Posts made in May, 2014

on May 28, 2014

By James Doleman “No special skill needed to intercept voicemails”, court told Clive Goodman “sly, prima dona, and fantasist”, Coulson barrister alleges Former royal correspondent “a surrogate prosecutor” Hacking “covered up by police/CPS not Coulson”, defence say Proceedings resumed after lunch with Andy Coulson’s barrister, Timothy Langdale QC, continuing his closing address to the jury. Counsel continued where he left off this morning by asking the jury to examine the evidence of prosecution witness Dan Evans, who testified that he played a recording of a hacked voicemail to Andy Coulson in 2004. Before he began, however, the barrister told the jury he was withdrawing his earlier point Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Angela Haggerty BT has secured the naming rights for Scottish Rugby’s Murrayfield stadium as part of a multi-million pound sponsorship deal. Murrayfield will be known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for the duration of the four-year deal, and the telecoms provider – which has invested heavily in sports broadcasting with its BT Sport broadcast service – will sponsor the Scotland 7s side from the 2014/15 Sevens World Series. Also included in the deal is sponsorship of Scotland’s domestic league and cup competitions, and four new academies from Scottish Rugby for the development of young talent. Dominic McKay, director of commercial operations, communications and public affairs Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Staff Writer The Drum Online Media Awards (OMAs) 2014 has three categories decided by the public vote. These are Rising Star, Media Professional of the Year and Digital Commercial Team of the Year. All three categories are included in this year’s OMAs to highlight the commercial side of these online media businesses, as the industry adapts to the significant change that has occurred in the sector, and trials differing approaches to monetising content. Just as news organisations are unable to thrive without interesting editorial content, they are also unable to grow without securing the interest of advertisers or paid subscribers. The commercial teams are Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Natalie Mortimer The United Nations is today (28 May) rolling out a ‘bold’ new campaign to help end the practice of open defecation and improve access to toilets for the 2.5 billion people without basic level sanitation. The campaign aims to ‘break the silence’ around talking about open defecation and also the deaths and diseases, particularly among children, that have occurred because of the lack of decent toilets or latrines. “It is time to talk about open defecation,” said UN deputy secretary-general Jan Eliasson. “To discuss the facts, the consequences and the solutions. And it is time to talk about the many countries Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 28, 2014

By Ishbel Macleod Sausage brand Heck is getting ready for National BBQ Week in a new campaign starring Tim Westwood. The first campaign for the brand since it handed its ad account to Partners Andrew Aldridge, ‘Pimp that BBQ’ is a series of short films through Vine, Instagram and YouTube, which parody ‘Pimp My Ride’. Jamie Keeble, company founder at Heck, said: “At Heck we do damn good sausages, and Westwood is renowned as a damn good DJ. So it made perfect sense to combine forces through Partners and create a campaign that turned one of the worst BBQ’s we’d ever seen Read full story › Source: The Drum...