24 May 2012
| by Ian Monk
Lord Leveson's inquiry into media ethics provides more dark insights into the interface between...This week it heard Lord Mandelson noting the press' 'trust in what they are being told is the truth has deteriorated' since he became Labour's director of comms in 1985.
Cue howls of derision from the media at the irony of the statement, coming from the man whose spin they blame for the death ...
With Lord Bell's buyout of Bell Pottinger from Chime now looking likely to take place next month...into this successful mix.
But now Chime chairman Lord Bell - along with co-founder Piers Pottinger - has decided ...
The Bell Pottinger collective - which ranged from Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres to Harvard PR ...
Sorrell, the boss of WPP, which has a 20 per cent stake in Chime. Sorrell and Bell, always unlikely ...
; for example in the Maldives or Bahrain? Their PR advisers, including Lord Bell and Ruder Finn s Emmanuel ...
said that the cobbler's children went the worst shod.
At a recent international conference Lord Bell, boss of the country's biggest PR agency, Bell Pottinger, said the PR industry was 'a lightning rod for mistrust' in our wider society. Bell was referring specifically to a recent sting against Bell Pottinger ...
The British media, cowed and cautious under the weight of the Leveson Inquiry, seem to have acknowledged that stings in this area are an easy win. Too easy.
From The Guardian's pursuit of the Adam Werritty/Liam Fox affair, and The Independent's sting on Bell Pottinger, to this week's Sunday Times 'cash ...
on the intriguing prospect of Chime chairman Lord Bell leading a buy-out of Bell Pottinger.
News leaked in January that Bell and others were 'pursuing the possibility' of acquiring parts of Chime's PR division ...
. And that is becoming increasingly difficult to find.
Perhaps Lord Bell's latest move adds weight to the argument ...
place between Jimmy Wales, co-founder of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and Chime boss Lord Bell.....
Lord Bell apologised to Wales for anonymous editing of content without declaring an interest. At first ...
an increasing amount of effort for anyone managing a reputation.
And yet, as Lord Bell points out, it is far ...
The event happened in the aftermath of a string of allegations of poor ethics by Chime s Bell ...
15 Dec 2011
| by George Eustice
The investigation by The Independent into Bell Pottinger has put lobbying under the spotlight
08 Dec 2011
a powerful rebuttal of the claims. It then came under fire from Lord Leveson for being over ...
16 Nov 2011
| by George Eustice
This week, David Cameron used his speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet to set out his stall