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For whom the bell tolls

Stephen Waddington

Lord Chadlington will interview his fellow peer Lord Bell on 7 November in London. Lord Bell left the agency in August 2016. In 2011, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism covertly recorded some of the firm’s executives boasting of its UK government connections to journalists posing as agents for the government of Uzbekistan.

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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. Sources: GlobeNewsWire , interviews with people familiar with the decision and a sales product demo). Terms were not disclosed but the Wall Street Journal reported a price tag of about $240 million.

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PR in 2015: The Trouble with Authenticity

Mark My Words

Beyoncé , rated as 2015’s most powerful female musician, hasn’t given an interview since 2013. Closer to home, the face (and facial hair) of Authenticity Politics Jeremy Corbyn is rewriting the rulebook by shunning headline interviews on Today and Marr in favour of ragtag rallies and vegetable shows. 2016 will be about responsibility.