I have done my 125th interview on Kate Moss, this time for an Australian News Network. The ups and downs of Kate Moss’s life have been a rollercoaster ride. This week an article in a design magazine dug out one of my original quotes on the Kate Moss ferago, when the story originally broke. http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/design/article/603548/mark-ritson-branding-hit-scandal-it/ […]
Classical rebels play it demure by Maurice Chittenden and Gillian Bowditch Sunday Times 19th November 2006. WHEN Katie Targett-Adams takes to the stage with her Celtic harp in Beijing this week she will not be wearing the suggestive outfit that has become de rigueur for the ambitious young female classical musician. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2460345,00.html
Borat film banned in Russia By Jeremy Last Borat A satirical movie starring a British Jewish comedian which pokes fun at the apparent anti-Semitic nature of some of Kazakhstan’s population has been banned in Russia. http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/11612
I think Philip Green’s cover might have been blown at long last. Has his obsession with celebrity become his Achilles heel? First he flirts with the Kate Moss brand and creates a dream match, made in heaven, where the supermodel, celebrity and, according to many, the most stylish woman in the world, gets in bed […]
Monday November 13, 2006 The Guardian Ahead of the latest James Bond movie’s release this week, Matt Keating asks some of the top names in advertising to assess the 007 brand’s enduring appeal http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1946072,00.html
According to today’s Daily Star newspaper: “This is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a parrot with a big personality. We hope to uncover the next A-list avian superstar. ”The lucky winning bird will first be used as the official “spokesparrot” for the DVD launch of the second swashbuckling adventure, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man’s […]
There is a row brewing between Puma, the Metropolitan Police and various anti guns lobby groups on the basis of the new Puma trainer that has a machine gun etched on the heel. Let’s not forget that the brand is trying to remain at the cutting edge of fashion as well as pushing the limits […]
Is it a coincidence that the verdict and sentencing to death of Saddam Hussein have arrived two days before the pivotal U.S. Congressional Elections? I would argue that the timings are not only fortuitous, but constructed to create maximum PR. Well prepared forward planning indicates that forethought was given to where the President would be. […]
Today’s quote from Michael O’Leary, founder of Ryan Air on Richard Branson’s plans to donate Virgin’s next decade’s profits to developing biofuel suggests that O’Leary should take a course from Branson’s PR people in the art of public relations. O’Leary’s comment about it being “… a great PR stunt but it will take the next […]
Where now for Brand Beckham? Independent – London,England, … As PR Mark Borkowski notes, Beckham could be set to become the great champion of British sport, a Sir Bobby Charlton with truly global appeal and a better … http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1938895.ece