SKY SONGS LAUNCHES October 11, 2009 BSkyB is set to launch Sky Songs, a digital music service it hopes will challenge Apple’s iTunes and Spotify. BSkyB, headed by Jeremy Darroch, (above) said yesterday the service, which will go live on 19 October, offers users unlimited streaming, plus download-to-own tracks and albums from £6.49 a month. Music from all four major music [...]
England won’t hold back in quest for perfect 10 October 8, 2009 UKRAINE vs ENGLAND TOMORROW 5.15PM FABIO CAPELLO has succeeded where his predecessor failed and navigated England to a major Championship at his first attempt, with few dramas and a couple of games to spare. Although the Three Lions would be entitled to take it easy in the first of these ‘dead rubbers’, it’s a must-win [...]
SUPER LEAGUE GRAND FINAL October 8, 2009 LEEDS RHINOS vs ST HELENS TOMORROW 6PM, SKY SPORTS OLD TRAFFORD opens its doors to footballers of a different variety tomorrow, as two of the most successful sides in the short history of rugby league’s Super League go head-to-head in the culmination of the 2009 season. Of eleven Grand Finals since 1998, seven have featured [...]
When it comes to the crunch, this is too trite October 8, 2009 TheatreTHE POWER OF YESThe National Theatre*** “THIS is not a play,” the narrator announces ominously as the curtains open. Instead it is a “story” of the credit crunch conducted through interviews with key financial figures, including mathematician Myron Scholes (Malcolm Sinclair) co-father of the Scholes-Black option-pricing model which underpinned much financial wizardry, FSA head Adair [...]
Heskey’s role is up for grabs October 7, 2009 ENGLAND may well have already booked their place in the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer, but Saturday’s qualifier against Ukraine in Kiev remains a big game for Fabio Capello. While it would normally be an ideal time to experiment, Capello strikes me as the kind of man who believes in keeping the [...]
Davis says no to ITV chair October 7, 2009 EX-REED Elsevier chief executive Sir Crispin Davis has walked away from the opportunity to become ITV’s chairman, dealing another blow to the troubled broadcaster. Davis – who was the board’s favourite to replace Michael Grade – is said to have felt the job was too high profile for his first time as a company chairman. [...]
Finsbury spins another healthy profits increase October 6, 2009 CADBURY’S financial public relations adviser Finsbury has increased profits despite the downturn in the economy, according to documents filed at Companies House. Profits have reached £8.8m against £8.75m last year and founder Roland Rudd has seen his pay package reach £2.9m against £2.25m the year before. Rudd, a former financial journalist with the Financial Times, [...]
Osborne’s cuts are merely the first step October 6, 2009 IT was Philip Hammond, the Tory shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, who put it best last night. He readily explained that the package of spending cuts and reforms outlined by his party yesterday were only a start and that there would be more to come. His frankness came as something of a relief after [...]
THE TIPSTER BAINTERIMS WILL CLARIFY ITS POSITION October 4, 2009 SHARES in Legal & General fell by more than 5 per cent on Friday after National Australia Bank moved to dampen talk of a takeover bid. The firm’s share price had risen to highs of the year of more than 95p before the fall. Will the price drop lower? ShortsandLongs.com has a rolling spread of [...]
Virgin and BT join forces in BSkyB attack October 4, 2009 Virgin Media and BT have hit out at BSkyB’s pricing mechanism for its premium channels, saying that its “near monopoly” restricts consumer choice and keeps prices high. The attack came in a joint submission to Ofcom, which is consulting over its proposals to control the wholesale pay-TV market, that would mean BSkyB having to sell [...]