Tag Archives: the sun

Why Kelvin MacKenzie blunder may derail Murdoch’s Sky bid

Will the farrago over former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie’s bizarre (and highly offensive) column about Everton’s Ross Barkley – Mckenzie compared him to an ape on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster (below) – affect Rupert Murdoch’s bid for the ...

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Court hears of exciting times under Rebekah’s rule

It’s not our job to puff up rival organs but The Drum provides a valuable service in having reporters at court, or at least accessing news feeds from there. The current entertainment at the Old Bailey is the trial of ...

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Page 3 girls and M&C Saatchi face the march of time

What do the Sun newspaper and the four founders of M&C Saatchi have in common? Well they’re children of the 1960/70s, faced (as we all are) with the need to change with the times and, eventually, pass the baton. So ...

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Grey wears its heart on its sleeve for the unlovable Sun

It’s rather doubtful that British newspaper the Sun loves anything apart from its own sales figures and pleasing Mr Murdoch. Grey London, the spearhead of WPP’s ‘Team News,’ is struggling manfully to make us love the unlovely tabloid and its ...

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