Watching Brief - August 2020 - Part 1 - SoupCast

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Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find. #archaeologynews #thepipeline #archaeosoup   Link of the Month: Brontë Parsonage Museum Appeal (COVID-19): www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal [http://www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal] Links: 03:55 – Bronte Parsonage raising money to stay open & Blackstone buy Ancetry.com:  Coronavirus: Bronte Parsonage raising money to stay open: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53950183 Bronte Parsonage Museum confirm they are in consultation over staff redundancies: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/bronte-parsonage-museum-confirm-they-are-consultation-over-staff-redundancies-2959956 Brontë Parsonage Museum Appeal (COVID-19): www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal [http://www.justgiving.com/bronteparsonageappeal] Blackstone to acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 billion: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ancestry-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-com-for-4-7-billion-idUSKCN2512ES? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ancestry-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-com-for-4-7-billion-idUSKCN2512ES? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ancestry-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-com-for-4-7-billion-idUSKCN2512ES?Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion: https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/? [https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/?fbclid=IwAR1dGc4wQ07acBVkxb3-YKpFhTSSa3IawTiNJR83OgeliJF0HvvGxu94XrQ] https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/?fbclid=IwAR1dGc4wQ07acBVkxb3-YKpFhTSSa3IawTiNJR83OgeliJF0HvvGxu94XrQ https://www.blackstone.com/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/?fbclid=IwAR1dGc4wQ07acBVkxb3-YKpFhTSSa3IawTiNJR83OgeliJF0HvvGxu94XrQPrivate equity wants to own your DNA: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blackstone-private-equity-ancestry-com-dna/?fbclid=IwAR1dGc4wQ07acBVkxb3-YKpFhTSSa3IawTiNJR83OgeliJF0HvvGxu94XrQ Watching Brief: Ancestry.com Denies Exploiting Users' DNA - May 2017: https://youtu.be/vWGHkEuG4Lw *** 23:27 – Beirut blast: dozens of historic buildings in Lebanon capital at risk of collapse: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/14/beirut-blast-dozens-of-historic-buildings-in-lebanon-capital-at-risk-of-collapse?   Beirut explosion: The battle to save the city's buildings: