiananmen Square massacre
- First World Wide Web server and browser developed
- The Simpsons makes debut on FOX TV
1980
- Children in Need
- CNN is launched by Ted Turner
- US break diplomatic ties with Iran
- BBC drama featuring women cops
- Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep
- ‘Who shot JR?’ prompted a national obsession over who the killer was. Dallas was a popular primetime soap which led to the spin offs Knots Landing and Dynasty.
1981
- MTV is launched on air 24/7
- First woman on US supreme court - Sandra Day O'Connor
- Air controllers strike
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Supreme Court allows television cameras in the court room
- Introduction of the Police Complaints Authority, aimed at improving trust between ethnic minority communities and the police force
1982
- Falklands war
- Launch of Channel 4
- E.T
- MRI diagnostic machines introduced in Britain
- Brookside aired on Channel 4
1983
- Breakfast TV on BBC
- CD’s go on sale
-US Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional
1984
- Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards.
- Apple introduces the user-friendly Macintosh personal computer
- Michael Buerk reports about the famine in Ethiopia which prompts a public response
- Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion
- The Supreme Court rules that taping television shows at home on VCRs does not violate copyright law
1985
- Coca-Cola attempts to change its 99-year-old formula in an effort to attract younger drinkers. "New" Coke is poorly received, and the company soon reintroduces the original, "Classic" beverage
- 50 newspapers now offer online access to news texts.
- First episode of eastenders aired on BBC1, seen as a response to ITV’s Coronation Street
- Mikhail Gorbachev becomes soviet leader. He is described as ‘an orthodox Marxist’
1986
- ‘Don’t die of ignorance’ AIDS campaign
- Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl power station alarms world
- US Supreme Court bars racial bias in trial jury selection
- FOX television network created
- Supreme Court affirms abortion rights
1987
- Women Priests in Church of England
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wins a rare third term
- Supreme Court rules that rotary clubs must admit women
- Fatal Attraction
1988
- The British government tries to get extracts from Peter Wright’s book ‘Spycatcher’ banned – as it included some controversial revelations.
- Benazir Bhutto, first Islamic woman prime minister, chosen to lead Pakistan
- The government fails to prevent an investigative documentary on British Special Forces controversial killing of 3 IRA gunmen.
1989
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- SKY launches the UK’s first satellite television service
- Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death
- Tiananmen Square massacre
- First World Wide Web server and browser developed
- The Simpsons makes debut on FOX TV
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
1970s
1970
- IBM introduces the floppy disc
- Bar codes are introduced for retail and industrial use (UK)
1971
- UK is not using shillings
1972
- Newsround – news programme for kids
- Eleven Israeli athletes are killed at the Olympic Games in Munich
- Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional
- HBO – the first pay cable network
- Bloody Sunday – peaceful civil rights march in Derry descends into chaos, British paratroopers open fire
- The Godfather
1973
- First teletext system is devised by BBC technicians
- Watergate trial involving President Nixon
- Cell phone invented
- Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community
1974
- Nixon Resigns
- Debut of People Magazine
- The Godfather II
- U.S. newspapers start to replace reporters’ typewriters with terminals.
1975
- Jaws
- US networks ABC, CBS, NBC create a ‘family hour’ an early evening time slot that is free of violence and sex.
- VCR’s are developed in Japan by Sony
- Equal Pay Act
1976
- The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky
- British Airways begins scheduled commercial flights
- Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority
1977
- Star Wars
- Queen Elizabeth II celebrates silver jubilee
- Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions
1978
- Jonestown Massacre - 900 members of reverend Jim Jones’ cult after a mass suicide/murder
- Delia Smith runs a basic TV cookery course to revive enthusiasm for cooking at home.
- Hewlett-Packard begins development of inkjet printer
1979
- Margaret Thatcher wins general election
- BBC’s Ceefax service offers subtitling for programmes
- Rap music goes beyond the streets of New York
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan stirs world protest
1970
- IBM introduces the floppy disc
- Bar codes are introduced for retail and industrial use (UK)
1971
- UK is not using shillings
1972
- Newsround – news programme for kids
- Eleven Israeli athletes are killed at the Olympic Games in Munich
- Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional
- HBO – the first pay cable network
- Bloody Sunday – peaceful civil rights march in Derry descends into chaos, British paratroopers open fire
- The Godfather
1973
- First teletext system is devised by BBC technicians
- Watergate trial involving President Nixon
- Cell phone invented
- Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community
1974
- Nixon Resigns
- Debut of People Magazine
- The Godfather II
- U.S. newspapers start to replace reporters’ typewriters with terminals.
1975
- Jaws
- US networks ABC, CBS, NBC create a ‘family hour’ an early evening time slot that is free of violence and sex.
- VCR’s are developed in Japan by Sony
- Equal Pay Act
1976
- The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky
- British Airways begins scheduled commercial flights
- Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority
1977
- Star Wars
- Queen Elizabeth II celebrates silver jubilee
- Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions
1978
- Jonestown Massacre - 900 members of reverend Jim Jones’ cult after a mass suicide/murder
- Delia Smith runs a basic TV cookery course to revive enthusiasm for cooking at home.
- Hewlett-Packard begins development of inkjet printer
1979
- Margaret Thatcher wins general election
- BBC’s Ceefax service offers subtitling for programmes
- Rap music goes beyond the streets of New York
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan stirs world protest
1960s
1960
- Kennedy elected president
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho becomes one of the year’s most successful films
- NASA launches the first weather satellite
- The Pill goes on sale
- Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology
1961
- U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cub
- First episode of Songs Of praise
- Anti Castro exiles invade Cuba; they were either killed or captured.
1962
- Dr No begins the James Bong series
- First University Challenge aired on Granada TV
- Marilyn Monroe dies
- The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality
- Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business
1963
- John F Kennedy assassinated
- Civil rights march – 200,000 blacks and whites held on Washington D.C
- Kenya achieves independence
1964
- Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
- BBC2 Launch
- Launch of Top of the Pops
- Pirate” ships broadcast off English coast, challenge BBC monopoly
1965
- Vietnam War becomes first war to be televised
- British ban televised cigarette advertising
- Bill Cosby – first African American to headline a show
- Malcolm X shot
- Riots in Watts, LA
- Tomorrow’s world (BBC) – showcase on new inventions and technologies
1966
- England wins the world cup
- Psycho (1960) was deemed to violent for home viewing
- Insulin is first synthesized
- Xerox sells fax machine
1967
- Rolling Stone and New York Magazine debut
- News at ten – first extended news programme on ITV
- Congress creates PBS
- First heart transplant
1968
- Martin Luther King assassinated
- First issue of Time Out
- Students riot in Paris – objecting to the apparent closure of a university
- Hollywood adopts an age based rating system
1969
- BBC1 and ITV begin broadcasting in colour
- Man lands on the moon
- Sesame Street
- beginning of Gay Rights movement
- US president is Nixon
1960
- Kennedy elected president
- Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho becomes one of the year’s most successful films
- NASA launches the first weather satellite
- The Pill goes on sale
- Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology
1961
- U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cub
- First episode of Songs Of praise
- Anti Castro exiles invade Cuba; they were either killed or captured.
1962
- Dr No begins the James Bong series
- First University Challenge aired on Granada TV
- Marilyn Monroe dies
- The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality
- Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business
1963
- John F Kennedy assassinated
- Civil rights march – 200,000 blacks and whites held on Washington D.C
- Kenya achieves independence
1964
- Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
- BBC2 Launch
- Launch of Top of the Pops
- Pirate” ships broadcast off English coast, challenge BBC monopoly
1965
- Vietnam War becomes first war to be televised
- British ban televised cigarette advertising
- Bill Cosby – first African American to headline a show
- Malcolm X shot
- Riots in Watts, LA
- Tomorrow’s world (BBC) – showcase on new inventions and technologies
1966
- England wins the world cup
- Psycho (1960) was deemed to violent for home viewing
- Insulin is first synthesized
- Xerox sells fax machine
1967
- Rolling Stone and New York Magazine debut
- News at ten – first extended news programme on ITV
- Congress creates PBS
- First heart transplant
1968
- Martin Luther King assassinated
- First issue of Time Out
- Students riot in Paris – objecting to the apparent closure of a university
- Hollywood adopts an age based rating system
1969
- BBC1 and ITV begin broadcasting in colour
- Man lands on the moon
- Sesame Street
- beginning of Gay Rights movement
- US president is Nixon
1950s
1950
- Saturday morning children’s programming begins
- Phone Vision, the first pay per view service begins
- The first Xerox machine is produced
- Assassination attempt on President Truman
- Korean War begins
- First broadcast from the House of Commons
1951
- Colour television introduced in the US and sets go on sale
- Japanese peace treaty signed
- First nuclear power plant built
- TV cameras allowed in 10 Downing Street
- British film censors add an X rating (indicates strong adult content)
1952
- Television's first magazine-format program, the Today show, debuts on NBC
- King George the VI dies, daughter becomes Elizabeth the II
- 3D movies
- Programme for deaf children (BBC)
- Identity cards abolished
1953
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
- First issue of the TV Guide magazine
- Panorama has a more cultural view (BBC)
- East Berliners rise against communist rule
- First successful open-heart surgery
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed – for treason
- Hollywood develops wide screen processes i.e. CinemaScope
1954
- First in-vision weatherman
- Supreme Court rules against separate education for blacks and whites
- In U.S., television revenue surpasses radio revenue
- Disney ends Hollywood freeze, leads studios in producing television programs
- NBC broadcasts the World Series in colour for the first time.
- Television Act 1954 becomes Law
- Algerian War of Independence against France begins
1955
- Churchill resigns (April 5)
- Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus, breaking segregated seating law. Martin Luther King, Jr, leads black boycott of Montgomery bus system.
- Gunsmoke debuts on CBS, and will go on to be television's longest-running western
- BBC’s monopoly on British television is over. ITV begins broadcasting as is allowed to host commercial adverts
1956
- The Wizard of Oz has its first airing on TV.
- First European cup final
- Morocco gains independence from France
1957
- Russia launches Sputnik I, first earth-orbiting satellite
- Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS, ushering in an era of television shows that depict the ideal American family.
1958
- Cinema verité (also called “direct cinema”) documentary technique
- Blue Peter airs on BBC
- The first CND protests (campaign for nuclear disarmament)
1959
- Dalai Lama escapes to India.
- Xerox manufactures a plain paper copier
- Fidel Castro assumes power of Cuba
- Public is shocked to learn that most big-money TV quiz shows are fixed
- M1 motorway opens
- Number of television licences reaches 10million (UK)
1950
- Saturday morning children’s programming begins
- Phone Vision, the first pay per view service begins
- The first Xerox machine is produced
- Assassination attempt on President Truman
- Korean War begins
- First broadcast from the House of Commons
1951
- Colour television introduced in the US and sets go on sale
- Japanese peace treaty signed
- First nuclear power plant built
- TV cameras allowed in 10 Downing Street
- British film censors add an X rating (indicates strong adult content)
1952
- Television's first magazine-format program, the Today show, debuts on NBC
- King George the VI dies, daughter becomes Elizabeth the II
- 3D movies
- Programme for deaf children (BBC)
- Identity cards abolished
1953
- Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
- First issue of the TV Guide magazine
- Panorama has a more cultural view (BBC)
- East Berliners rise against communist rule
- First successful open-heart surgery
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed – for treason
- Hollywood develops wide screen processes i.e. CinemaScope
1954
- First in-vision weatherman
- Supreme Court rules against separate education for blacks and whites
- In U.S., television revenue surpasses radio revenue
- Disney ends Hollywood freeze, leads studios in producing television programs
- NBC broadcasts the World Series in colour for the first time.
- Television Act 1954 becomes Law
- Algerian War of Independence against France begins
1955
- Churchill resigns (April 5)
- Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus, breaking segregated seating law. Martin Luther King, Jr, leads black boycott of Montgomery bus system.
- Gunsmoke debuts on CBS, and will go on to be television's longest-running western
- BBC’s monopoly on British television is over. ITV begins broadcasting as is allowed to host commercial adverts
1956
- The Wizard of Oz has its first airing on TV.
- First European cup final
- Morocco gains independence from France
1957
- Russia launches Sputnik I, first earth-orbiting satellite
- Leave It to Beaver premieres on CBS, ushering in an era of television shows that depict the ideal American family.
1958
- Cinema verité (also called “direct cinema”) documentary technique
- Blue Peter airs on BBC
- The first CND protests (campaign for nuclear disarmament)
1959
- Dalai Lama escapes to India.
- Xerox manufactures a plain paper copier
- Fidel Castro assumes power of Cuba
- Public is shocked to learn that most big-money TV quiz shows are fixed
- M1 motorway opens
- Number of television licences reaches 10million (UK)
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
GQ to launch Indian edition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/07/condenast.pressandpublishing
GQ will launch in India later this year, following in the footsteps of its Condé Nast stablemate Vogue. The upmarket men's magazine will launch an Indian edition following the "overwhelming success" of Vogue India, said Jonathan Newhouse, the Condé Nast International chairman. GQ India will mix international and Indian content. The new Condé Nast title will be edited by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, a former features and contributing editor of the British GQ.
During 2008, Condé Nast will also launch Vanity Fair in Spain, Tatler in Russia and Condé Nast Traveller in Greece.
GQ was launched in America in 1957 as Gentleman's Quarterly, a fashion spin-off from Esquire, which it now outsells in Britain. Condé Nast took over the magazine in 1983 and launched it in the UK in September 1989. There are 13 international editions of the magazine
This article highlights the success Condé Nast has had with its other magazines and is convinced that GQ will be a success in India, following the success of Vogue India. The publisher has identified that their is possibly a gap in the market and that the demand for this magazine would be high.
The article also states how the publisher plans to expand more titles in other countries i.e. Condé Nast Traveller in Greece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/07/condenast.pressandpublishing
GQ will launch in India later this year, following in the footsteps of its Condé Nast stablemate Vogue. The upmarket men's magazine will launch an Indian edition following the "overwhelming success" of Vogue India, said Jonathan Newhouse, the Condé Nast International chairman. GQ India will mix international and Indian content. The new Condé Nast title will be edited by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, a former features and contributing editor of the British GQ.
During 2008, Condé Nast will also launch Vanity Fair in Spain, Tatler in Russia and Condé Nast Traveller in Greece.
GQ was launched in America in 1957 as Gentleman's Quarterly, a fashion spin-off from Esquire, which it now outsells in Britain. Condé Nast took over the magazine in 1983 and launched it in the UK in September 1989. There are 13 international editions of the magazine
This article highlights the success Condé Nast has had with its other magazines and is convinced that GQ will be a success in India, following the success of Vogue India. The publisher has identified that their is possibly a gap in the market and that the demand for this magazine would be high.
The article also states how the publisher plans to expand more titles in other countries i.e. Condé Nast Traveller in Greece
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Byron may write follow-up web report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/01/googlethemedia.digitalmedia1
Clinical psychologist and TV presenter Dr Tanya Byron is weighing up an offer from prime minister Gordon Brown to compile a follow up report to assess the impact of her recent study of online child safety. Byron told the Commons culture, media and sport select committee today that Brown had asked her to compile a report in four years' time to assess whether her recommendations on child Internet safety have successfully been introduced or not.
Her recent report took six months to compile and was commissioned by Gordon Brown.
Byron admitted that she "had no idea" how much her policies would cost to implement but said that it would require "lots of money" and "proper resourcing".
This report highlights the recent dangers of social networking, with sites such as MySpace and Facebook becoming popular, safety measures may have to be put into place.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/01/googlethemedia.digitalmedia1
Clinical psychologist and TV presenter Dr Tanya Byron is weighing up an offer from prime minister Gordon Brown to compile a follow up report to assess the impact of her recent study of online child safety. Byron told the Commons culture, media and sport select committee today that Brown had asked her to compile a report in four years' time to assess whether her recommendations on child Internet safety have successfully been introduced or not.
Her recent report took six months to compile and was commissioned by Gordon Brown.
Byron admitted that she "had no idea" how much her policies would cost to implement but said that it would require "lots of money" and "proper resourcing".
This report highlights the recent dangers of social networking, with sites such as MySpace and Facebook becoming popular, safety measures may have to be put into place.
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