BBC World News, Apr 27, 2012

How soap operas changed the world BBC News By Stephanie Hegarty BBC World Service Soap operas aren't often celebrated for contributing to the good of society. Whether it's the materialism of Dallas or the idle gossip of Neighbours, they are better known for being shallow and addictive than for ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Bob Dylan to get US Medal of Freedom BBC News He continues to record and tour, expanding his horizons with aUS radio show (syndicated on Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music in theUK) and a recently-signed six-book publishing deal. Morrison has become renowned for her portrayal of the African-American... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Key tests for Skylon spaceplane project BBC News "The message is that Britain has the next step beyond the jet engine; that we can reduce the world to four hours - the maximum time it would take to go anywhere. And that it also gives us aircraft that can go into space, replacing all the expendable ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

BBC's world to expand in Asia Pacific Sydney Morning Herald BBC World News is expanding into the Asia Pacific, doubling its staff in Singapore and launching a new Singapore-London co-hosted news show. The BBC's director of global news, Peter Horrocks, said the broadcaster was expanding general news coverage in ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

BBC's world to expand in Asia Pacific The Age BBC World News is expanding into the Asia Pacific, doubling its staff in Singapore and launching a new Singapore-London co-hosted news show. The BBC's director of global news, Peter Horrocks, said the broadcaster was expanding general news coverage in ... See all stories on this topic » The Age

Lifetime's THE WEEK THE WOMEN WENT to Premiere 6/6 Broadway World Based on the ground-breaking British social experiment format from theBBC, The Week the Women Went focuses on the tight-knit community of Yemassee, South Carolina, from which its women left for one week this past fall. With the women escaping to an ... See all stories on this topic »

HRD 2012: BBC Academy embraces shared training approach People Management Magazine Online But the BBC did just that when it launched the BBC Academy back in 2009, the CIPD's HRD conference heard yesterday. Under its royal charter the corporation is obliged to “share as much of our training as possible with the wider broadcasting industry, ... See all stories on this topic »

Today's media stories from the papers The Guardian P40 BBC Sport chief underlines commitment to big events. P45 Marina Hyde: how Rupert Murdoch became Simon Cowell's paperboy. G2, P3 The Voice is about voices in the same way that Britain's Got Talent is about talent. G2, P4 Interview: the puppeteer ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

BREAKING NEWS BBC Sport Play is under way in the second round of the world championship at the Crucible, with live video coverage available to UK users on the BBC Sport website. Manager Harry Redknapp could face an awkward Tottenham news conference at lunchtime. See all stories on this topic »

'Dark tourism' getting even more popular New York Daily News None offer the relaxing, lighthearted experience many of us have come to expect on vacation, but all have become accepted tourist destinations -- and such visits are only increasing in popularity. Now, a team from the UK's University of Central ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Report Identifies Elements of Hyperlocal Success in the UK Street Fight Its aim was simple; to use examples from across the UK — and around the world — to offer insight and inspiration to hyperlocal practitioners, wherever they may be. The UK and US hyperlocal markets are very different, but despite the physical ocean ... See all stories on this topic » Street Fight

The Data Journalism Awards full shortlist The Guardian (blog) The list is dominated by the UK and the US, with a particularly strong showing for the BBC - the New York Times couldn't enter because judge Aron Pilhofer is a staffer there. But there are also shortlisted entries from Afghanistan, Uganda and Ukraine. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

A closer look at the citizen journalism newswire which aims to provide ... Journalism.co.uk Last month the BBC's sports editor David Bond spoke to Journalism.co.uk about the role social media is likely to play in both news gathering and reporting, and the considerations the broadcaster is having to make as a result. "Twitter has just changed ... See all stories on this topic » Journalism.co.uk

Irish Singer Imelda May Enjoys a Bit of Country Wall Street Journal That was followed by a number of European concerts and, later, tours world-wide. Her big break came in 2008, when she performed two songs from her album "Love Tattoo" on BBC's"Later...with Jools Holland" television show in the UK She hasn't looked ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Ad agency has designs on our creative youths This is Kent In a style worthy of BBC One's The Apprentice, two groups will each design and present an advertising campaign. The scheme was organised by MP Damian Collins, himself a former M&C Saatchi employee. "It's effectively work experience with one of the top ... See all stories on this topic »

Alex Salmond gets off scot-free after Rupert Murdoch's disclosures The Guardian (blog) The BBC's Scottish political editor, Brian Taylor, has been robust on all UK-wide BBC outlets, not just Scotland's. Salmond's denials have been only partial ones, he says. But have some of the media pulled their punches, as I suspected? See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Fracking to Continue in the UK but With Checks Einnews Portugal (http://www.bbc.co.uk) With the controversy continuing to surround fracking, make sure you don't miss SMi's Shale Gas Environmental Summit, taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 in central London. Where the event will play host for 2 days to the key ... See all stories on this topic »

For Murdoch, Concerns His Great Empire Is 'Under Serious Threat' PBS NewsHour When Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday in the second day of a UKmedia ethics inquiry, he coupled an apology for News of the World's "blot" on his News Corp record with accusations that journalists had covered up the phone-hacking. See all stories on this topic »

Data culture #2: the New Curation The Guardian (blog) Just for the hell of it let us call this the New Curation. Read this brilliant blog by John Sheridan of the National Archives and you start to see the possibilities. Legislation.gov.uk created a database of law with an open API. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

The language of Shakespeare Stabroek News By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | Editorial | Friday, April 27, 2012 Generally recognised as the greatest writer in the English language and perhaps the greatest playwright the world has ever seen, William Shakespeare would have been 449 on April 23. See all stories on this topic »

Rupert Murdoch predicts newspapers could die out in 10 years The Guardian Murdoch, the News Corporation chairman and chief executive, urged Lord Justice Leveson to take "care" with his recommendations for the future of UK press regulation in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and to understand the ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Wanna be a rock'n'roll star? Then start courtin' Norton Irish Times THE MOST important person in music in both Ireland and theUK is Graham Norton. You read that right: Bandon's Graham Norton is far more important and influential than Simon Cowell. Or The Voice. Or any label boss, DJ or promoter you could care to ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Euronews: Nokia Knocked Off Top Spot Light Reading Ofcom , the UK's telecom and broadcasting regulator, is taking a harder look at whether satellite broadcaster BSkyB is a "fit and proper" company to hold a broadcast license, reports the BBC, as the Leveson inquiry into the behavior of News Corp. See all stories on this topic »

Fact of the day Insidethegames.biz The Festival celebrating the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will take place from June 21 to September 9 across the UK, features some of the leading artists from around the world with over 25000 individuals from all 204 competing Olympic nations ... See all stories on this topic »

IEA warns of doubled CO2 emissions UPI.com The meeting was attended by British Energy Secretary Ed Davey, who noted that investments in renewable energy projects fell off markedly in the first quarter, the BBC reported. "The risk is that recession delays low-carbon investment, leaving us a ... See all stories on this topic »

Hunt to hand over Sky emails C21Media The UK's culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will hand over correspondence relating to his input into News Corp's abandoned US$12bn bid to buy satcaster BSkyB. The news comes as media regulator Ofcom confirmed it was expanding its investigation ... See all stories on this topic »

One Direction to 'chill out' Belfast Telegraph ... US, Australia and New Zealand for their hit album Up All Night. Singer Harry is quite exhausted from the heavy traveling and is happy to be back in the UK. "I'm so tired - it was pretty intense but a lot of fun," Harry said on BBC Radio 1 Thursday. See all stories on this topic » Belfast Telegraph

Minister hands over Murdoch emails NEWS.com.au THE UK Culture minister will hand over all texts and emails related to his dealings with News Corp. Culture minister Jeremy Hunt has faced calls to resign after it emerged that his department leaked details to US-based News Corp. about its bid for full ... See all stories on this topic »

Over 50s should retire to give jobs to youths, says journo The Periscope Post In some areas of the Arab world, 90 per cent of 16-24 year olds are unemployed; in the US it's 23 per cent; in Spain almost 50 per cent; in the UK 22 percent. Some call it the “lost generation.” The WEF has called for essays answering the question ... See all stories on this topic » The Periscope Post

Choice TV pledges to move beyond imported shows National Business Review RIGHT: NBR readers may be interested in Around the World in 80 Trades, which will run on Choice TV on Monday nights. The show, made by the UK'sChannel 4, features economist Conor Woodman, who uses £25000 from the sale of his flat to travel to various ... See all stories on this topic »

We did odd jobs for about 10 years-Da Twinz aka Ganda Boys New Vision By Pidson Kareire For over 13 years the UK-based Ugandan singers popularly known as Da Twinz aka Ganda Boys because of their Ganda Foundation, stayed in London for Kyeyo. Efforts to bring them to perform in Kampala were fruitless because they allegedly ... See all stories on this topic »

Jay-Z, Rihanna and Cate Blanchett To Appear At London Olympics Arts Festival Hollywood Reporter ... there will be arts events taking place in unusual places all over the UK that will showcase the best in international culture when the eyes of the world are on us this summer," Mackenzie said. Jay-Z and Rihanna will headline the BBC Radio 1 Hackney ... See all stories on this topic » Hollywood Reporter

Water and Reconstruction - an Agenda for Transformation AllAfrica.com As reported on the BBC web page, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17775211, 'Huge water resource exists under Africa ... Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. See all stories on this topic »

Darcey Bussell to join Strictly Come Dancing judging panel Easier (press release) The former Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet, has been confirmed as the new judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing when it returns in the autumn. Widely recognised as one of the most accomplished English ballerinas of all time, Darcey joined the ... See all stories on this topic »

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BBC Sport - Athletics The latest BBC Athletics news plus live scores, fixtures, results, tables,video, audio, blogs and analysis for all major UK and international leagues.... Usain Bolt's hopes of breaking the 100m world record at London 2012 may be harmed by the weather, says ... External link: Hitchon smashes British Hammer record in USA ... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/

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BBC News - US choice Jim Yong Kim is new World Bank chief Andrew Mitchell, UK international development secretary and a governor of the World Bank ... Andrew Walker BBC World Service Economics correspondent ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17735368

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BBC News - Iran nuclear talks 'positive' after 15-month break Six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - and Iran are meeting in ... End Quote Mohsen Asgari and James Reynolds BBC News ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17706248

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