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The Art Upstart

The art upstart has started up again, or more accurately he never stopped.  Those with long memories will remember that five years ago College Hill’s James Hogan discovered the yearning to paint abstract art.  ”It came as a great flood …

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City Ed Index returns to zero

Just as a matter of record, there are now no former City Editors in the editor’s chair of any of the national newspapers (other than the FT of course).  Evgeny Lebedev’s Twitter feed sparked into action this morning to announce …

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Laid back lawyers

If the flow of the B2B market to online-only appears inexorable, then the experience of The Lawyer, our guest publication at this morning’s Gorkana breakfast briefing, is encouraging for those who like to have the print copy of a publication …

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Comms excellence in law

This is a welcome development in industry awards categories.  One of the gongs being dished out at the Law Society Excellence Awards is for excellence in marketing and communications.  It recognises the innovative contribution these disciplines make to attract and …

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PaRristers

When looking for the business model of the future, the founding ‘PaRristers’ of Jericho Chambers found it 300 years in the past.  A PR chambers is not a new idea, but the formation of Jericho Chambers represents its purest form …

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Dangerous dogs

Another Sunday and another lobbying story on the front of the newspapers.  Again, not a lobbyist in sight (although it must be of concern to the public affairs professionals that these MPs don’t seem to be surprised that the sting …

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City AM Awards 2013

Keep your eyes peeled for the launch of the City AM Awards 2013 in tomorrow’s paper.  It is not just an opportunity for your client, either internal or external, to pick up business/insurance/innovative/bank/law/accountancy/property firm of the year, or any number …

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The interview from hell

There is no direct read across from the celebrity interview to corporate PR, but the interview in yesterday’s Times with actor Rhys Ifans billed by the paper as “the interview from hell” shows how the PR can become …

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“I have a nightmare”

When James Murray’s blog evolved into the fully blown B2B online publication BusinessGreen six years ago he found himself not just at the vanguard of the digital publishing revolution, but the debate on the adoption of green technologies.  As he …

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fastFT

Before the digital revolution, some cynics would opine that to be first with the news was to be first to be wrong.  Now there is not just a rush to publish news online, but commentary too.  The FT launched its …

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Michael Davies

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Michael is Head of Financial & Corporate PR News at Gorkana Group

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