10 Dec 2009
| by Amanda Andrews
It could have been dreamt up at a lavish party attended by super-models and celebrities or at an exclusive resort. Sir Philip Green and Simon Cowell's grand idea to develop an entertainment company, Greenwell, with the scale of Disney, was first revealed in June.
10 Dec 2009
| by Mark Ritson
Google is building on its maturity in its own category, search, to launch a series of aggressive brand extensions. These are successfully destabilising the incumbent competition while making the executives in charge of these brands look, in my opinion, like morons.
09 Dec 2009
| by Ian Monk
Tiger Woods has been at the centre of the biggest PR disaster ever to engulf a sporting hero.
08 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Despite the recent closures of free commuter papers London Lite and thelondonpaper, a group of mystery investors has announced plans to enter the fray with The London Weekly next year.
01 Dec 2009
| by Staff
BARB, the TV body, is set to unveil changes to its audience measurement service from 1 January, including a new viewing panel. Will it boost TV as a medium?
01 Dec 2009
| by Andrew Walmsley
Making the most of a brand means avoiding being overly literal about notions of ownership
I am almost scared to enter into the debate about Mumsnet.com, the networking site for parents. This is because over the past few weeks I have seen it described as weird, prescriptive, bullying, childish and vitriolic. However, it has also been described as powerful on several occasions.
25 Nov 2009
| by Staff
Rupert Murdoch's NI has decided to remunerate all UK retailers of The Sun on the basis of a standard cover price of 30p, rather than 35p as at the moment. Is this a taste of the future?
25 Nov 2009
| by Ian Monk
Recently in the UK an ambulance, its patient and crew were violated by a camera-wielding mob inside the grounds of a hospital.
25 Nov 2009
| by Danny Rogers
About a year ago, I wrote a piece here highlighting the significance of senior journalists such as Guto Harri (ex-BBC, now Mayor of London's office) and Peter Barron (ex-Newsnight, now Google's head of comms) moving to a career in PR.