March 2007
Publicists of the Silver Screen
The deeper I research the history of the lost Hollywood publicists, the more I feel like I’m staring down the barrel of a shotgun or looking into a dark well. Trawling through libraries, websites and text books, I have quickly realised that history, in the PR arena, is something that doesn’t get the respect it […]
Starbucks brews up music label
Hear Music a ‘natural next step’ for the coffee behemoth and music retailer, says Starbucks boss. Sir Paul McCartney rumoured to be the first artist to sign to label Rosie Swash: Guardian Unlimited http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2032739,00.html
The Power Of The Freud
Just as a thousand liggers sharpened their patter to pass the clipboard test to slither into post Oscar parties, four days later in London I suspect the wannabes will try to assemble at Matthew Freud’s send off hurrah for his arch lieutenant, Kris Thykier. Tonight’s bash promises to mimic some of the sumptuous parties that […]
COME PRAY WITH ME PLEASE MR PAISLEY
“Tony Blair has forged a special bond with the Rev Ian Paisley, the DUP leader who holds the future of the Northern Ireland peace process in his hands, by discussing their common interest in and commitment to Christianity… “Blair is brilliant at seducing Paisley,” Lord Bew said. “This is the most amazing love affair, the […]
More art on the streets please
Flyposting is a thing of the past. Thanks to Camden Council. Pete Strange, the oddly titled Boulevard Project Manager, Camden Council, managed to get Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) served on those heroic street guerrillas a couple of years ago that made our streets less interesting According to the Guardian at the time ” Camden employed […]
Castaways see survival in a fiery Scots loner.
From th Scotsman. PR expert Mark Borkowski said he believed the public appetite for such shows had not been sated. “The freak show was common in Barnum’s time and circuses were popular in the Coliseum,” he said. “This format has got the mixture of circus freak show, public humiliation and curiosity. As long as they […]
Why PR is seen as synonym for propaganda?
I notice that David Brain, President and CEO, Edelman Europe has passed comment on his blog about who he would prefer to be the talking head for the PR industry. “No disrespect to Mark Borkowski or Max Clifford, but I’m so much more comfortable having the industry represented by a character who is as good […]
MOSES SUPPOSES
The Borkowski poet in residence on the crisis engulfing broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five over premium-rate interactive services. Moses supposes his toeses are roses and that no TV phone in’s been fixed but Moses supposes erroneously; his chance of winning’s been nixed. Moses suggests that footballs are breasts, that if he says […]