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Are readers just not interested in the views of women writers?
It's a sexist question rather like the old chestnut raised by the kind of comics raised in working men's clubs - why aren't women funny? I only ask it because I've just come hot foot from the annual...
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In an ad agency far, far away…
M&C Saatchi have pulled off quite a coup by persuading Star Wars creator George Lucas to hand over R2-D2 and C-P30 for use in an ad campaign this weekend to promote Currys, of all people.
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I’m sick of this mob advertising
Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon. But the last thing I'd want when coming into Heathrow after a flight and an hour of circling would be the sight and sound of 500 luvvies breaking out into a chorus of...
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Murdoch’s war with the BBC escalates
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire this morning introduced an unprecedented level of vitriol into its long-standing war of words with the BBC. In a leader article, The Sun has accused the...
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The Times Paywall: The Verdict?
The verdict, according to industry feedback I'm receiving this morning, is a thumbs down. News International has revealed today that 105,000 people have paid up for access to the Times website since it...
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Banksy wins award for documentary
Cloaked in a black hoodie in his graffiti furnished den, Banksy appeared more like a Grim Reaper look-a-like left over from Halloween than the grateful recipient of one of the most prestigious prizes...
View ArticleThe power of news brands and the challenge for PR
I enjoyed this blog by Martin Loat of Propeller on Reputation Online website, detailing just why established news organisations , such as The Independent, the Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, will...
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Investigations thriving on the web
Congratulations to Clare Sambrook of the openDemocracy website, who last night scooped the Bevins Prize for Outstanding Investigative Journalism to add to the Paul Foot prize which she won last week....
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Will it be the BBC wot lost it?
For older generations of football fans, the BBC will always be inextricably linked to the 1966 World Cup final thanks to its commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme and his famous phrase: "They think it's all...
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Bravo Danny Boyle!
Lancastrian director Danny Boyle was in London last night giving a Q&A session at a preview screening of 127 Hours, which deserves to bring him further Oscar glory following the success of Slumdog...
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Is the public bored of Af-Pak coverage?
When I was speaking to the award-winning Sky News correspondent Alex Crawford for an interview published today in the i newspaper, she told me she would miss covering Afghanistan and Pakistan when she...
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Leveson Inquiry: Could this be the end for The Sun?
It’s hard to imagine Britain without its red top press but week by week such a prospect becomes increasingly realistic.
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