The Silly Season has arrived. It’s official. Max Clifford spinning for the UK Independence Party and its new MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk… the Women’s Institute creating a piece of music to played on Tupperware as part of the Aldeburgh festival…no doubt about it: the unmistakable signs of the start of the silly season.
From the Daily Mirror. A fairly obvious publicity stunt to get the geeks talking about Big Brother. An off-air cock-up is always a surefire hit to attract a bit of publicity. NET BOOB REVEALS WHAT BB BOSSES THINK Jun 7 2004 Exclusive By Andy Rudd BIG Brother bosses became stars of their own show yesterday…
Politics is often described as showbusiness for ugly people. Few politicians can resist the lure of the flashbulb – or the opportunity to bask in a little reflected showbiz glamour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3746865.stm
David Beckham today hit out at the media following a series of lurid claims about his private life, condemning coverage in the Daily Mail and the News of the World as an “absolute disgrace” and admitting he had considered boycotting certain media organisations. This underlines a couple of crucial issues. (1) The pressure is ON…
From this week’s spinwatch. I love to know how the big PR consultancies make a buck. http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0512bksh.htm “BKSH & Assocs., Burson-Marsteller’s lobbying wing, is representing Radio Sedaye Iran (Radio Voice of Iran), the Beverly Hills-based network that advocates regime change in Iran,” reports O’Dwyers. Former BKSH clients include Ahmad Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress….
Great quote in the Guardian today from Bill Drummond, the ex-KLF prankster. In a feature about his soup tour of the Britain, don’t ask. just click on this link http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1220512,00.html. He claims he frets about doing any PR, ‘I’m careful now about how I interact with the media.’ Great sound bite I suspect has been…
I notice from a diary item in the Express today that Macdonald / Rutter are no longer representing Michael Moore. I think we should all compare notes? Mr Moore is a fantastic film maker but it comes with a price
T-shirts equipped with ‘I, Robot’ trailer Coming soon to a T-shirt near you: trailers for “I, Robot,” starring Will Smith. In the never-ending search to capture the attention of consumers bombarded by commercials, billboards and a massive array of other advertisements, 20th Century Fox debuted an innovative new guerilla marketing tactic at E3 last week…
Hot off the wires from the Canadian �National Post�… �In the days before Cannes, Michael Moore’s Disney criticism whipped festival audiences into a fever for Fahrenheit 9/11. Hollywood cynics called it the usual P.T. Barnum showmanship by Moore, but when the movie finally unspooled, it earned resounding applause at Monday’s press screenings.� Barnum � excellent….
I’ve just come across a blogger called Loic Le Meur who feels that media companies need to adapt in the new world of journalism Traditional press releases are going to die soon. Journalists get hundreds of them everyday by fax and email( DOOH). This is one of the reasons why we (companies) pay PR agencies…