Single moment. I think it was a progressive process, really. That i have said all along, and it has always been important to me, to ask ourselves honestly, are we the best owners of the Financial Times for the longer term . Pearson have been fantastic owners of the ft for over 50 years. I think we have been great guardians of the editorial integrity and the quality of the journalism, but wed also helped the ft to become global, to make the initial shift from analog to digital. But Inflection Point is a greatly overused word, but, in this case, i think it is entirely relevant and appropriate. Because, increasingly, we are now seeing more and more people accessing news, analysis, journalism through social media, through twitter and facebook, and all sorts of other new emerging channels. And were seeing more, and more people making the shift from desktop to mobile. And that is a huge opportunity for the Financial Times. It means it can reach its journalism to more people than ever before
Table. Hello, i am betty liu. Welcome to titans at the table. Dish Network Founder Charlie Ergen has always been something of a fearless renegade. From being thrown out of casinos for counting cards to selling satellites out of his car trunk around colorado. Ergen led a group that started echostar in the 1980s and then started dish in the next decade, upending the traditional cable tv world. In the process, he has become one of the richest men in america, worth nearly 20 billion. Ergen stepped out of the spotlight in 2011, handing the ceo reins to joe clayton. But just four years later, the founder is back in the hot seat as television undergoes another revolution. Video, moving on to your second screen. Like the satellite tv business in its early days, ergen wants to be at the forefront of this change by creating a new, over the top product called sling tv and buying up billions of dollars worth of wireless assets. Assets that he says can be used to build a legitimate competitor to at
The United States but the Iowa Department of Public Health says there e no imminent danger to the public. Well make sure to keep you updated on this story as it develops. Lukas for the last three decades. He dominated the Supreme Court and today he came to the great hall one last time. Thousands of friends, residents and dignitaries lined up to pay their respects to justice scalia. Scalia was the current courts longest serving member. He passed away suddenly on saturday at the age of 79. His funeral will be held tomorrow. Lukas now turnrng back to local news, members of the Wayne Community schools board of education are proposing a big project. New improvements and additions to the wayne junior senior high school. The proposed project has an 18million dollar price tag, and the board is still considering whether to add it toto may ballot isise. The gym at the junior and senior highchool is the mo used facitlity they have and theyre limited to the amount of events they can hold there. Al
Abc 9s bria bell brings us more. Bria tim and jenna, the Sioux City Public Library and the Convention Center are two prominent places are feeling the effects of vagrancy issues downtown and now both places are looking to stop people from entering if they do not intend to utilize the facilities properly. Its not a good look when you have somebody sleeping at a table, the sioux city library, typically a nice place to enjoy a good book, is unintentionally housing the homeless. The library will allocate nearly 46,000 for additional security options due to the frequent vagrancy issues, but will it be enough . Im not sure that with the money that well be having, that its really going to cover what we really need, says capron. Also facing similar issues, the sioux city Convention Center. So theyve got some problems with people coming in that arent a part of events, but theyre coming in and theyre using some of the Restroom Facilities there. Weve had some issues where they come in and have eat
Next, the discussion about the criteria u. S. Voters are using to pick a president ial candidate. From washington journal, this is just under one hour. Rick shenkman is the History News Network founder and author of political animals how our stoneage brain gets in the way of smart politics. Henkman, do shark attacks affect elections . Guest 100 years ago in 1916, the worst fear of shark attacks struck southern new jersey. That everyones had seen was based on the story of what happened then. Weeks, four people were killed in shark attacks. What does that have to do with politics . Woodrow wilson was up for reelection. But in thejersey, small beach towns devastated by the shark attacks, people heard shark and everyone went home. He was a devastating Economic Development for that area. , the peoplee vote in those towns voted against Woodrow Wilson in overwhelming numbers. In the same proportion that those people voted against Herbert Hoover at the height of the great depression. Why . Woo