Tucked up in a tiny radio studio, I spent the morning doing a set of radio interviews – BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Humberside, Northsound Aberdeen, BBC Radio Cumbria, BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Coventry & Warwicks, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Nottingham, Radio Manx Isle of Man, Heat Radio,…
It’s been another busy morning. I read The Times feature (reproduced below) in the BBC reception before stepping into the studio to record Midweek. The news about the release of the book has stretched from Chengdu to Skegness. It’s still feels odd to be involved with the PR process from the other side of the…
Not all clients are happy clients… Lenny gives me a lesson in celebrity management
The Times has a story on the Christian Bale incidents and the influence of publicists, quoting me and The Fame Formula, as well as a number of other publicists. Here’s the excerpt featuring me – click on the link at the bottom of the page to read the full article. From The Times, July 30th…
Another eventful day began with BBC Radio Scotland dissecting The Fame Formula. The web still aggregates links to the Fame Formula hook and I was overjoyed to see it made the front page of The Telegraph on line. It’s even gone as far as being translated into Turkish, now! Tomorrow, the new edition of Time…
News of The Fame Formula is spreading like wildfire today – I’ve posted a selection of links below to some of the newspaper reports and blogs that have mentioned it. It all bodes well for the publication of the book this Friday, with any luck. Yahoo, The Telegraph, ITN, The Express, Channel 4, MSN, The…
With a profile piece in The Independent and an extract from book in The Guardian today, the promotion for my book has really started. I have already done a number of interviews and have some more lined up, but what I notice most is that it’s very odd being on the other side of the promotion…
So, Max Moseley has won his privacy case against the News Of The world which heralds major implications for the way newspapers go about their business. The ruling offers a huge opportunity for clever personal publicists who live in fear of the Friday “phone call”. Never before has there been a time when the flaks…
When Shane Richie popped in to see me three or four months ago to talk about an idea for his forthcoming drama called Whatever It Takes, I was intrigued to know more. His visit to my office was to research the modus operandi of a celebrity publicist. Although I thought the script was more Max…
Up above the world so high The age of gods and princes on the silver screen has passed, as we turn instead to fleeting celebrity and digital thrills. Phil Hoad tells of how we conspired to kill the stars The internet has accelerated the process of turning actors into so much meat for the celebrity…