Is most PR material irrelevant? It would seem so, according to this story from Hold the Front Page, itself reporting the preliminary findings of a survey on the changing nature of press releases by former newspaperman turned post-grad, Iain Fleming.
Fleming’s survey can be found here. As you can see, he’s studying for a post-graduate diploma [...]
Remarkable news arrives via The Lawyer, which reports on the move by Pinsent Masons to outsource litigation work to lawyers in South Africa. Pinsents becomes the first UK firm to outsource legal work in this way, as a team of lawyers based in Cape Town will, as The Lawyer has it, “carry out tasks including [...]
Cost cutting at the FT provokes some wry comments at a gathering of hacks over morning coffee in Canary Wharf.
“If the FT’s journos, including the editor, are agreeing to pay cuts, does that mean the ‘How To Spend It’ supplement will have a leaner look?” asks one.
“Don’t be silly,” says another, “journalists have historically written [...]
The Daily Telegraph’s bumper MPs’ expenses special supplement made for fulsome weekend reading, with an excellent cover image to boot (hewn from the Guardian).
For those curious about the machinations underlying the Telegraph’s scoop, the Independent has more here. As is now well known, three newspapers turned down the story before Robert Winnett, the Telegraph’s deputy [...]
Miracles will never cease. Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has offered to cut his pension.
The man dubbed Fred the Shred is to reduce his pension pot by £4.7 million. Henceforth, he will have to struggle by on a mere £342,500 a year (though he has already taken a [...]
Southampton FC score a PR own goal
Is Google Street View a good thing?
Skype: coming to a courtroom near you?
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
In this article, Gavin Ingham Brooke and Rohit Grover of Spada examine the importance of marketing and PR in a downturn.
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
A cricket ground is a flat piece of earth with some buildings around it.
Richie Benaud, 1930 – present, cricket player and commentator.