Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens has issued profound apologies and accepted the cartoon had “crossed a line” – but how do you account for such an instant change of heart? There can only be one explanation and it’s all down to Rupert Murdoch and his tweets.
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Ever since he embarked on an informal career questioning some of the more outlandish claims from the online community, the Media Native has been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to ruffle feathers and generate verbal spats. After last week’s Videology riposte to his TV On Demand article, will the Media Native have the final say?
Not only can the ITV re-brand be said to be the first 21st century re-brand, says Decipher’s Nigel Walley, but ITV have a claim to be the first truly 21st century broadcaster.
Do you have any idea of the difference between something ‘overtly’ sexy and something ‘mildly’ sexy? It’s not easy, is it? My ‘mild’ might be your ‘overt’. So it’s both interesting and amusing that the ASA has knocked down complaints that M&S’s new lingerie ads were ‘overtly sexual, degrading to women and reinforced sexual stereotypes’.
Old rules, laws and agreements which pre-date the rise, and even the existence of the Internet, are threatening to cause mayhem in both the regional and national newspaper industry, writes Raymond Snoddy
Last week The Media Native – aka, David Brennan – asked if TV On Demand can justify its premium status. His conclusions ruffled some feathers at Videology and now Rhys McLachlan, Director of Corporate and Business Development would like to respond…
The fictional Borgen newsroom is complex and authentic, says Rufus Olins, CEO, Newsworks. The interdependency between the senior politicians, the spin doctors and the media is expertly drawn without resorting to cartoon characters or cliché – indeed, Borgen shows how news media can shape the national conversation and the outcome of events.
Alchemy Social’s MD, Helen Crowley, takes a look at the impact of Facebook’s recently launched ‘Graph Search’ on the value of social data and suggests what brands now need to do to ensure they are set up for large scale take up of social search by users.
Dominic Mills argues that while tablets may accelerate the death of print, they may actually be the saviour of publishing – and there is a clear chain of links to follow if we want to predict the ways things are going to go this year…
Consumers have never had more choice of car brands and models in the UK market. Understanding consumer rationale behind car-buying is, therefore, key for marketers hoping to make sense of this market. By Kantar Media’s Alice Dunn.