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Our first breakfast breakfast briefing after the summer break was with leading global business news provider Bloomberg News and Media Group.

The Bloomberg Media Group comprises Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, Bloomberg Markets magazine, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg’s consumer mobile platforms.

We were joined by Mark Gilbert, London bureau chief Bloomberg News, Gary Kanofsky, senior executive producer Bloomberg Television and Francine Lacqua, anchor of ‘On The Move’ and ‘Countdown’ on Bloomberg Television. They provided insight into Bloomberg’s multi-platform offering and how best to pitch guests and story ideas to reach the vast global audience across all its platforms.

>>Watch the Bloomberg webcast.

We held a fantastic breakfast briefing with Intelligent Life on Wednesday 13 July.

Intelligent Life is the award-winning lifestyle and culture magazine from The Economist. It covers the arts, style, food, wine, cars, travel and anything else, as long as it’s interesting. From August the magazine will be published six times a year instead of quarterly, providing more frequent editorial opportunities.

We were delighted to be joined by Editor, and two time winner of the BSME’s Editor of the Year Award, Tim de Lisle and Assistant Editor Isabel Lloyd. Tim and Isabel revealed all about being a bi-monthly, engaging with PRs and why general-interest magazines are set to rule.

>>Watch the Intelligent Life webcast, fimed by Visual Media

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

We were recently joined by memebrs of FT Tilt at a breakfast briefing onThursday 07 July, kindly hosted by the Financial Times.

FT Tilt was launched in January 2011 and is a premium online financial news and analysis service focused exclusively on the emerging world. It serves finance professionals who have a direct interest in these markets and business professionals who need a deeper understanding of the fast-growing regions.

For more information about FT Tilt please click here.

We were joined by Editor-in-chief Paul Murphy and Russia, CIS and CEE Reporter Alastair Marsh and Reporter Sid Verma who provded greater insight into the features of the service and advised how best PRs can contribute to it.
Paul also discussed his thoughts on why Western financial media is suffering as a result of fixating on New York and London; and how coverage is shifted away from the tilt in economic power and influence toward the south and east.

>>Watch the FT Tilt webcast, fimed by Visual Media

Read a full round-up of the event in more detail at www.gorkanapr.com – the leading source of PR industry news and features.

We were delighted to partner with ITN Productions to host this exclusive event and it proved to be a fantastic opportunity to go behind the scenes of the ITV news studio and take part in a masterclass on Video News Releases.

We heard firsthand from ITV presenter, Sangeeta Kandola and were joined by Duncan Gunstone, ITN Productions’ Head of Corporate Production to learn how to create a successful video news release. If you would like to contact Duncan to find out more please email him at duncan.gunstone@itn.co.uk or call him on 0207 430 4546

>>Watch the ITN Masterclass

On 17th June we welcomed Dominic Laurie, Business Presenter, BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live on Friday 17 June, who joined us at a breakfast briefing kindly hosted by Berwin Leighton Paisner.

Dominic Laurie is currently presenting early morning news on BBC Radio 5 Live Monday to Thursday and on BBC Radio 4 on Fridays.

He shared his views with us on the best ways for PRs to communicate with him and what stories are of interest to him.

>>Watch the BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live webcast, filmed by Visual Media

We held a very successful Social Affairs Breakfast Briefing with the Guardian on Friday 10 June.

We were joined by winner of The Press Awards’ Best Feature Writer of the Year 2011 Amelia Gentleman, Social Affairs Correspondent and Patrick Butler, Head of Editorial at Education and Society Guardian.

Amelia and Patrick gave their top tips on what makes the ideal Guardian social affairs story as well as the best ways to contact them.

>>Watch the Guardian webcast, filmed by Visual Media

Gorkana held a Breakfast Briefing with German business and finance newspaper Handelsblatt on Thursday 9th June.

We were joined by London Bureau Chief Michael Maisch and UK Correspondent Katharina Slodczyk who gave insights into the way they work, what their typical day looks like, and how they like to work with PRs.

>>Watch the Handelsblatt webcast, filmed by Visual Media

On the 25th May, Gorkana held a lively breakfast briefing with the Financial Mail on Sunday.

The city and business section has a strong reputation for getting to the root of the real story and asking the tough questions, and the personal finance pages have an emphasis on wealth management and reader interaction.

We were joined by respected journalists Lisa Buckingham, City Editor and Jeff Prestridge, Personal Finance Editor who gave their suggestions on how to maximise opportunities for coverage and how they prefer to work with PRs.

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On 19th May, Gorkana were joined by ELLEUK.com for a successful and insightful breakfast briefing.

ElLLEUK.com is the UK’s biggest premium fashion magazine website with 460,000 unique users.
It is the first stop for daily fashion, shopping and celebrity news, as well as up-to-the minute reports from the international collections, beauty news, celebrity style secrets and catwalk trends.

We were joined by Carrie Gorman, Editor and Emma Sells, Fashion Features Director, who gave their top tips on how to get coverage on the UK’s number one fashion site in the luxury market and engage with a fashion-forward audience online.

Watch the ELLEUK.com webcast, filmed by Visual Media

On 13th May we were joined by leading business and financial news channel CNBC at a breakfast briefing hosted by Mayer Brown.

CNBC is the leading global broadcaster of live business and financial news and information, reporting directly from the major financial markets around the globe with three regional networks including CNBC in EMEA, CNBC in Asia and CNBC in the US.

CNBC is dedicated to CEOs, senior corporate executives; the financial services industry and private investors. The channel is available to more than 390 million homes worldwide.

We were joined by Patrick Allen, Head of News, EMEA and Louisa Bojesen, co-anchor of European Closing Bell. They provided insights into CNBC’s key European shows including Squawk Box Europe, Worldwide Exchange and European Closing Bell, and tips such as how best to communicate with them and their colleagues.

Watch the CNBC webcast, filmed by Visual Media