Posts made in August, 2014

on Aug 31, 2014

By Stephen Lepitak Former Financial Times Group chief executive, Rona Fairhead CBE has been named as the Government’s preferred candidate to take the chairman role at the BBC Trust. Fairhead, who was chairman and CEO of the Financial Times Group for seven years until last year, has been singled out by the Government as its preferred choice to succeed Lord Chris Patten who stood down earlier this year citing health problems, following a stormy time in the role, which included the Jimmy Savile scandal and the departure of director general, George Entwistle. As a result, Fairhead will now Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 30, 2014

By Gillian West ‘Girls Gone Wild’ founder Joe Francis has a $500,000 warrant out for his arrest in Los Angeles with the city attorney’s office claiming it was issued for ‘multiple reasons’. Francis is facing seven charges from an alleged altercation in May at the ‘Girls Gone Wild’ HQ which saw Francis spend the night in jail. A spokesman for the city attorney’s office, Frank Mateljan, said the 41-year old was accused of multiple counts of making criminal threats, trespassing, battery and disobeying a court. Francis also faces a probation violation from a January 2011 conviction of false imprisonment and assault. The ‘Girls Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 30, 2014

By Gillian West Mikael Hed is to leave Angry Bird’s maker Rovio Entertainment after five years at the helm with Pekka Rantala to take on the role from January 1 2015. Chairman of the board, Kaj Hed, has nominated the outgoing CEO for a board of directors position with Mikael Hed appointed as chairman of Rovio Animation Studios, where he will oversee animation and movies. Between now and January Mikael Hed and Rantala will be working closely to ensure a smooth transition, with Rantala bringing more than 20 years’ worth of international leadership within branded consumer products in various industries to the role. Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 30, 2014

By Gillian West Grand Theft Auto V’s publisher Take-Two Interactive has deemed actress Lindsay Lohan’s lawsuit as “legally meritless” and a bid to get attention. Lohan filed a lawsuit against Take-Two and Rockstar Games last month, claiming that game character Lacey Jonas is based on her likeness. In papers made public this week Take-Two called Lohan’s lawsuit “so legally meritless that it lacks any good-faith basis and can only have been filed for publicity purposes”. Though Lohan attests that elements of Jonas’ personality, voice and style are based on her or her clothing line, Take-Two has dismissed the lawsuit as “frivolous”, denying her Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 30, 2014

By Gillian West To coincide with the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the author’s estate has released a lost chapter from the book. The 1961 draft sees Willy Wonka taking the children who won a tour of his factory to the ‘Vanilla Fudge Room’ and introduces two extra naughty characters – Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice. The draft sees Charlie Bucket, his Grandpa Joe and the other children visit Vanilla Fudge Mountain where hundreds of men use picks and drills to work away at the “colossal jagged mountain as high as a five-story building” made of “pale-brown, Read full story › Source: The Drum...