Global media giant News Corporation who already owns 100% of LNT, announced Friday May 30 that it has acquired the remaining part of TV Riga (TV5) and now this channel is also under full ownership of the conglomerate.
Latvia’s most popular channel LNT was acquired in May last year, together with 70% of TV5. As Dienas […]

If you have an original idea / business model / startup to kick off on the web, but feel short in cash or resources, then the perfect way for you to nail down a potential partner are OpenCoffee format meetups, which are now going to take place in Riga too.
That goes to investors as well […]

Yesterday, I have discovered a perfect way to watch live NBA games while in Riga. I mean, not even discovered but really tried it out for the first time. There are Conference Finals underway in the World’s premier basketball league, the Finals are ahead and that means, it’s time to watch some beautiful basketball.
During the […]

There are lots of us who drive to Pardaugava from downtown Riga and back to the downtown over Daugava river every day. Some are sitting through traffic jams during the morning and evening rush hours, others - manage to get over in more free from traffic time. A common issue for all car drivers, as […]

Today, while shopping at SKY, I thought that I’m not gonna take those plastic bags. Don’t know, how did I come up with the idea, looks like it just becomes stylish.
It all began way before the sunset, when I decided to take a walk around Mezhciems and breathe some fresh air. The weather was really […]

On the note of TNS releasing the news of the tremendous growth online media advertising market saw through 2007, I would like to praise and applause for this thing we’re so used to: the Web. C’mon y’all, stand up! That’s what I’m talking bout.
Ad market is surely reflecting what the masses chew on - an […]

A presentation of brand new WRX Subarus with blue police lights under the grill took place today. Who would those need? Kinda interesting.
The Highway Patrol’s move is surely clever. And there are gonna be some “low IQ drivers” detained. But what about the high-speed chase? Given our roads condition?
I don’t know how it goes down […]

..Before you start making an incubator, you should decide how many eggs you would like to incubate simultaneously..
We’re at BarCamp are kinda different from all of those farmers and embryologists out there. The eggs being incubated simultaneously, umm, the applications for funding, were not limited - everyone could submit whatever amount of projects to the […]

What’s been up?
I have been traveling to our Lil’ Switzerland and back all week long, but I know I should come in here and post. Thanks for staying on the line!
Today, I wanna point your attention to comments on the war between internet and printed media that been showing up here and there as of […]

I was watching LNT’s morning show “900 Seconds” today, when I saw Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis speaking on inflation.
He has told that Government’s aim by fall ‘08 is to “come to inflation lower than a two-digit number. I can’t  tell you now, whether it’s seven or eight percents, but this is our aim”.
Obviously, Mr. […]