LOL – now he knows what it means – must have been David Cameron’s reaction after reading Lord Leveson’s report on the culture, practice and ethics of the UK press. First came an audible sigh of relief over the vindication of his own reputation, which– despite inappropriate platonic text dalliance with La (Rebekah) Brooks, now [...]
A few eyebrows shot into the stratosphere when Rupert Murdoch biographer and Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff took the editorial helm at Adweek a year ago and now Mike is on his way after a turbulent year. First he shifted the focus of Adweek, number two in the US market to Advertising Age, towards editorial [...]
As these media giants have changed their Man of the Year accolade to Person of the Year (but still pick blokes) maybe we should be looking for a woman (that ever popular activity). Hmm, there’s a tough one. In UK agency land the upper level of AMV/BBDO has long been dominated by gals although new [...]
BBC director general Mark Thompson may have scored a triumph at the Edinburgh International TV Festival by turning his guns on arch-enemy Sky and its supposed plans for UK media domination but the knives are still out for the BBC’s allegedly overpaid managers and deputy director general Mark Byford is the first victim, losing his [...]
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