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The Shaw Report - You Know Times Are Tough When The Shopping Channels Shelves Are Empty · Lisa & Russell

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  Speaker 1: The Shaw Report. Best-selling British author Geoffrey Archer has died
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  Speaker 1: just one day before releasing his final book. He was
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  Speaker 1: 86 and Archer's publisher, HarperCollins, has confirmed he died peacefully,
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  Speaker 1: albeit suddenly, at home. The former politician sold more than
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  Speaker 1: 300 million books during his five-decade-long career. His final book,
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  Speaker 1: Adam and Eve, was set to be released later today
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  Speaker 1: at a fan event in Cheltenham. Geoffrey was a controversial character. Slightly.
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  Speaker 1: He had an interesting life. He spent a couple of
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  Speaker 1: years behind bars for perjury and perverting the course of
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  Speaker 1: justice back in the very early 2000s. But he remained popular.
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  Speaker 1: Tributes on social media are praising his gift for storytelling.
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  Speaker 1: Matched by his wit, warmth and boundless energy, one said
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  Speaker 1: life was never dull in Geoffrey's company. One of the
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  Speaker 1: biggest authors of all time. Absolutely. 300 million books. That's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of books. After multiple delays since 2018, Sicario
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  Speaker 1: 3 is moving forward with original stars Josh Brolin, Emily
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  Speaker 1: Blunt and Benicio Del Toro all reportedly in talks to
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  Speaker 1: reprise their roles. Stephen Knight, who's known for Peaky Blinders,
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  Speaker 1: is penning the script for the crime thriller threequel. Details
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  Speaker 1: about the plot are being kept under very tight wraps.
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  Speaker 1: The plan is to start production early in the new year. TVSN.
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  Speaker 1: The Australian Shopping Network, which has been operating since 1995,
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  Speaker 1: is having a closing down sale. It looks like if
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  Speaker 1: a buyer can't be found for the shopping channel, it's going, going, gone.
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  Speaker 1: Customers are being urged to use their gift cards and
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  Speaker 1: their vouchers before it's too late. TVSN screens on Channel
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  Speaker 1: 7 and Foxtel. You know times are tough when the
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  Speaker 1: shopping channel's shelves are empty. Exactly. And a David and
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  Speaker 1: Goliath story is unfolding in Western New South Wales. A
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  Speaker 1: Dubbo man who dresses as a caped superhero... to promote
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  Speaker 1: ceiling fans, has found himself in a legal dispute with
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  Speaker 1: comic book behemoth DC Comics. The owner of Dubbo Lighting Centre,
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  Speaker 1: Matthew McKay, created Fan Man. Created Fan Man after becoming
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  Speaker 1: tired of customers walking into his store and asking whether
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  Speaker 1: he also sold fans. What started with a personalised number
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  Speaker 1: plate grew into social media videos and a brightly wrapped
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  Speaker 1: car featuring Fan Man, the red and blue superhero. Matthew
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  Speaker 1: says the character was originally intended to promote his business,
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  Speaker 1: but these days he mostly dresses up for fun and
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  Speaker 1: to entertain the local kids. But the joke has taken
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  Speaker 1: a serious turn. He received an email from DC Comics.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know. How do they know what's going
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  Speaker 1: on in Dublin? Exactly. It alleges elements of his Fan
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  Speaker 1: Man branding are infringing its trademarks. The letter argues Fan
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  Speaker 1: Man adopts key features that are deceptively similar to Superman
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  Speaker 1: complete with a chest emblem, resembling Superman's shield. It suggested
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  Speaker 1: the branding could, and I quote, likely mislead consumers. Are
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  Speaker 1: they for real? Come on, DC. Come on. You've got
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  Speaker 1: bigger battles to fight. It could likely mislead customers into
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  Speaker 1: believing Mr McKay's business or products were authorised, licensed or
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  Speaker 1: endorsed by DC Comics. Have they really seen the car?
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  Speaker 1: And they've requested he remove all fan man related content.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew thought he was being punked. He doubts anyone is
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  Speaker 1: confusing him or Dubbo Lighting Centre for Superman. Hello, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Fan Man. It's Lex Luthor here from DC Comics. How
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  Speaker 1: do they even know? That's what gets me. They get around.
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  Speaker 1: They sure do. They know what's going on in Dubbo. Wow.