News 03/10/2011

An occasional round up of media and PR news

Ofcom watershed warning as X Factor shows go live next week

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ofcom-watershed-warning-to-x-factor-2363580.html

Whose Afraid of Kindle Fire ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15105500

Facebook Controversies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/30/facebook-investigation-privacy-concerns

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/30/facebook-refuses-pull-rape-jokepages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15091674

Conflict of Interest in some media coverage

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/microsoft-red-cross-and-un-sucked-into-global-news-fixing-row-2362707.html

Radio 4 to be protected from sweeping cuts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8801283/Radio-4-to-be-ring-fenced-from-sweeping-BBC-cuts.html

Temples & Tea Leaves

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/srilanka/8799080/Sri-Lanka-Temples-and-tea-leaves.html

Q&A with George Alagiah

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2011/oct/02/george-alagiah-mixed-race-britain

Great obituary of David Croft

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-croft-comedy-writer-and-producer-who-helped-create-hits-like-lsquodadrsquos-armyrsquo-lsquoallo-rsquoallorsquo-and-lsquoare-you-being-servedrsquo-2361851.html

Review of the Movie Melancholia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/oct/02/melancholia-lars-von-trier-review

And finally: has the i pod cheapened pop music?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/8800250/The-iPod-has-cheapened-pop-music.html