The Independent - Matthew Norman RSS Feed http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/?service=Rss Matthew Norman: That contacts book may prove useful, Archie http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-that-contacts-book-may-prove-useful-archie-1825811.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-that-contacts-book-may-prove-useful-archie-1825811.html <p> Warmest congrats to ITV on finally concluding its thrilling quest for a new chairman. It’s been a blast these recent months, with a seemingly endless succession of giants touted for the job before vanishing from view. </p> Matthew Norman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:49 +0000 Matthew Norman: Online can be a bamboozling term http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-online-can-be-a-bamboozling-term-1821240.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-online-can-be-a-bamboozling-term-1821240.html ]]> <p> Reflecting on a week of unrelenting excitement even by his standards, an indelicate question poses itself about Rupert Murdoch. Is the old boy finally losing it? </p> Matthew Norman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:04 +0000 Matthew Norman: Is it a mutation or a melding of minds? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-is-it-a-mutation-or-a-melding-of-minds-1813056.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-is-it-a-mutation-or-a-melding-of-minds-1813056.html <p> In a metamorphosis worthy of Ovid, new Spectator editor Fraser Nelson is rapidly mutating into his boss Andrew Neil. </p> Matthew Norman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 Matthew Norman: It's just the start for the David Brent of fascists http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-its-just-the-start-for-the-david-brent-of-fascists-1809338.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/opinion/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-its-just-the-start-for-the-david-brent-of-fascists-1809338.html <p>Never in the field of media endeavour, to adapt the man posthumously sequestered by the BNP, has so much tosh been written by so many about a single wretched nebbish. "I believe Question Time will be one of the great political events of our time," predicted anti-racism stalwart Kelvin MacKenzie in The Sun. "Right up there with Frost-Nixon." </p> Matthew Norman Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000