Liberty842 returns to Social Media Week for the third time with a session called Guess who? – all about brands, identity and reputation. It may seem hard to imagine a time before Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest to name a few...
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The good old British boozer has a centuries-long history as a community venue but its future looks far from certain. I know this from personal experience as my local – The Ivy House in Nunhead, southeast London – closed down in April 2012 when...
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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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I recently came across an Observer supplement entitled “The Future of TV” from back in 2007 which predicted that “The broadcasting dinosaurs like ITV, Sky and the BBC will be challenged by newer, more nimble opponents, including YouTube...
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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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Alan Carr’s Grand National Specstacular on Channel 4 used Twitter and its celebrity connections to create a huge buzz around the programme and around the Grand National (which incidentally reached 8.9m viewers according to Barb’s...
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