This piece originally appeared on Scotsman.com The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are right to be taking this course of action – they’ve got to draw a line in the sand. They are boosted certainly by the current mood of the media in this country. I suspect that ten years ago we would have seen…
I was asked for my opinion on how to maintain an online presence by the Guardian, for a piece published yesterday, looking at the ways you can be vetted by employers through postings to Facebook, Twitter etc. Here’s an excerpt. “Publicist Mark Borkowski encourages his clients to make good use of the web, though he…
All publicity is good publicity, the cliché tells us. In fact the cliché jumps up and down and insists that this is so and has been known to stamp its foot if anyone disagrees, as news from St. Lucia proves. The Caribbean island, as any celebrity-watcher should be able to tell you, is the latest…
Take two young stars, add the perfect styling, and what do you get? An A-list couple By Sophie Morris Thursday, 11 September 2008 Mark Borkowski, founder of Borkowski PR and author of The Fame Formula “The picture strikes me as an experiment from their publicists and agents to see whether these two have the commercial…
A bunch of surfers go mad as a bunch of paps try to take photos of Matthew McConaughey. Who would want to be a paparazzi..
A new Britney Spears sex tape is set to be released. Obviously she needs the coverage! I find it hard to beleive she is she so desperate to allow it to be released. The footage allegedly features Britney, 26, stripping off naked apart from a pink wig, and romping with ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. The paparazzi…
I have been sent this in the post – an ingenious new device – a paper mask from the cuddly scorpions at Holy Moly. The blurred mask is part of a great campaign from Holy Moly reiterating their distaste for the current climate in celebrity photography. Holy Moly being the first “sleb missive” to announce…
It has been a surreal day. It started on the BBC Breakfast sofa where I rabbited on about Holy Moly’s decision not to accept intrusive paparazzi pictures on their site. It’s an interesting debate but I think the gesture is more of a heroic publicity stunt to garner more notoriety for Holy Moly, than taking…
Hugh Grant’s brush with the law for a cafuffle with a rouge snapper has resulted in my inbox being besieged by requests from fevered media outlets wanting me to comment on whether his career is over . In the 24/7 news cycle, Hugh is a top topic after losing it with a papp, and many are of the…
From the USA to Australia Borkowski quoted on the issues of the day A royal romance that’s hardly a fairytale The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia But she manipulated the press to sell her image and unhappy message, a prominent British public-relations consultant, Mark Borkowski, http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/a-royal-romance-thats-hardly-a-fairytale/2007/01/12/1168105181424.html?page=2 Britain Reacts to Posh and Becks’s U.S. Move http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20008333,00.html