No-one wants to hear you talking about politics. But Get I’m a Celebrity right Kezia, and it’s panto at the Glasgow Pavilion next year

inews, 25th November 2017 “Most celebrities only go in the jungle for the money, which is good if you have a decent agent,” said Borkowiski. “The real winner is always ITV and the format. You can’t control how you are edited which determines how you come across. But the casting is always genius.” Read full…

Mark Borkowski believes those earnings will suffer over the coming months if advertisers pull out

The Mirror, 24 November 2017 “Crisis and brand publicity specialist Mark Borkowski believes those earnings will suffer over the coming months if advertisers pull out. “I think he will take a hit,” he told Mirror Online, predicting Maynard will be flung into a “short-term financial crisis.” However, Mr Borkowski says that the star’s direct link to…

Jack Maynard: When stars’ social media posts come back to haunt them

BBC, 23rd November 2017 PR guru Mark Borkowski says Jack Maynard’s actions highlight that there’s nowhere to hide for the generation who have grown up on social media. “Perhaps it proves a degree of abject ignorance and arrogance,” he says. “Past attitudes and social hubris will haunt many, many celebrities who now attempt to plunder…

Generating interest at Christmas, a time when every brand wants to get coverage

The Guardian Online, 21 November 2017  “Generating interest at Christmas, a time when every brand wants to get coverage, is difficult, says the PR expert Mark Borkowski. “For a cynical old git like me, you can see the roots of all the stories [in the papers about advent calendars],” he says. “It’s very difficult to…

Mark Borkowski of the Independent believes “the possibility for forgiveness remains.”

Inquisitr, 12 November 2017 He says that if the worst of the allegations have already been reported and Spacey continues to lie low for six or so months, “he will surface for a heart-to-heart – the right interviewer, the right title.” “Many would like to hear what he has to say. Should a reformed Spacey…

With the Weinstein revelations, the tide is turning on media protection of stars

The Drum, 20th October 2017 If the money’s flowing the questions stop. This was what precipitated the downfall of Bell Pottinger: the PR firm lost the plot over what its South African subsidiary was up to and see a toxic campaign ultimately reduced the behemoth to rubble. Similar dynamics are at work in the conditions…

Theresa May’s insistence that she is sticking around as PM may have been met with scepticism and incredulity

The New European, September 11th 2017 Theresa May’s insistence that she is sticking around as PM may have been met with scepticism and incredulity, but PR agent MARK BORKOWSKI argues her reboot may yet work. Theresa May stunned many in Westminster when she expressed her desire to lead her party into the next general election….

The Diana myth: Why she haunts us still — 20 years after her death

CBC News, 30th August 2017 “We’ve bought into the marriage of the young royals who are channelling their mother and channelling the fact that by hook or by crook their mom changed the Royal Family … forced them into a new way of communicating,” says Mark Borkowski, a British public relations expert who has worked with…