£22M LITTLE BRITISH EMPIRE Mirror.co.uk – UK … But it’s a magic that is usually short-lived. PR expert Mark Borkowski believes the pair are striking while the iron’s hot. “They … http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16298327&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=-pound-22m–little-british-empire–name_page.html
VARIETY By MARK BORKOWSKI, Sun., Oct. 16, 2005, 12:00pm PT BIRD-BRAINED STUNT: To promote an upcoming movie based on Betty MacDonald’s book “The Egg and I,” publicist Jim Moran dressed in ostrich plumes and read excerpts to a sympathetic audience, in a ploy that typified the tone of the postwar times. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=Variety100&articleid=VR1117930880&content=jump&jump=army&category=1924&cs=1
HAS MADGE GONE TOO FARRAH THIS TIME? POP STAR’S NEW IMAGE YOU could almost hear the cogs turning as the Madonna Machine cranked back into action yesterday. With a new single to plug, 47-year-old Madge did what she always does – get a new image. This time it’s the Farrah Fawcett look – flicked curls…
Enter the wry and brilliant barrister who could be just what the Tory party’s spin doctor ordered. Boom! BOOM! BOOM! Remember that bit in Jurassic Park when the T.Rex makes its first appearance as a ripple in a glass of water? This time it’s another big beast who’s on the move, stamping out of the…
TROUBLED Kate Moss finally said sorry yesterday for her cocaine … Mirror.co.uk – UK … Fellow expert Mark Borkowski said Kate now needed to go much further than simply saying sorry. He said: “This apology is days and days too late. … http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16163033&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=kate-s-cocaine-apology–name_page.html
Domestic Goddess in saucy comeback Scotsman … Mark Borkowski, a PR expert, told The Scotsman that Nigella “was still the pin-up of middle Britain” and well connected in the media world. … http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1934732005
I spend a great deal of time observing the art of publicity. Two grade A, 1st Class, 100% stunts this time, in fine fettle, with knobs, bells and whistles all securely attached. In both cases, be aware, you may well see precisely identical stories unfolding on your local cinema screen within a year or two….
The news last week that Derek Laud emerged from the Big Brother house to be swept away by his new PR minder Christine Hamilton was only slightly surprising, not utterly so. After all, they’re both professional Tories and endangered species like that need to stick together to avoid total extinction. All the same, the old…
Ah, August, the cruellest month by far for newspapers, but usually quite a good one for publicists. Circulations plummet as readers and journalists alike flit from villa to beach, and those left behind tune to Channel 4 for the cricket while they pray for something momentous to happen on the quiet watch. This year, however,…
They’re the people who keep the celebs in – and out – of the media spotlight. Mark Borkowski showcases the best PRs in the music business http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article298207.ece