Rupert Murdoch’s biggest and boldest bid yet emerged, with an $80 billion takeover offer for Time Warner Inc., which would be the biggest media deal in more than a decade.
Tokyo Sexwale bounced from cabinet. Mandela “very much alive.” Murdoch recalled to parliament following leaked tape. Snowden off to Venezuela? Crocs are embarrassed by their signature shoes. Media banned from F1 pits.
Well hey, that sounds at least a little familiar. Ivan Lewis, shadow culture secretary is presently proposing a licensing scheme for journalists at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, which would have the power to prohibit people from doing any sort of journalism – which would have to include tweeting, blogging, and uploading pictures of stuff.
Banksy’s put up some new art on his site because all the other well-known people were speaking out about the NewsCorp. hacking scandal, and Banksy didn’t want to be left behind. Which is nice! Because honestly I’d almost forgotten about Murdoch. Way to be relevant, Banksy.