On Tuesday 31 January we held a breakfast briefing with FHM.

We were delighted to be joined by Editor Joe Barnes, Deputy Editor Dan Jude and Fashion Director William Barnes.

FHM is the UK’s biggest men’s lifestyle media brand, reaching a monthly audience of 2.6 million (magazine, website and social media). Under a new editor and senior editorial team, the brand is moving in an exciting new direction, repositioning itself as the middle-market men’s lifestyle magazine for British men in their 20’s and early 30’s.

The magazine has four new editorial pillars: sex and relationships, pop culture, style and ‘the experience’.

We heard from Joe and his team about the type of content they are looking for and how they like to to work with PRs.

>>Watch The FHM webcast, filmed by Visual Media

>>Watch a short interview with Dan Jude, filmed by Visual Media

We were joined by Jeremy Grant, Editor of FT Trading Room; a web offering that provides a single source of intelligence for trading, exchanges, clearing, settlement, financial markets regulation and trading technology.

Watch the video footage from the event, filmed by Visual Media:

FT Trading Room – Introduction to the breakfast briefing from Gorkana Group on Vimeo.

FT Trading Room – main interview from Gorkana Group on Vimeo.

FT Trading Room – Q&A from Gorkana Group on Vimeo.

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On Friday 09 December we held a briefing with Rory Cellan Jones, BBC Technology Correspondent, kindly hosted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Rory Cellan-Jones is a BBC lifer having joined the organisation in 1981. Rory has taken an interest in all aspects of consumer technology and now covers stories that concentrate on the cultural and commercial impact of the internet for all of the BBC’s news outlets. He has also established himself as one of the BBC’s most well regarded tweeters.

It was great to hear from Rory about his time at the BBC, what he thinks will be the next big thing in technology and the impact of social media on journalism today.

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>>Watch The BBC Technology webcast, filmed by Visual Media

We were joined by City Editor Richard Fletcher, one of the UK’s most preeminent business journalists. Richard has looked after The Daily Telegraph’s business section since 2009 and has a weekly City Editor’s column that goes out on a Wednesday.

Richard discussed the latest key economic and business issues and explained how the Telegraph’s integrated newsroom works.

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>>Watch The Daily Telegraph webcast, filmed by Visual Media

On Thursday 01 December we held a breakfast briefing with marieclaire.co.uk.

marieclaire.co.uk is the UK’s biggest fashion glossy online and the number one destination for fashion, beauty and celebrity news. It is essential daily viewing for the intelligent, fashion-savvy woman.

We were joined by Editor Helen Russell who discussed the digital plans for marieclaire.co.uk and how she and her team work with PRs.

>>Watch the marieclaire.co.uk webcast, filmed by Visual Media

On Tuesday 22 November we held a breakfast briefing with Woman.

Woman relaunched in May to fill a gap in the market for a positive and aspirational magazine for grown up women aged 35+. The new-look magazine inspires women to try new things – whether it’s the hottest new nail varnish shade, wearing a new season trend or experimenting with a different recipe.

We were delighted to welcome Editor Karen Livermore, Consultant Lifestyle Director Kath Brown, Fashion Editor Caroline Baxter and Beauty Editor Katie Corcoran who spoke about the revamped publication and how they like to work with PRs.

>>Watch the Woman webcast, filmed by Visual Media

We held a breakfast briefing with The Economist on Tuesday 15 November, hosted by Allen & Overy LLP

We were joined by Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor of The Economist and Editor of The Economist’s annual publication The World in….

From May 2010 Daniel has also been The Economist’s Business Affairs Editor, responsible for the newspaper’s coverage of business, finance and science.

Daniel shared his views on what The Economist is looking for in a story and how best to get in touch.

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>>Watch The Economist webcast, filmed by Visual Media

MailOnline is currently Britain’s number one newspaper site and the second largest in the world*. It recently attracted 24.5 million UK unique browsers and 75 million global unique visitors per month.

Its profile is younger than it’s print counterpart and its dynamic, addictive content and a highly pictorial, easily navigable format are part of the reasons for its success. MailOnline’s Managing Editor, Sarah Graham joined us to talk us through her award-winning site.

>>Watch the Mail Online Breakfast Briefing, filmed by Visual Media

Digital Spy is one of the UK’s biggest entertainment news websites with more than 12m unique users. It is the ultimate destination for all things entertainment, with a news team working round the clock to publish over 200 articles and features a day from TV, celebrity and soaps to comedy, tech, games, music, movies and media.

David Moynihan and members of the Digital Spy team provided a unique insight into Digital Spy and spoke about their site’s newest sections as well as what they are looking for from PRs.

>>Watch the Digital Spy Breakfast Briefing, filmed by Visual Media

On Wednesday 02 November Gorkana celebrated ShortList’s 200th anniversary at Rich Mix Shoreditch.

When ShortList launched in 2007 as a free weekly upmarket men’s magazine it turned the traditional publishing model on its head and changed the way consumers looked at magazines. Fast forward 200 editions and ShortList has the biggest circulation of any men’s lifestyle magazine in Britain, and both the publications and its journalists are regularly nominated for awards.

Guests heard from ShortList editor Martin Robinson and Tom Cullen, editor ShortList.com, on the secrets of its success, future plans and why they want to work with PRs.
We were also joined by a number of special guests from the ShortList team.

Drinks kindly provided by Budweiser and Budweiser 66.

>>Watch the Shortlist 200th edition Anniversary webcast, filmed by Visual Media