Mediagazer: Hewlett Packard Enterprise releases letter sent to FT journalist to dispute ‘ad threat’ claim (John Harrington/PRWeek)

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John Harrington / PRWeek:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise releases letter sent to FT journalist to dispute ‘ad threat’ claim — Hewlett Packard Enterprise has strongly disputed claims by an FT columnist that the software firm's comms chief Henry Gomez wrote a ‘threatening’ and ‘aggressive’ letter to her with suggestions …

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Tara Conlan / Guardian:

BBC3 boss on going online only: 'We are reinventing the BBC's offer to youth' — Controller Damian Kavanagh on taking his station online, nurturing talent, and how he's winning over critics — n 16 February BBC3 will go online only, causing, according to critics such as producers Jimmy Mulville …

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