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Shep Gordon: “Make Parents Angry”

Doctor Spin

Image: Wikipedia ) Gordon gained fame as a talent agent and manager for various high-profile celebrities, particularly in the music and culinary industries. link] It’s speculated that local London media, particularly radio, might have mentioned the traffic disruption, and possibly local papers covered the story the following day.

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The sedative effects of PR speak

Mark My Words

One of my favourite scenes from Apollo 13 is when Tom Hanks recreates the infamous, ‘Houston, we have a problem’ moment, which I remember hearing on the radio as a child. But if, as Wikipedia says, sci-fi writers use jargon to ‘give an impression that they know things that their readers or listeners do not’, what is its purpose in PR circles?

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Empty chair: frustrated Kay Burley turns table on politician, Ofcom investigates

Stephen Waddington

He spoke to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme and ITV Good Morning Britain, among others. Image credit: Wikipedia. Conservative party chairman James Cleverly did a round of breakfast media interviews on Wednesday morning. Cleverly has been the Member of Parliament for Braintree since 2015.

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PR Interviews: Michael White Lansons

Norton's Notes

His knowledge of the digital market as a disrupter for ‘business as usual’ has led him to be involved in debates about social media on BBC Radio Five Live, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

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#19: Building a framework for reputation management

NewsWhip

Chris: So if anyone’s behind a computer right now, we can all go to Wikipedia, right? And we can see, what does Wikipedia say? ” Now, none of the air control towers that he radioed had that plan for him, he completely improvised that. The probability of something bad happening.

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Okay Google, I think we’re going to get along

Stephen Waddington

The BBC and Wikipedia are frequently cited. It also seems to be able to connect and play any live radio station. These are trivial examples but they quickly enable you to being to understand the computing power and potential of the device. Requests for information are served by the most popular websites. Okay Google, who are you?

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

Digital journalism can mean many things according to Wikipedia: Digital journalism also known as online journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast.