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The Blagger's Blog 5th October 2012
The Great Train Franchise Robbery, Mitt Romney the zombie, Jimmy Savile, foul mouthed BBC, and what the papers say. Media news this week, must be Friday then.
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Stating the obvious: C4's 'Gypsy Weddings' morally bankrupt
The Advertising Standards Agency bans offensive adverts for the traveller focused documentary series, but surely the harm was done a long time ago?
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Notes on The Guardian and a broadband levy for journalism
After an article last week proposing media giants like BT pay a fee towards journalism, we think of a few reasons why, amazingly, it's not that crazy an idea.
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The Blagger's Blog
The Blagger's Blog 28th September 2012
U.S. economic growth revised downwards, Kanye West sex tape, Downton Abbey, Rainforest Alliance advert, and homophobic PR fails. Another week in the media.
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The power of a tweet
From Amanda Holden to Katherine Jenkins and Daniel Thomas, we take a sideways glance at the social media muscles being flexed in the last month.
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Heineken- shaken, not stirred
With the new Bond movie just weeks away everyone's talking about 007, not least in the context of product placements and the rejection of Martini for lager.
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How to sell and influence people
In the wake of Apple finishing on top of the UK Coolbrands list, we ask the eternal question: "What makes a brand cool?"
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September 2012 in the Smoking Gun Study
Another full month here on Quay Street has seen two new clients, and a host of high profile public relations campaigns keeping us busy.
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Simply unmissable 9
A seagull steals a camera and films a fly over of San Francisco before returning it to the rightful owner, but even more surprisingly MySpace is coming back.
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Infographic – Likeing brand's on Facebook
At Smoking Gun PR we’re all keen users of social media personally as well as professionally. As a result we understand how important a Facebook page can be for a brand. This week’s infographic looks more closely at the relationships between consumers and brand pages. A hat tip to Lab42 for creating the infographic.
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PM Cameron to open Twitter account- what should his name be?
The Prime Minister himself will be tweeting from his own profile before October 10th. Questions remain over what moniker he will adopt, we can think of a few.
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Tony Murray
T Time: No Bread and Discuses
Our roving editor and man of many opinions, Tony Murray, finds himself knee deep in media distractions, from Kate Middleton's assets to Take That clones.
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