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		<title>In defence of cup competitions</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/29/in-defence-of-cup-competitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this the FA Cup fourth round weekend, this column from the current New Statesman writer Jon Bernstein looks into the parlous state of cup football competitions. &#8220;So reviled and diminished have most football cup competitions become UEFA (Europe&#8217;s football governing body) should launch a knockout competition to discover which is the least loved&#8221;. Read <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/29/in-defence-of-cup-competitions/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Football Association sticks with ITV, despite cock-ups</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/17/football-association-sticks-with-itv-despite-cock-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guys over at the FA have gone against their better judgment by awarding a new two-years rights deal with broadcaster ITV for the FA Cup and England internationals. The deal, which cost £90million over the period, will see ITV screen 16 live FA Cup games per season and England&#8217;s home World Cup qualifiers. They <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/17/football-association-sticks-with-itv-despite-cock-ups/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How not to save the British film industry</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/16/how-not-to-save-the-british-film-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker writes in his regular Monday column today about the state of British film making&#8230;. and gives unqualified advice to the government about how to support it. He rightly argues the usual points about the problems about producing films in this country and getting them seen: &#8220;&#8230;.The problem with British films isn&#8217;t <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/16/how-not-to-save-the-british-film-industry/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thatcher film released</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/06/thatcher-film-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new biopic on the life so far of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, was released in the UK today. Meryl Streep steps into the role of playing one of the most well-known, and indeed controversial figures of world politics. More than twenty years after she left office, her influence in <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2012/01/06/thatcher-film-released/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>RIP, Steve Jobs</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/10/06/rip-steve-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computers, will be remembered for the company&#8217;s most successful and iconic inventions. Sadly, now gone. The world at this time needs visionary people like him more than ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Amy Winehouse is dead</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/24/amy-winehouse-is-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home on Saturday. Whatever we may have thought of Amy in her private life, she should be best remembered for her brilliant award-winning music.]]></description>
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		<title>Phone-hacking: Murdoch pulls out of Sky bid- for now</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/13/phone-hacking-murdoch-pulls-out-of-sky-bid-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s News Corporation has pulled away from bidding to buy satellite company British Sky Broadcasting as a result of the phone-hacking scandal. If opponents think that this is a knockout blow to their ambitions, then they are seriously deluded. Any sensible commentator who tell you that NC always get what they want. The <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/13/phone-hacking-murdoch-pulls-out-of-sky-bid-for-now/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The End of The World</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-end-of-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here it is, the cover of the last-ever edition of the News of the World. It seems weird looking at today&#8217;s paper. Not only was it the last ever edition, but also most of what would have been advertising space was replaced by local and national charities. It&#8217;s rather sad that a national newspaper should <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/10/the-end-of-the-world/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phone-hacking: everybody&#8217;s at it</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/07/phone-hacking-everybodys-at-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The News of the World newspaper is to close this Sunday following allegations that many staff working for and on its behalf had allegedly hacked into the phone accounts of those from the likes of famous celebrities to the relatives of servicemen killed in wars from the Middle East. The scandal had gone on for <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/07/07/phone-hacking-everybodys-at-it/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup could go to pay-TV</title>
		<link>http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/05/12/world-cup-could-go-to-pay-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 20:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Football fans who wish to see future World Cup football finals tournaments on TV may soon have to pay for the right to do so. The world football governing body, FIFA, and the European equivalent, UEFA, are appealing against a earlier court ruling that the World Cup, as well as the European Championships, must <a href="http://armchairnews.co.uk/2011/05/12/world-cup-could-go-to-pay-tv/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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