In 1933 on June 1st it was a bad day for Jack Morgan Jnr, head of the Morgan Financial Group, who had been summoned before a Senate Banking Committee. Visibly distressed under such public scrutiny while being badgered by the Banking committee’s chief counsel, Ferdinand Pecora, the proceedings became something a public carnival. But it […]
Two of John Birt’s former corporate strategists –who both became political advisers to Tony Blair — are now working on plans to top-slice the BBC’s licence fee as a way of financing other public service broadcasters http://www.spinwatch.org/content/blogcategory/306/85/
I love the hype that has surrounded the release of Cloverfield. After all its nearly ten years since the Blair Witch Project stole our attention. We all marveled then at the way the web would reinvent the marketing of movies .
To those outside the profession, PR has always seemed a cut throat business, and the associated businesses around it are certainly adding to that reputation of ruthlessness. Take for example the recruitment agencies; about 20% of them are decent, the other 80% would shaft their own grandmother, thus adding to the already poor reputation that PR […]
Students of PR, take note. To understand what gets the media’s knickers in a twist, look no further than Jeremy Paxman and the M&S gusset debate. Any good alchemist of spin will sniff the aroma. The well known inquisitor and self effacing presenter of serious political debate, focuses his precious attention on something as banal […]
Stupid PR companies don’t you just love them. Great entertainment on a wet afternoon. For the third week running – despite my sarcastic prompts I have been sent a breathless Friday email. – “Hello Idiot PR is expanding! Idiot PR are looking for new fresh talent across various departments. If you are passionate about brands, […]
It is nice that the Telegraph has reminded the great unwashed about our Easter stunt for Thornton’s last year and the effect that it has had on the recent sales figures. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/ Thornton’s pockets sweet sales While high street consumers have been reluctant to delve into their pockets of late, Thornton’s has proved they still indulge […]
I find Andy Rowell’s blog compelling; his recent article on the The Covert Pro-Nuclear Push in Schools is very disturbing. Time to dust down my DVD of Edge of Darkness http://www.spinwatch.org/content/blogcategory/248/30/
Family weddings, funerals and birthdays always throw up the black sheep of the family. At a recent shindig a distant relative of my wife turned up in his rather extraordinary chrome penis extension. The guests, like proverbial fish wives, gossiped relentlessly – inebriated by vintage champagne and in hush tones speculated on the source of […]
I saw a Neval motorbike on the street earlier today, and I had only one thought. My great friend and first freelance client was the crazy Marcel Steiner who ran his Theatre off the side of one twenty years ago. Marcel is a forgotten genius. I found the obituary I penned for the Guardian. He […]