European TV sector to gain from ads improvement

Goldman Sachs increases its forecasts in the European TV sector, as advertisement momentum has continued to be stronger than broker expected. Points out that ad spend/GDP are at trough levels, pointing advertisers to an increase in spending. Adds that growing TV audiences also contribute positively and thus believes the outlook for European TV advertising is [...]

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Up and coming designers – Radio Feature

This is my 7 minute radio feature, produced with Clem Silverman. Who are the people that decide what’s in this summer? Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Calvin Klein are huge names in the fashion industry. But they all had to start somewhere. Stefanie Linhardt and Clem Silverman have been exploring how people have kick-started their [...]

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Libel fees to be capped

Finally a libel law revision: “Jack Straw proposes capping libel law fees at 10%” If lawyers earn less, the ‘no-win, no-fee’ business is less lucrative, and libel tourism might ease off. A more in depth account of how libel laws are functioning in the UK will follow soon. Until then, I leave you with the [...]

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Press Officers – the ‘real’ Journalists?

Journalism and PR are closely linked – that is not entirely new. But who is the ‘real’ author of the story in the paper? While books like ‘Flat Earth News‘ by Nick Davies are telling us how journalism is dominated by spin-doctors and the PR-industry, journalists themselves do not want to openly admit how many of [...]

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