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The Blagger's Blog 9th May 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort   Image source- The Guardian Thought for the Week “Significant decline took place in Turkey, which fell into the ‘not free’ category, as well as in Greece, Montenegro and the United Kingdom.” Freedom House, the US-based NGO established in 1941, responsible for collating data … Continued
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Niuzly looks to alter access to paid-for digital journalism

If the 1990s saw the original, somewhat speculative .com boom, and the noughties cemented the place of online in a good chunk of the world’s lives, then this decade has so far been all about fine tuning, tweaking and improving on those first not-so-small steps. The result means we’re never short of potentially innovative new … Continued
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Look Up is definitely anti-social media, but is it really ironic?

When a video garners almost 20million views, 146,315 thumbs up, and 4,214 thumbs down on YouTube in just ten days, it’s safe to say the clip is a viral smash- the kind of engagement levels most brands can only ever dream of from their social media marketing efforts. Such is the case with Gary Turk’s Look Up, a … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 2nd May 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Thought for the Week “Sad, scared old men.” The placard held by the guy who egged Ukip leader Nigel Farage whilst the politician was on the European election campaign trail, which followed a Channel 4 News interview with one of the rising party’s key … Continued
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Smoking Gun PR moves offices

All good things must come to an end. Especially when you experience exponential year on year growth and make sizeable additions to your staff numbers in 12 months. Whilst change isn’t always positive, in some cases it’s very, very good news. For example if you decide to move offices in order to prepare for continued expansion … Continued
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Media truth, lies and duplicitous images

They say a picture can tell thousands of words, and this has never been truer than in the age of shareable content. But there must be boundaries in terms of how far we’re willing to manipulate, irrespective of the cause. The Mirror caused ripples this month when it emerged the image on the front cover … Continued
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4 outspoken bottles this food and drink PR agency adores

As an award-winning food and drink PR agency, everyone at Smoking Gun loves quality thirst-quenching products. And we like them even more when they have a truly unique, unforgettable approach to marketing and branding. To bring our blog’s food and drink PR month to an end then, we decided to put together a list of … Continued
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When readers control the news

At the end of last month several big guns from the U.S. newspaper industry got together for a discussion on the future of print media. The crux of which was that daily editions aren’t going to disappear completely any time soon, but the role, format and content of such titles will be decided on by … Continued
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6 things you may not know about BuzzFeed's shareable content empire

With the news that former-Guardian man Paul Hamilos has been hired by the world’s number one shareable content website to take on the role of foreign news editor there can be no question over the direction BuzzFeed is heading in. The site’s increase in ‘hard news’ has been evident for some time. Originally launched back … Continued
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April 2014 in the Smoking Gun PR study

  In somewhat seasonal fashion, spring and change have been in the air of late, with a string of highly successful campaigns dominating the British media over the last bank holiday and an imminent change of address for this Manchester-based PR agency. After two happy years here on Quay Street, thanks to our burgeoning client … Continued
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Fast Food News

So, as April comes to a close, so does this food & drink PR agency’s focus on epicurean wonders (and horrors) from around the globe. Our favourite food news this week… US chain Taco Bell is launching an upmarket off shoot – US Taco Co – which will offer fancy, fusion tacos to entice ‘edgy … Continued
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Trends public relations folk should probably avoid: Swatting

What sounds like an earnest attempt to do better at school is actually amongst the most bizarre, potentially dangerous, and downright surprising trends we’ve ever come across. The kind of thing that takes cross-platform interaction to a whole new level, you might say. Last week staff at this Manchester-based public relations and marketing agency stumbled … Continued
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Smoking Gun PR – phone lines and big changes

We’re going through a process of improvement behind the scenes here at Smoking Gun PR. Unfortunately, though, that means today it’s not quite business as usual, and our office phone lines are currently out of action today- Tuesday 29th April 2014- and due to be restored first thing tomorrow morning. But fear not, this rather … Continued
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