Thrills, spills, reviews, readings and parties: it’s been 60 days since The Fame Formula came out and it’s been a rollercoaster ride. And, with Festival season upon us, there’s much more to come. In the brief pause as the rollercoaster climbs up another slope, before I rush on down into the Festival season, it’s time…
What a weird weekend. There was no end to the promo cycle for the book. My heart was in my mouth as I was being interviewed by my old client Mark Lamarr who was standing in for Jonathon Ross with Jo Brand on Radio 2. Mark is not a fan of ephemeral hype nor the…
God must like the idea of the Fame Formula because he has blessed me with a gift – the birth of Brad and Angelina’s twins during the promotion of the book. I was recording Channel 5 News when the news broke that Hello! has rushed into print with its world exclusive pictures of Brad Pitt…
Despite showing signs of suffering from autophobia my Fame Formula publicity bandwagon trundles on… Turning up at Sky News at the crack of dawn to review the papers was fun and so were my chats with Fred Macauley, George Lamb, Steve Wright and my wife’s favorite Tim Smith. The bad news is that the Sunday…
Not as interesting as Rob Deering’s Boobs 2008, but more compelling than Karita Mattila, the star soprano, and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, I am listed as the 83rd hottest event in the Edinburgh Festival. 83: Mark Borkowski One of showbiz’s more charming public relations men explores the ancestry of his questionable trade. Long fascinated…
I had a challenging hour on Wednesday. I was a witness on BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze. The debate was triggered by research from the Children’s Society which blames celebrity headline grabbing antics for fuelling bad behavior and promoting materialism. The panel was Michael Buerk (chair); Clifford Longley, Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Kenan Malik. You can…
Things can only get better for Gordon… here’s how Gordon Brown’s premiership is a year old today. So we asked: what, if anything, can he do to stop the rot? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/things-can-only-get-better-for-gordon-heres-how-855413.html The PR expert: Mark Borkowski He needs a charisma implant. There was this fantastic honeymoon period where he demonstrated everything that we hoped would…
The obit pages have a habit of breakoing bad news. This morning obit pages recounts the colourful life of Evan Steadman. He was one of my all time favourite clients who actually got what I do and loved the process of great promotional publicity In 1993 Steadman employed ne to publize his stage concept “Maxwell:…
The rather good – AccessInterviews has noted that my Sunday Times A Day in The Life interview is up on Times Online
Sky News “Newspapers now are lacking confidence,” publicist Mark Borkowski said. “They really are driving hard for audience and, I’m afraid they will try and get … http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1310041,00.html