11 Apr 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
Aviation PR firm Johnston Associates has appointed former BBC chief comms adviser Donald Steel...Steel left the corporation last month to launch his own PR practice, which will include work for the BBC.
He will work with Johnston Associates to support the growing reputation management and crisis comms practice at the firm and to help business development.
Steel said: Johnston Associates ...
06 Apr 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
MSL London has appointed former BBC News health producer, Briar Burley, as an account director...She joins the agency from BBC News and brings seven years of experience across the broadcast media, working most recently as a specialist health, science and environment producer, working across national TV ...
reporter. Prior to qualifying as a journalist, she worked as a publicist in the BBC Birmingham and Northern ...
04 Apr 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
One of the BBC's best-known sports journalists has quit the broadcaster to join Square 1 Consulting....The presenter has linked up with the City and sport consultancy after bringing an end to his 13-year broadcasting career.
Before joining the BBC in 1997, Alexander was sports editor of three ...
, both in sport and in finance. During his career at the BBC, Alexander launched and presented ...
31 Mar 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
Another senior BBC journalist's resignation from the organisation last week illustrates...Last week, the BBC's home affairs correspondent Andy Tighe joined the Home Office as head of news after almost 20 years at the broadcaster.
He joins at least six other senior BBC names who have quit to pursue PR roles in recent months. These include BBC business journalist Nils Blythe , who ...
31 Mar 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The BBC is to abolish six senior comms roles including head of digital comms, as part of a...BBC digital comms chief Paul Almond is being made redundant and will leave in July to 'look for further opportunities in the digital area'. Once he has departed, the BBC will not be seeking a ...
by head of strategic comms Ben Wilson.
The cuts follow the news that the BBC's longstanding chief ...
31 Mar 2011
| by David Singleton
opinion formers and take on its main competitor, BBC Radio 5 Live....Pagefield for a lobbying drive with a strong focus on the BBC Trust's forthcoming review of BBC Radio 5 Live.
Pagefield is run by former ITV corporate affairs director Mark Gallagher.
The BBC Radio 5 Live review, due imminently, will be among the first such reviews conducted by new BBC Trust chairman, Lord Patten ...
16 Mar 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The BBC's longstanding chief spokesman Donald Steel is to leave the broadcaster after 22 years...The BBC s longstanding chief spokesman Donald Steel is to leave the broadcaster after 22 years to launch his own PR agency.
It is understood the BBC will be a launch client, along with a number ...
in that.
Steel, who leaves the BBC at the end of this month, added that he had not yet decided on a ...
19 Jan 2011
| by Alec Mattinson
and investment management sectors after naming BBC broadcast journalist Louise Cooper as its new head....She joined last week and replaced Live head Christian Mahne, who has left the agency to work independently. Cooper was most recently a senior broadcaster at the BBC World Service for eight years, working on the station s flagship international and European business programmes. Prior to that, she spent two years as a ...
24 Feb 2010
| by Alec Mattinson
Microsoft's UK head of PR is equally at home dealing with Bill Gates and juggling the firm...This week it was Microsoft's tie-up with Yahoo that got the thumbs-up from the EU. Last week ...
Ali Perkins busy. Perkins, Microsoft's UK head of PR, was named the top tech communicator ...
-CEO of Oracle and chairman of EDS Europe. As far as CVs go, working with Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve ...
09 Dec 2009
with the BBC yesterday after it included BBC Worldwide in a list of assets that it was considering selling ...
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