MIDEM 2012The Music NetworkJoss Stone was on hand at MIDEM to spruik her label Ston'd Records, which has signed to Getty Images' Guestlist. by Lars Brandle The international music industry gathered in Cannes this January for the traditional pow-wow that is MIDEM.
8 February 2012 | 3:28 pm
Video Game Industry Elite Gather for the 11th Annual DICE SummitMarketWatch (press release)8, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The 2012 DICE (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit kicks off today, marking the 11th anniversary of the video game industry's most prestigious and exclusive event. Continuing through February 10th, ...and more »
8 February 2012 | 7:02 am
Public Services Summit 2012: 'Beware the twin cults of innovation and reform'The GuardianThe public sector has sucked in commissioning, localism and devolution as it has sucked up to consultants over performance related pay, choice and transformation. These emperors lack clothes. Propositions are just theories or hunches for which the ...
7 February 2012 | 9:11 am
Kansas City StarGrand Avenue Temple celebrates centennial, continuing evolutionKansas City StarShe asked her former master for the burial money she'd saved while she was in slavery. He gave it to her and assured her that he would see to her funeral when the time came. She brought the $30 in coins, tied in a kerchief, to the church.and more »
6 February 2012 | 9:30 pm
Nwabueze, Musa, Fasehun, others unite for National ConferenceThe Nation NewspaperAt a pre-National Conference brain-storming session in Lagos organised by the National Summit Group (NSG), delegates also stressed that only a national conference of over 484 ethnic nationalities can midwife a peoples' constitution for the country to ...and more »
6 February 2012 | 3:40 pm
Among the MajorityInside Higher EdThe New Faculty Majority (NFM) summit, "Reclaiming Academic Democracy: Facing the Consequences of Contingent Employment in Higher Education," held on Saturday, 28 January, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, was full of bitter ironies.and more »
1 February 2012 | 12:11 am
The Guardian (blog)Accountability can't be built from armchairsThe Guardian (blog)The Guardian is right to pose the question at its forthcoming Public Services Summit: is accountability at the heart of reform? When the localism bill was published in late 2010, the government's "essential guide" set out a relatively simple view that ...
31 January 2012 | 1:00 am
RealscreenSummit 2012: Conroy, Whalen upped at Original ProductionsRealscreen“The promotion of both Jeff Conroy and Sarah Whalen speaks to the evolution of our company,” said Original Productions' president and exec producer Philip D. Segal. “Their incredible growth as production professionals and their meticulous attention to ...
30 January 2012 | 5:53 am
No chance to play blame game in full devolution divorceBelfast TelegraphUnder maximum devolution, Scotland would still nominally be within the UK and areas such as foreign policy and defence would remain in Westminster's hands. However, Devo-Max would grant the Scots full tax-raising powers and the right to determine its ...and more »
19 January 2012 | 12:02 am
StarAfrica.comFollow lead set by two questions in 1997 devolution referendumHerald Scotland... referendum ("Cameron agrees Salmond summit", The Herald, January 16). The answer is simply to follow the precedent of the 1997 devolution referendum, when there were two questions, the result of the second contingent on the outcome of the first.NICK CLEGG TELLS SCOTLAND: DON'T BE BAMBOOZLEDExpress.co.ukAlex Salmond calls for referendum summit with Michael MooreScottish Daily RecordCameron agrees to meet Scottish leader on referendumStarAfrica.comall 1,759 news articles »
16 January 2012 | 7:08 pm