Weekly NDM

Newspaper

Jeremy Clarkson in F-word response in claims to a BBC warning

This article is about Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson who has been written about in his rival newspaper, The Mirror. They claim that he has been told by the BBC not to misbehave specifically 'not to cause a diplomatic row' as they travelled to Argentina, and was given a warning, however Jeremy Clarkson did not take too kindly to this claim and fired back at the newspaper. 

In my opinion this article is interesting as it's about how one newspaper is claiming that a TV show presenter has been warned. they are trying to suggest that he misbehaves and that the BBC are trying to control him and censor him, therefore there is this back and forth spat between Jeremy Clarkson, and The Mirror.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/23/jeremy-clarkson-bbc-top-gear-mirror


Technology

Apple will not shut down Dr Dre's Beats Music but could fold it into iTunes

This article is about the acquisition of Dre Beats by Apple in May for $3bn and how it was thought that they would shut down the company. However, Apple denied this from happening but did not rule out a possible re-branding of the company to play into their iTunes. 

• Beats Music has had a slow uptake of just 111,000 registered accounts in May, and an estimated 250,000 users through the combination of family accounts.
• Apple had purchased Beats Music for $3bn in May.

I think this article is quite interesting as it is an example of how powerful media institutions are, this taps into the idea that media institutions are getting much bigger and growing; so much so that they are buying out each other. Also, $3bn is a substantial amount of money to have bought a company that has had a very slow uptake compared to its headphone brand. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/23/apple-dr-dre-beats-music-itunes