Just get Lost: it's Murdoch vs. Branson in the TV showdown

calidan · Mar 4, 2007, 05:43 AM

Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus...026144,00.html
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Saturday night in Manhattan and Rupert Murdoch was pacing the room nervously in his apartment overlooking Central Park. Thousands of miles away, on a launchpad in French Guiana, a rocket waited to be fired into space. If the scientists had calculated right, it would deliver the satellite to make Murdoch the dominant force in British television. If it exploded on its perilous ascent through the atmosphere it would bring his business empire crashing down with it.

The launch had already been postponed for 24 hours due to atrocious weather. Increasingly anxious, Murdoch called Andrew Neil, the executive chairman of Sky Television, demanding news. Neil, who had just got back to his South Kensington flat from his day-job editing the Sunday Times, owned by Murdoch, had none to give.

Iria · Mar 4, 2007, 04:48 PM

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Mar 4, 2007, 05:43 AM	#1
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Just get Lost: it's Murdoch vs. Branson in the TV showdown Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus...026144,00.html __________ Saturday night in Manhattan and Rupert Murdoch was pacing the room nervously in his apartment overlooking Central Park. Thousands of miles away, on a launchpad in French Guiana, a rocket waited to be fired into space. If the scientists had calculated right, it would deliver the satellite to make Murdoch the dominant force in British television. If it exploded on its perilous ascent through the atmosphere it would bring his business empire crashing down with it. The launch had already been postponed for 24 hours due to atrocious weather. Increasingly anxious, Murdoch called Andrew Neil, the executive chairman of Sky Television, demanding news. Neil, who had just got back to his South Kensington flat from his day-job editing the Sunday Times, owned by Murdoch, had none to give. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

Mar 4, 2007, 04:48 PM	#2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Thanks for the submission. I have posted on the FP and given you credit. Please continue discussion here.