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British media feeling the same chills (Cable Networks DeathWatchâ„¢)
media life magazine ^ | Nov 13, 2008 | By Heidi Dawley

Posted on 11/14/2008 5:52:26 AM PST by Kevin J waldroup

By Heidi Dawley Nov 13, 2008

As in the U.S., so in Britain. As the weather turns cold, the economy here turns even colder, with yet more news of sinking revenues and cutbacks, and the cost is being felt directly by UK media.

Just yesterday, it was reported that unemployment has reached an 11-year high, that Virgin Media, a major cable operator, was axing 2,200 jobs, that Yell, a yellow pages company, was chopping jobs as well, and that a string of regional newspapers was reporting a 15.5 percent falloff in ad revenue through the first 10 months of the year. We also learned that Britons were planning to spend 7 percent less this holiday season.

(Excerpt) Read more at medialifemagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: cable; cndw; dbm

1 posted on 11/14/2008 5:52:26 AM PST by Kevin J waldroup
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To: Kevin J waldroup

Let me guess, this is Bush’s fault too?


2 posted on 11/14/2008 5:56:32 AM PST by autumnraine (Churchill: " we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender")
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To: Kevin J waldroup

What is the current conversion of dollars to pounds?
Perhaps a Brit wants to get rich......Rosary Films offers a 1 Million Dollar Reward for Obama’s Certified Obama Long-Form Birth Certificate. ~video

They are offering a one million dollar reward for the certified long-form birth certificate of Barack Obama.

The long-form birth certificate must be certified by the U.S. Supreme Court.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVoJZEdM0K4&eurl=http://obambi.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/1million/


3 posted on 11/14/2008 5:58:26 AM PST by Gemsbok (Will the real Barry Dunham, Barry Soetoro, Barack J. Obama, Barack Husein Obama...please stand up?)
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