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To thank or not to thank?

Posted on: 12th June 2011 in Public relations

Mike Hughes, the Evening Gazette's Business and Features Editor, blogs over on their website about feeling (if I might paraphrase) a little perturbed when PRs thank him when he runs a story from them.

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PR people are stupid, yeh?

Posted on: 7th March 2011 in General

Fascinating piece by PR blogger “Hacked off Flack”:

Do journalists think PROs are stupid?

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New local authority code unveiled

Posted on: 7th March 2011 in Local government

To no-one’s great surprise, and to a great sigh of resignation from local government communicators, the post-consultation ‘Code of recommended practice on local authority publicity’ has been published by DCLG.

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Stop knocking the private sector, Dave

Posted on: 14th November 2010 in Local government, Politics

David Cameron’s crackdown on the civil service’s use of management consultants is bad news for one of the UK’s most successful industries

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No coverage, no fee – the future for PR?

Posted on: 22nd June 2010 in Public relations

I’ve come across a couple of agencies in the last few weeks who are selling their services on the back of a no coverage, no fee model.

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Pop song lyrics - the journey from pen to ear

Does anyone else remember Smash Hits magazine? As a pre-teen did you pounce on the Top 20 song lyrics therein, desperate to memorise them? I hope it wasn’t just me. I’m still fascinated by song lyrics today. There are those that tell a story, like Rod Stewart’s ‘Maggie May’ and those that are wonderfully absurd, like The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’.