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Observation
Rolling news is a euphemism for cheap reporting, drama over content and daft presenters. Tyler Brûlé knows the solution
Non-stop news
This October, TV4-Gruppen will launch Sweden's only 24-hour news channel. Headed by Göran Ellung, it’s hoped the new venture will draw in an audience of news-hungry Swedes.
City Voices – Chicago
Rick Kogan has been a newspaperman in his hometown of Chicago for over 40 years. These days he has a Sunday morning radio show in addition to a column at the Chicago Tribune, and…
Voice of the people
Every city has a local media star who is part of its fabric. Content with staying on home turf, they become an institution, explaining their metropolis to a loyal public.
Media
French radio's success in London, an interview with exiled Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jamai and auction frenzy in China
Fighting talk
Al Jazeera became the must-watch news channel for unrest in the Middle East. But it is also a potent soft power weapon for its owner, the Emir of Qatar. Monocle visits its Doha HQ.
True crime fighter
Brankica Stankovic presents Serbia’s hard-hitting investigative TV show ‘Insajder’. In a country where the media shies away from controversy, she represents a fresh voice – but her work comes at a cost.
At the scene
Following the March earthquake and tsunami, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK provided the footage that filled the world’s TV screens. Monocle learns what happened when the disaster drill became real.
Novel concept
While book sales decline, the graphic novel sector booms. London publisher SelfMadeHero reaps the rewards of taking on the market and shaking up tradition, from manga-style Shakespeare to graphic Freud.
