25 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has appointed the BBC's Westminster news editor to be his new...Will Walden joins the Mayor after directing the BBC's day-to-day coverage of political news, working closely with the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson. Walden will begin his new role in early ...
engage with Londoners. He has enormous experience of politics and a great track record at the BBC. I am ...
10 May 2012
| by Charles Arthur
Apple, Google and Microsoft and their many business battles over the past 15 years, I had plenty of time ...
and Microsoft - however, have rather different PR strategies. Here's my take on them, as someone on what you ...
as it has got bigger and come into more direct rivalry with Microsoft and, more recently, Facebook.
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19 Mar 2012
| by Sara Luker
The BBC has decided to not respond directly to weekend criticism by former newsreader Anna Ford...Julian Payne, head of press media relations at the BBC, told PRWeek of the work the corporation ...
our reputation.
He added: This is not an issue just for the BBC it s an issue across ...
, who left the BBC six years ago, said the corporation's director general Mark Thompson had been slow ...
13 Dec 2011
| by David Singleton
Microsoft director of corporate affairs and citizenship Matt Lambert has been appointed director...Lambert, previously head of government affairs at Microsoft , will start the new role in January. He makes the departure after 12 years at the technology giant.
He will report to chief legal and regulatory affairs officer Martin Cruddace.
Lambert said of his appointment: 'Betfair is a great British ...
25 Nov 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
Basildon Council's comms head has expressed jubilation at the BBC's apology over a One Show news...Basildon Council s comms team lodged a series of complaints with the BBC over a five-minute piece ...
the interviewer that members of the community were being thrown out on the road with nowhere to go .
The BBC ...
of the BBC Trust, albeit very late in the day.
It is important that an organisation like the BBC, which ...
28 Oct 2011
| by David Singleton
The BBC has overhauled its press office website, as it prepares to lose 42 comms staff....The new site has been renamed the BBC Media Centre and went live this morning.
As revealed in July, the corporation is set to make around 42 redundancies from its 191-strong comms unit.
But BBC ...
said: 'Earlier this year we began a project to improve the functionality, layout and content of the BBC ...
28 Oct 2011
| by John Reynolds
Leading BBC magazines such as Radio Times, Top Gear and Olive will be published by a new company...company Exponent following clearance by the
Office of Fair Trading for Exponent's purchase of BBC ...
as publishing a raft of magazine titles, Immediate Media will
operate a long-term licence deal for 23 BBC Worldwide titles, including
Gardeners' World magazines, BBC History and the CBeebies portfolio. Immediate ...
19 Oct 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The BBC is making 42 comms staff redundant and is closing the print version of its 75-year-old in...The news is part of a major restructuring of the BBC s 191-strong comms unit, following a lengthy ...
to Ariel staff, and to staff within the BBC s public affairs department. BBC acting head of press ...
. But what we have ended up with is a team that is ready to handle the future comms challenges that the BBC ...
11 Oct 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
Independent production companies could begin to choose other broadcasters over the BBC for major TV...As Paul Mylrea takes on the permanent reins as director of comms at the BBC, the 185-strong team ...
to lose their jobs from the comms unit, which will be decided by the end of the month. BBC acting head ...
very good people at the BBC, but I think that their hands are tied and I wish that the BBC could see ...
10 Oct 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The BBC has promoted Paul Mylrea to the role of director of comms on a permanent basis..... The BBC's most recent figures revealed that Williams earned 225,940 in 2010.
Mylrea said: 'Ed Williams ...
the savings we have to deliver, and make sure we tell the BBC story in the best way possible.'
Mylrea will report to chief operating officer Caroline Thomson. He led comms around Thursday s publication of the BBC ...