French newspaper Le Monde is cutting about 130 jobs, including a quarter of its journalists. Or rather, management wants to shed the jobs; the journalists have a sizable stake and could veto the plan. It lost E20m in 2007 and has debt of about E150m, despite growing its circulation to more than 310,000, which is twice that of Ireland’s biggest-circulating newspaper, the Irish Independent. It’s a fair sight bigger than UAE papers too.
Celtic have lost again, pretty much ending their chances of winning the league (yeah, like that was going to happen this season). I’m not calling for Gordon Strachan’s head: he has delivered silverware in previous years. I really don’t see where the club goes from here. It just doesn’t have the solidness of that which played under Martin O’Neill, despite some decent enough investment. Perhaps a new scouting structure is in order.
It’s a mantra I need right now.
[youtube]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=HLPKaGWkPqI[/youtube]
Tóg é go bog é
Glac é go réidh
Tóg é go bog é
Ná bí ag troid leat féin
We’re rushing headlong towards the paper’s launch and things have really got busy, hence the lightness of blogging. I’m looking forward to getting this show on the road (or newsstands, anyway).
Reuters have a Q&A with System of a Down/solo artist Serj Tankian. In it, he talks about his concerns for the Middle East’s environment after the war in Iraq, his hypocrisy at touring while advocating ecological causes and touches on his next musical project.
On Saturday, turn off your lights and other electricity bits and pieces for one hour. The Irish event runs from 8pm to 9pm. Read a book by candlelight or maybe go for a walk. Abu Dhabi isn’t involved but I’ve signed up anyway – join me here (even though the website’s font can’t used extended characters, so my name is totally FUBAR).
Hat tip to Emilie.