Channel 4’s Dispatches programme last night focused on social media, celebrity endorsement the problem of ‘click farms’, which promise to generate thousands of fake fans for a fee. Dispatches’ Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans will inevitably lead to...
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“You should come with me” were the words of David Downton, fashion illustrator extraordinaire, when the proposal for him to join Instagram during couture week in Paris was suggested. If you’re still scratching your head, you’ll have seen...
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Online, conversation, debate and comment about The Archers reaches a peak on Sunday mornings when many join the regular tweetalong as the show’s omnibus is aired. Listeners share their thoughts and feelings – good, bad and indifferent...
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I suspect we were the only social media practice to attend the Broadcast Commissioning and Funding Forum on Tuesday at BAFTA – which was surprising given the amount of time given over to the digital environment and its effect on traditional...
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It’s time for more coverage of women’s sport! Thankfully there are some trying to fill the yawning gap. [View the story “Women’s sport – does it exist?” on Storify]
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It was great to see women’s football get its own show on BBC Two last night. The Women’s Football Show was a well produced, interesting programme and, looking at the Twitter comments, it was clearly filling a need. There was plenty of...
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Big Liberty842 congratulations to Alan Carr who took home the award for Best Entertainment Performance for Chatty Man at last night’s BAFTA ceremony. If you missed his entertaining acceptance speech, here it is!
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I’m excited to be working with Sarah Dunant to promote her new book, Blood & Beauty which was published on 2 May. It’s a thrilling prospect to delve into the Renaissance and the lives of the notorious Borgia family. We’ve...
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Yesterday I attended Social TV: The next 12 months hosted by Digitas. (You guessed it, I’m in New York attending events at Social Media Week.) Panelists included Digitas Social Media exec Jordan Bitterman, Bravo TV Exec Lisa Hsia, Greg...
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Just two weeks into our project for Selfridges, @MrSelfridge has been deemed Retail Week’s campaign of the week. Needless to say we’re chuffed to bits! We’ve stepped into the glorious shoes of the ghost of Harry Gordon Selfridge...
Read moreA short story about the power of Twitter, how it enables a speedy response and a happy ending. I spotted Dr Black’s tweet not long after it was posted, tweeted her from @BBCTheArchers to say that we were looking into her problem, and...
Read moreAlan Carr’s New Year Specstacular topped SecondSync’s New Year’s Eve leaderboard for most tweeted about programme with over 33,000 tweets about the show around broadcast. According to Broadcastnow.co.uk, “The entertainment...
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