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The Blagger's Blog 17th July 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort
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Has Instagram Changed Journalism?
Back in June, our MD Rick blogged about the decline of print media and the bright future ahead for social media platforms to share content. In my eyes, a rising star in this field that simply cannot be ignored is Instagram. The photo sharing platform, most famously associated with hot dog legs, Kim … Continued
Social Media
Meerkat Cameo – a step forward for the live broadcast app
Not so long ago, here on Smoking Gun PR’s blog, we trumpeted the arrival of Meerkat, a still-relatively-new live streaming app that allows people and brands to set up broadcasts for other users to watch in real time. When we first wrote about the launch there were several questions to be asked. We initially pondered whether … Continued
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The Intern's Insight…
Hi, My name’s Meabh and I’m Smoking Gun’s new intern for the year. I’m spending my third year at university here, on a Marketing Management Course at Manchester Metropolitan. I’ve officially been working at SGPR for a month, and loving it. I’ve fully adjusted to the 7am wakeup call, the team are really friendly and helpful … Continued
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Last Week At Smoking Gun PR…
Last week was a busy old week for the SGPR team! Here’s a roundup of everything we’ve been getting up to…
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The Blagger's Blog 10th July 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort
Social Media
Happy Birthday to you! Love Twitter xx
Twitter announced earlier this week that you can now submit your date of birth in your account settings, which you can display on your public profile, or just to your followers, or even keep it private just so that Twitter can send you a nice message on your birthday… Sounds very nice and friendly doesn’t it? … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 3rd July 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Quote of the week “While the 700 guests – who paid either £450 or £1,000 a ticket depending on where they sat – whooped with delight at video images of Ed Balls’s defenestration at the general election, the mood on the evening was understandably … Continued
Rick's Rambles
Journalism isn’t dead, it’s just finding itself
In the years since I started out in public relations so much about the industry has changed. It’s now almost unrecognisable. Plenty of good has come, but plenty of negatives too- not least the decline of print, job losses at every newspaper in the country, and the future of journalism becoming increasingly fragile. A leaked … Continued
Social Media
And the most engaged media brand on Twitter is…
When you’re trying to encourage conversations about your brand amongst the public it’s vital you understand which media outlets can give your name the biggest boost. Following a recent Brandwatch survey news has hit of the most engaged title on Twitter, and it’s probably not the newspaper you expect. So whilst the ‘smart money’ might … Continued
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June 2015 in the Smoking Gun Study
Well that’s another fine month we’ve reached the end of. From new clients in sectors such as media buying and finance, to welcoming our new intern and receiving another major industry nomination, here’s everything you need to know about the last four weeks on Bridge Street. Firstly, we’re over the moon to have received an … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 26th June 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Quote of the week “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists… And some, I assume, are good people.??? U.S. presidential candidate and multi-billionaire Donald Trump, discussing his feelings towards Mexican migrants, in one of the most worrying and shocking public displays of racial … Continued
PR News
What Naomi Campbell's Wikipedia clean-up tells PRs and brands
Wikipedia; the great equaliser of our time, a priceless goldmine of stats and facts, or a platform for lies, half-truths and misinformation? When you take into consideration how a few years ago a friend showed me how he had included himself in a French national football squad from the 1960s, the answer seems quite obvious. … Continued
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