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Friday Drop: Good week for Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell

An emotive subject this week as The Drop goes east to Helmand where British and coalition troops are engaged in long-term combat with Taliban insurgents.

 
 
 

Media News

Friday Drop: Bad week for William Hague

Possibly the worst week for Yorkshire's finest since 'that' baseball cap moment...

 
 

Radical shake-up for BBC comms team in wake of sweeping review

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Raft of promotions at the corporation coincides with controversial cutting measures.

 
 

Clients make agencies 'jump through hoops' finds PRCA survey

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PRCA Leaders Panel Consultancies must 'jump through more and more hoops' as...

 
 

Friday Drop: Bad week for John Prescott

Bullies are cowards. But there is certainly no evidence from the majestically-quiffed...

 
 

DfID's Paul Mylrea takes top press and media relations role at the BBC

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Department for International Development (DfID) director of communications Paul Mylrea is moving...

 
 

'Don't use Facebook as a professional tool', warns senior national journalist

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'Don't use Facebook as a professional tool', a senior national journalist warned...

 
 

Guardian News & Media appoints Nick Allan in new head of comms role

Guardian News & Media (GNM) has raided Portland PR to fill its...

 
 

Friday Drop: Bad week for IOC director of communications Mark Adams

'On the skids'. This is the kind of tired pun being 'crafted'...

 
 

Friday Drop: Bad week for Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld

Crafty Kraft. That's the emerging view from the confectionery community right now...

 
 

PR practitioners divided over value of pitching to The London Weekly

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Media relations Agency bosses divided over targeting The London Weekly after typo-ridden...

 
 

The London Weekly hits back at critics of its production standards

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Deputy editor defends new freesheet following negative media coverage and 'hoax' rumours.

 
 

Friday Drop: Bad week for Toyota UK head of PR Scott Brownlee

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So, is it just the accelerators? Maybe now the brakes too? And...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Features

Profile: Julia Hobsbawm, founder, Editorial Intelligence

Glamorous networker and Editorial Intelligence founder Julia Hobsbawm does lunch with Cathy...

 
 

Media law: Your crash course in media law

PRWeek gathered senior PROs and lawyers for a seminar on issues management...

 
 

Media: Men's magazines: How to get this man's attention

It is easy to stereotype lads' mag writers, but what do they...

 
 

Research & Data

The Co-op's 'film ad' blows rivals away

To promote The Co-operative Group's multimillion pound rebrand campaign, a two-and-a-half minute...

 
 

Campaigns: Polar bear let loose on the Thames

New natural history channel Eden celebrated its launch with a fake Polar...

 
 

Campaigns: Iconic titles go cover to cover

Magazine Week looks into the best magazine covers ever

 
 

Expert Knowledge

The future of internal communications

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This new report by executive search firm Watson Helsby provides insight into...

 
 

Top Ten Strategies for Boosting ROI Despite Shrinking Budgets and Dwindling Resources

Higher prices and tighter budgets are putting the squeeze on PR and...

 
 

Resonate founder Graham Drew to become head of PR at ad agency VCCP

Chime Move Resonate's Graham Drew moves across to sister ad agency VCCP...

 
 
 
 

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