London
I’m off to London for a series of meetings and to renew some old acquaintances. I’ll see if I can find out some new trends in PR and media from a UK perspective while there….
Agency life
Under The Radar – Enterprise Technologies
The next Under The Radar event is coming up on November 16, 2005 in Mountain View, CA. This time it’s focused on Enterprise Technologies. The call for companies was sent out recently, and there is…
Are your manners business class?
While browsing through the bookstore this weekend, I came across Jacqueline Whitmore’s ‘Business Class – etiquette essentials for success at work.’ At 192 pages it’s an easily-digestible, whistle-stop tour of business manners. Most of us,…
Huh?
This is a great parody site for a marketing consultancy. I know the authors are making money from the Google ads but they deserve it. Hilarious. “We have really smart people who are always thinking…
Next Fifteen takes minority stake in Lexis
Next Fifteen Communications, the parent company of Text 100, Bite and now Outcast, has taken a 25% minority stake in UK firm, Lexis Public Relations. Lexis has revenues of £4.7m ($8.3m) and profits of £580,773…
Ogilvy in SF staff layoffs
Word is out this week of layoffs at Ogilvy’s San Francisco offices. I assume this is as a result of losing the Sun account to Bite. Although I understand Ogilvy’s HR team is trying its…
For unlawful client knowledge
I’ve just had a brief from a company looking for a ‘Pubic relations partner’. I’ve said, try CraigsList. Any suggestions?
Summer Slowdown?
Welcome to August. The days are long and warm, tourists wearing sandals with socks clog the streets with enthusiastic pointing and curious questions, the smell of burning meat wafts from raucous backyards, car drivers share…
Intellisunk?
Poor old Intellisync. According to PRWEEK it’s on the hunt for an agency once again. This time last year it conducted a major PR search and replaced long time incumbent McGrath/Power with Cohn & Wolfe….
Media Asia covers LEWIS’ move to China
Media magazine, PRWEEK’s Asian equivalent, covered our move into China on Friday [requires subscription]. This followed an interview I did with Arun Sudhaman last week. The piece also features Erin Atan, who runs the Asian…