BBC Chief: Male Musical Tastes more Intellectual


	BBC Chief: Male Musical Tastes more Intellectual

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2-20-2008 10:44 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/18b0be96-343a-4095-8ccb-ae12fd2f3d8f/7B5B43E9-8297-435C-B5DA-ECD7D7F3C9A6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront" href="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront" style="font-size: 11px;">music.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><H1>BBC chief: male musical tastes more 'intellectual'</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront">The great gender debate has once more been dragged out to play today, the topic this time how far a person's sex determines their appreciation of music.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>The head of popular music at the BBC, Lesley Douglas, has sparked controversy by suggesting that men "tend to be more interested in the intellectual side of music", while their female counterparts' relationship with the art form is one rooted in emotion.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2258034,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>Ms Douglas was speaking in defence of recent changes made to the radio station BBC 6 Music. Attempts to reverse the marginalisation of the radio station's female listeners met with disapproval - in particular from its male audience members, many of whom demanded the removal of recently-appointed George Lamb as a female-friendly "personality DJ".</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7B5B43E9-8297-435C-B5DA-ECD7D7F3C9A6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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