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How do you choose a jury for Morrissey?
It has just been announced that former front man of The Smiths, Morrissey will have his libel case against the NME heard before a jury.
The case is based on an interview given by the singer to the magazine in 2007, which he claims was “twisted” to make him appear racist.
People in glass houses
This may come as some surprise to people who know me but for once I have been loath to enter a debate and share my opinion, but this afternoon my will broke and I could no longer hold back. Yes I am going to share my view on the issue of Blackberry and their ongoing outage.
The importance of assessing corporate risks before the crisis
Home economics has undoubtedly taken on a new meaning in recent years with the launch of a legion of online ventures that are making money from what I’ll grandly label people’s ‘residential asset base’ – basically, rooms, driveways, garages, gardens – you name it.
He who lives by Twitter, dies by Twitter
If a week is a long time in politics, the past seven days must be a record for the media. With the dust barely settling on the Royal Wedding and the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the media got its teeth into what it really cares about, freedom and privacy.
BP held their annual general meeting yesterday. It was their first since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico. The one image that dominated the coverage was that of a syrup smeared Diane Wilson. She’s a protestor and the syrup looks convincingly like crude oil.
Hit or Miss? BBC rewrites EastEnders ‘cot death’ story after outcry – PR Week 14/01/11
Our very own Peter Roberts, Senior Associate Director, issues and crisis management team (and a former BBC head of comms) provided his view on the recent story line change on this popular UK soap for our weekly PR trade title PR Week:
Brand guardian or brand detractor: It’s a game of two halves
Thank the Lord for football, not only does it entertain, anger and frustrate in equal measures it regularly provides a perfect case study that neatly encapsulates a wider issue. Today’s lesson is brought to you by the creative musings of Ryan Babel, who currently dwells in Liverpool. Here we have the perfect example of an aggrieved employee deciding to vent his anger and personal views via his favourite social network, in this case Twitter.
Searching for customer satisfaction
For many businesses the mantra that the customer is king can be found at the heart of their business. Such companies like John Lewis and Emirates (to name just two) believe that customer satisfaction leads to business success. We all have personal experience of those brands that don’t seem to value our experience as highly and as a result we are left feeling slightly unloved.
Media time delay
While we all pick through the aftermath of our failed World Cup bid, the one glaring insight that arose yesterday afternoon was the huge time delay between the different media in play. Anyone following on Twitter yesterday would have known the exact result even before Mr Blatter launched into his long winded riff on the origins of football.
“I’m eating my cookie”
I won’t subject you to a long intro, instead sit back and enjoy this great clip. Senior executive media training should be compulsory.
Yes, he did lose his job.
