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• News of the World's death will not end phone hacking story

  

  The demise of the News of the World, after a history of 168 years, has to be one of the biggest shocks to rock the British media in recent times. Or was it? Well, I was stunned by the news yesterday that Rupert Murdoch had chosen to pull the plug on what was still the highest selling newspaper in the English speaking world. But given the increasing seriousness and the nature of allegations of...  View This »

  
  

• The Paywall Puzzle

  

  The debate about whether users should or will pay for online news content has raged for months, but it seems slowly but surely the numbers of those willing to do so is increasing, after the Times and Sunday Times announced subscribers were up 20,000 on total for November. The papers’ print circulation however continues to fall which might be the clearest indication yet that people are much...  View This »

  
  

• Website Start Up Is National Media Talking Point

  

  New website PlentyofSize.co.uk is a dating service aimed at the fuller figured. The site's founders came to London PR in December with a dream of January red top coverage. We were able to introduce them to size 28 model Emma Dunn who agreed to front the site's PR campaign. We were then able to break the story into today's Daily Mirror (see above). The story has been followed up by the BBC who...  View This »