"Mr Packer was heard to say to Mr Leckie "You were f---ing rude to me on the phone." Mr Leckie replied: "Well, you were f---ing rude to me, too".
I guess it's ultimately good (ie free) that all AFL matches will be on Free to Air TV not Foxtel. Welcome to Australia - land of oligopolies and protected patronage. (we get free to air coverage of AFL football 2007 onwards but only because one media mogul is annoyed at the other re so called anti-competitive behaviour - oh the irony)
It's not about the free market here. Now what am I meant to be doing day before XMAS ? (have no idea.. life, yes ? um no...although schedule is chokkers from tomorrow on...) I tried to get ADSL2 last night except Iprimus has so no customer sales support till Wednesday WTF $^%&!!!!
The Age on John Howard PM's Sydney Harbour Xmas party : "Mr Packer was heard to say to Mr Leckie "You were f---ing rude to me on the phone." Mr Leckie replied: "Well, you were f---ing rude to me, too". Witnesses said Mr Packer repeatedly pointed his finger towards Mr Leckie, who stormed out." (Mr Packer appeared unfazed, chatting with Lachlan Murdoch and wife Sarah)
Obviously the older/younger Murdoch has left a nice present for John Malone (and told him something similar to what James told Leckie) under the XMAS tree : "Think of this next story as a corporate Santa swap. Today Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp finalized a deal with Liberty Media. Liberty is handing over its 20-percent voting stake in Newscorp. In return, Newscorp gives Liberty Media its big satellite operation: DirecTV. Not to mention a few stocking stuffers like a half-billion in cash and three regional sports networks. It may sound like your run-of-the-mill media deal."
As Jeff Jarvis says (his links above) : "Though he fought hard to get DirecTV, I’ll bet he now sees the falling value of distribution — broadcast tower, cable wire, satellite signal — in a competitive landscape and in a time when owning the distribution no longer means you control the content that goes over it."
It's not about the free market here. Now what am I meant to be doing day before XMAS ? (have no idea.. life, yes ? um no...although schedule is chokkers from tomorrow on...) I tried to get ADSL2 last night except Iprimus has so no customer sales support till Wednesday WTF $^%&!!!!
The Age on John Howard PM's Sydney Harbour Xmas party : "Mr Packer was heard to say to Mr Leckie "You were f---ing rude to me on the phone." Mr Leckie replied: "Well, you were f---ing rude to me, too". Witnesses said Mr Packer repeatedly pointed his finger towards Mr Leckie, who stormed out." (Mr Packer appeared unfazed, chatting with Lachlan Murdoch and wife Sarah)
Obviously the older/younger Murdoch has left a nice present for John Malone (and told him something similar to what James told Leckie) under the XMAS tree : "Think of this next story as a corporate Santa swap. Today Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp finalized a deal with Liberty Media. Liberty is handing over its 20-percent voting stake in Newscorp. In return, Newscorp gives Liberty Media its big satellite operation: DirecTV. Not to mention a few stocking stuffers like a half-billion in cash and three regional sports networks. It may sound like your run-of-the-mill media deal."
As Jeff Jarvis says (his links above) : "Though he fought hard to get DirecTV, I’ll bet he now sees the falling value of distribution — broadcast tower, cable wire, satellite signal — in a competitive landscape and in a time when owning the distribution no longer means you control the content that goes over it."
posted by redbarren at 1:45 PM
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