DIARY: My media - Paul McNamara, publisher, Asia Inc magazine

<p>Television </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Have I Got News For You out of the UK. My brother sends me videos of it </p><p>- and it leaves everything else standing. Wicked, up-to-the-minute - and </p><p>very, very funny. Apart from that, The Practice and NYPD Blue. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Press </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Asia Inc, obviously. I read all the business media, but would probably </p><p>pick The Economist as a favourite (it got me hooked when I was young). I </p><p>also read the New Yorker and Vanity Fair. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Websites </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Q magazine's site (www.q4music.com). It's constantly changing. It's what </p><p>a good site should be - full of useful information - but at the same </p><p>time, not afraid to express an opinion. Apart from that, Google, which I </p><p>must use about 50 times a day. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Advertisement </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>My favourite at the moment is the Nike cinema ad with the Burundi-style </p><p>drumming. It's infectious. In a very crowded and very fickle market, it </p><p>manages to position a leading brand as still being on the edge, and </p><p>that's not an easy thing to do. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Radio </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>I don't listen to much radio, but when I do, it tends to be Classic FM. </p><p>Why? Because it's the nearest thing to ambient music that I can find on </p><p>the radio. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>

by | 07/20/2001