I’m always interested in what the Rendon group are up to, and from this week’s PR Watch I find this gem. RENDON GROUPS HELPS AFGHAN GOVERNMENT WITH IMAGE ‘The Pentagon has hired the Rendon Group to counsel and coordinate communications for Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai.’ O’Dwyer’s PR Daily reports. ‘The United States” according to the…
Pity poor Peter Wood, Managing Director of B. Delamore Ltd. of Wisbech, and his 12-year-old son Charlie. You see, in their innocence they created a variety of petunia called ‘Charlie’s Angel’ which they took to market. Unfortunately, as their success began to take root, the full wrath of Columbia Pictures descended on this very English…
So the doyen of British chat show hosts, Michael Parkinson, has defected from the BBC to ITV – news which has generated metres of coverage in the newspapers this morning, all commenting on how things ain’t what they used to be with the show. It’s generally felt that his best interviews are a thing of…
I am keen to see how our PM, Bad Boy Blair , manages to spin his way out of his European U-turn this week. The last seven days have been bad for Tony, and the forthcoming seven will be full of deliberate distractions to try and outwit the pursuing pack of snarling, political scribblers.
Three weeks have passed since the tabloids first outed David Beckham’s alleged affairs. As I survey the red tops today I don’t see a new angle on Goldenballs. The Beckhams have said nothing and eased up on the impromptu photo opportunities. There seems an unholy silence. Perhaps it is accurate to say that the odyssey…
http://www.drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2004 Since the end of the Vietnam War successive American presidents have worried that their military actions would lose support once the public glimpsed the remains of U.S. soldiers arriving back at air bases in flag-draped caskets. To this problem, the Bush administration has found a simple solution: it has…
Gone are the days of the Palace issuing the latest Snowdon or Litchfield family snap and it smoothly finding its way to prominence in every daily paper. Take yesterday, for instance, the 78th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The anonymous Press Association shot of three horses, or six, depending on your politics (sorry…
This week’s Spinwatch has this fantastic nib: University of Texas Professor Sheldon Landsberger has admitted that a pro-nuclear column he submitted under his own name to the Austin American-Statesman was actually written by the Potomac Communications Group, a Washington PR firm that works for the nuclear power industry. “For at least 25 years,” reports William…
So Barbie’s sales are down despite the spectacular Valentine’s Day publicity, the one where she split from Ken. If Barbie is to survive she must make the news more regularly. She’s one of the most famous women in the world and should be acting like one. Most stars who crave the adrenalin of column inches…
Watching the interview with Rebecca Loos last night, on Sky, I realized it disclosed her true motives. It was her Big Brother moment. OK, she might have made a 6 figure sum, said to be around �125’000. Yes it was compelling TV, as the 26-year-old pitched her story in an attempt to substantiate her claim…