as McLuhan said once but now it is the Media is the power....I have always been irritated about it and this just confirms my thoughts. What is happening in Italy is a big f. scandal!!! GGGrrrr. THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED!!!!! I AM ANGRY!!!! Gonna throw some stones tomorrow... ;-)

"Mr Berlusconi owns three private television stations and exercises considerable influence over the state broadcaster.
He also has assets in the publishing industry and controls newspapers. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3671991.stm

fairly old news but now we have all the nice details :-)

Google plans $2.7bn share auction


Google's founders are set to become very wealthy
Internet search powerhouse Google has confirmed it is to float on the US stock market
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3670951.stm