After the verdicts in the phone-hacking trial are delivered, Raymond Snoddy examines the implications for politicians, journalists, regulators and newspaper boardrooms.
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Apple is building an internal agency with 1,000 people and using them to compete with their long time agency partner TBWA. Can this really shake things up? asks Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!
From courtroom tweeters securing thousands of pounds from strangers, to bedroom bloggers becoming international experts, something very interesting is stirring in journalism, writes Raymond Snoddy.
In the wake of the disastrous Publicis-Omnicom affair, will the ad industry’s merger eco-system evolve? It’s already under-way, writes Dominic Mills.
Only newspapers have the resources to tackle large-scale, technical and legally dangerous projects, writes Raymond Snoddy – so why do so many people think the future of news lies with the likes of Buzzfeed?
After the legendary and influential analyst, Mary Meeker, delivered her latest Internet trends report, Dominic Mills gives his views on what she got wrong, what she got right – and what should concern marketers the most
As the battle for sporting broadcast rights grows ever more competitive, is it time to move to a tender process where the winners are judged on a wider set of criteria than merely the size of the cheque? asks Raymond Snoddy.
