Articles: February, 2010

To the zeitgeist, and beyond

February 26, 2010

What’s hot this Friday afternoon? Aside from our burning desire to down tools and say farewell to the working week?
Well, the Guardian avows that Zeitgeist is where the action is. Zeitgeist is a visual record of what people are finding interesting on guardian.co.uk at any given time, but it looks (and behaves) a bit differently [...]

MPs signify well, not much, really, on Press Standards

February 25, 2010

The recommendations of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport committee’s report on Press Standards have been greeted with praise in various quarters, not least the media. No wonder, for its recommendations add up to precious little.
MPs called for a new requirement that journalists notify the subjects of their articles in advance to be enshrined in [...]

“Cheryl Cole to tell all on Jonathan Ross?”

February 25, 2010

So says the headline to this Digital Spy story. It got our attention, which is more than would have happened if it had said:
“Ashley Cole to tell all on Jonathan Ross?”
Perhaps, as he licks his wounds, Cashley might think about the PR consequences of his actions? Now that’d be a story.

Risk, PR – and Hot Dogs

February 24, 2010

We’re grateful to Legal Blog Watch for informing us that it may now be too dangerous to eat a Hot Dog.
But why, ask lovers of long sausages in baps everywhere? Because they might cause choking – especially in children.
Fear not. Moves to ban the hot dog have yet to gain weight. Instead, it seems that [...]

Social Media, Asocial Insurance

February 24, 2010

Question for insurers: if customers insist on Tweeting their whereabouts to the world at large, when said whereabouts is not in their homes, should their home contents premiums rise?
Question for customers: if you insist on Tweeting your whereabouts to the world at large, when said whereabouts is not in your home, is it reasonable for [...]