Sarcastic .. me .. never
Its seems that a lot of people missed the point of my blog on Media Guardian.. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/05/the_textbook_definition_of_goo.html
Hello! magazine celebrates its 20th birthday
My ramblings about Hello found their way into today’s Independent feature about the magazine http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/hello-magazine-celebrates-its-20th-birthday-824252.html
Brain food and Derren Brown
I smell an ambitious new brand, hungry for attention – step forward FpsBrain. A number of blogs have noticed with a mix of amusement and depression that this brand will do anything to get noticed. Great stunts should never be seen and the slight of hand is crucial when trying to use this form of…
Shafta's 2008
Had great fun last night at the SHAFTAs http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/07/dailystar.dailystarsunday?gusrc=rss&feed=media . What a night!
Artist to sell £14,040 of drugs in Glasgow Gallery
I have just been sent this release about a solo show by artist activists the “Vacuum Cleaner”. The group plans to sell £14,040 of Coke, Heroin and Hash as part of a gallery show. What a wonderful idea. Contemporary art is reaching new heights, mixing a PR stunt with art. Is it a wind up? …
Hilary Clinton's PR team land a killer blow.
On the eve of the crucial primaries this weekend in North Carolina and Indiana, Hilary Clinton’s PR team landed a killer blow. Hillary appeared via satellite on the late Show with David Letterman where he showed her funny funky side. The comic hook was that she read the shows infamous top ten list. The list…
Smoke Screen
The resourcefulness of the tobacco giants in the 1900’s and their alacrity to find new audiences is sometimes astounding. In order to influence women in the pleasures of the tobacco leaf, way back at the turn of the 20th century, the large tobacco companies actually targeted the suffragette movement, encouraging them to smoke in public,…
Early PR and the King Tut Exhibition
These days it’s common place to see wags in provocative clothing, short skirts and low cut tops. They are just various no names who try to attract attention by means of their dress, and whose ends are usually as an MTV reality TV host. In 1922, an English publicist St. John Morton was involved in…
Avram needs a little help
Chelsea’s heroic win to get through to The Champions League final was fantastic to watch last night. The usual post match PR obligation however, proved yet again that Avram Grant fails to deliver to the media. His lack of charisma and inability to project his personality or provide incisive sound bites will create further speculation…
Anti Smoking Ad Tops Complaints
Out of the 14.080 adverts which drew complaints last year, the official government anti smoking campaign, showing a woman with a fish hook through her cheek, provoked the most anger. Over the last few years there has been a growth in the amount of complaints that the Advertising Standards Authority has received, particularly for commercials…