"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Thursday, April 19, 2007

TV for Rock'n'Rollers, the 20th Century and gym rats

Video Killed the Musician - Thursday 19 April 2007 11:30-12:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Your chance to hear again - Video Killed The Musician first heard Saturday 21 October 2006 10:30-11:00 (BBC Radio 4 FM) click here to hear it (lasts 7 days only)

Radio Journalist Harry Allen (hip-hop activist and media assassin) meets the guys who invented, funded and started MTV. Now the 24-hour music channel is over 25 years old. Giving it's name to a generation of American kids it has influenced film making, pop packaging and reduced an entire nation's attention span. One of the world's most identifiable brands now worth US$20 Bn.

The very best of informative, entertaining educational radio.

* MTV base is the 100th MTV Channel that covers Africa launched Feb 2005.

No comments:

(C) Very Seriously Disorganised Criminals 2002/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - copy anything you wish