Government report calls Scottish Opera management “irresponsible and inadequate.” The company was saved from bankruptcy only by an emergency £2.1 million bailout by the government last year. Former SO director calls the charges “untrue and unfair.” – BBC
Tag: 02.03.00
SCOTTISH OPERA BOSSES –
– are due for a drubbing over their management of the company as new government investigation into the opera’s affairs is completed. – BBC
PBS SET TO ANNOUNCE NEW PRESIDENT
Pat Mitchell, a veteran of ABC, CBS and NBC, and currently with CNN, will be the public TV network’s first woman president. Announcement expected Monday. – Philadelphia Inquirer 02/03/00
PAY PER LISTEN
National Public Radio will launch a new satellite pay-radio service later this year as a means of raising money. – San Antonio Express-News 02/03/00
KILLER ADS?
A new series of ads for Benetton features pictures of American Death Row inmates. The words “Sentenced to Death” are stamped across the ads, and the company’s logo is featured alongside the condemned person’s image as well as the prisoner’s name date and place of birth, and crime. It’s just a joke, says the ad-maker. – National Post (Canada) 02/03/00
RUMORS OF MERGER TALK —
— between media giants Bertelsmann and Sony. – BBC 02/03/00
OF WRITING AND PLAYWRITING
Elie Wiesel is a great writer. But as a playwright… – Dallas Morning News