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Blagger’s Blog 28th October 2011
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Worth the paper it’s printed on? Last week’s light news success stories included… … the Stone Roses reuniting for their first tour in well over a...
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News Corp divides (but can the publishing arm afford it?)
It’s an update on the journalistic scandal everyone at this consumer PR agency realistically expected, though a year or so ago would have seemed unthinkable. After all, Rupert Murdoch is a dedicated...
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McDonalds sets sights on Olympic TV ad first
As we discussed in our recent newsletter, London 2012 is big business with advertisers, marketeers, and public relations pros- whether they have an official contract or not. Now one of the biggest...
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Heineken- shaken, not stirred
As big fans of 007 we’re excited about the new Bond movie, Skyfall, which arrives here in October. Saturated in bloody violence, it’s also dripping in brands, potentially taking product placement to...
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T Time: The Mob Rules
From working as an editor in the UK, to taking charge of a Hong Kong magazine, industry journalist Tony Murray has formed innumerable opinions. Interested to hear a few we invited him to share his...
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Twitter buys into social TV analytics, big time
$90million is a lot of money. To Manchester-based public relations and social media agencies like ourselves, and indeed every other Briton in the Green and Pleasant Land, it’s the equivalent of...
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Local television set for Manchester (will people watch it?)
Here at Smoking Gun PR, like so many other public relations agencies based in Manchester, we’re proud of the city in which we do business. So much so that several members of staff have been in and...
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Our local media is dead. Long live our local media.
Publications nationwide now run on skeleton staff, and unprofessional websites fail to plug the gap because many editors also work another job 9-5. We all know the UK’s provincial press is in dire...
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The Blagger’s Blog 3rd May 2013
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Facebook is populated by mums and PR staff. No self-respecting young person would be on Facebook.” Radio 1 Newsbeat and 1Xtra...
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Clubcard TV- not just another streaming service?
Last Friday our latest newsletter went out containing MD Rick Guttridge’s article on the importance of open-mindedness when it comes to securing media exposure. The point being that ‘audience, not...
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Has SKY reached its limit?
Next month sees the 25th anniversary of Britain’s very first SKY broadcast. Despite having a dish on plenty of unlisted buildings, though, the future may well decide not to sign up with the country’s...
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McDonalds sets sights on Olympic TV ad first
As we discussed in our recent newsletter, London 2012 is big business with advertisers, marketeers, and public relations pros- whether they have an official contract or not. Now one of the biggest...
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Heineken- shaken, not stirred
As big fans of 007 we’re excited about the new Bond movie, Skyfall, which arrives here in October. Saturated in bloody violence, it’s also dripping in brands, potentially taking product placement to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
T Time: The Mob Rules
From working as an editor in the UK, to taking charge of a Hong Kong magazine, industry journalist Tony Murray has formed innumerable opinions. Interested to hear a few we invited him to share his...
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Twitter buys into social TV analytics, big time
$90million is a lot of money. To Manchester-based public relations and social media agencies like ourselves, and indeed every other Briton in the Green and Pleasant Land, it’s the equivalent of...
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Local television set for Manchester (will people watch it?)
Here at Smoking Gun PR, like so many other public relations agencies based in Manchester, we’re proud of the city in which we do business. So much so that several members of staff have been in and...
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Our local media is dead. Long live our local media.
Publications nationwide now run on skeleton staff, and unprofessional websites fail to plug the gap because many editors also work another job 9-5. We all know the UK’s provincial press is in dire...
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The Blagger's Blog 3rd May 2013
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Facebook is populated by mums and PR staff. No self-respecting young person would be on Facebook.” Radio 1 Newsbeat and 1Xtra...
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Clubcard TV- not just another streaming service?
Last Friday our latest newsletter went out containing MD Rick Guttridge’s article on the importance of open-mindedness when it comes to securing media exposure. The point being that ‘audience, not...
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Top tips for broadcast media success
Far be it from us to blow our own trumpets, but sometimes you have to. Take our recent triumph on behalf of Britain’s leading sleep expert. Silentnight, the brand in question, managed to bag no less...
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