“Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetick.”
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Raymond Snoddy: After explaining some of the pitfalls and pointing out that only the determined, who really, really want to become journalists have any chance of making it, what do you actually say?
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NEW: Another six months of tables and tables of data have hit my inbox. Almost 100 pages of numbers – nearly the same number of pages as Grazia – but with none of the pictures, products and ads to look at…
Today’s ABC release for January to June 2011 shows a fairly poor set of results, with only a few sectors managing to buck the trend. To get a real picture, Manning Gottlieb, Mediacom, MPG Media Contacts, John Ayling and Carat give their views…