Mark Borkowski – Son Of Barnum review: ‘The Standard’ 12 August 2004
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Son of Barnum: A Stunt Too Far the first review in todays Scotsman
SCOTSMAN http://www.edinburgh-festivals.com/reviews.cfm?id=925692004 Son of Barnum: A Stunt Too Far KATE COPSTICK ASSEMBLY ROOMS (Venue 3) “I AM not,” says the cherubically charming Mark Borkowski, “a PR guru. I am a publicist.” But not a practitioner of what, in his final, admirably hard-hitting section, he calls “the art of the dark publicist”. Borkowski is Gandalf to […]
PR stunts: an expert's guide
PR stunts: an expert’s guide How do you sell tickets to your show? Make up a strange, tragic story and then sell it to the press. Mark Borkowski explains Myths and legends abound about who did what to promote which show at the Edinburgh Fringe. You can get away with things during these three weeks […]
Experts' verdict on Faria's TV tears
Mark Borkowski, head of the Borkowski PR agency, praised the way Ms Alam’s public image had been handled and the way she came across. “The programme obviously really wanted the chance to interview her, so the situation could be managed to her advantage,” Mr Borkowski said. “Any time there was a difficult question the way […]
'Me' generation takes Fringe by storm
‘Me’ generation takes Fringe by storm Real-life tales of success, excess and misfortune are taking over this year, irking professional comics Other unlikely Fringe performers whose talks draw heavily on their own lives are Simon Donald, the co-creator of Viz comic, leading PR man Mark Borkowski, American news anchor Bob Wiltfong, and Colin Hay, the […]
More rambling about the FA
GIBSON’S lesson for PRs on how not to score own goals Telegraph.co.uk – London,England,UK … Mark Borkowski, another celebrity publicist, says the horsetrading tends to be more common in City, showbusiness, politics and features, where the journalists … www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/05/nmed05.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/05/ixhome.html
Ideas man championing former PR geniuses such as Jim Moran. who once sold a fridge to an Eskimo.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity AIDAN SMITH T WAS another go-on-impress-me day on the Festival desk of the Edinburgh Evening News and, really, for a hack of such tender years, I was carrying far too much cynicism in the pockets of my copy of a Paul Smith pinstriped double-breaster. These were the 1980s […]
His one-man show, Son of Barnum: A Stunt Too Far, runs at the Assembly Rooms from August 10. He recounts great publicity stunts
Edinburgh festival: Let�s talk about me now Real people are invading the stages with their life stories, says Stephen Armstrong Mark Borkowski, on the other hand, has a very successful career as one of the country�s top publicists. His one-man show, Son of Barnum: A Stunt Too Far, runs at the Assembly Rooms from August […]
CIA's favorite PR firm, "the Rendon Group is playing a major behind-the-scenes role at the Democratic National Convention
CIA’S FAVORITE PR FIRM, RENDON GROUP, ROCKS THE DNC http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0726rendon.htm The CIA’s favorite PR firm, “the Rendon Group is playing a major behind-the-scenes role at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, arranging first-time/real-time video broadcasts each morning to each of the 56 caucuses, serving as the event’s project manager, and coordinating 20 convention-related events, Rick […]