By James Doleman Solicitor advocate Dr Alan Blacker told The Drum today that he was “shocked and appalled” at a judge’s comments that he had appeared in court “dressed like something out of Harry Potter.” Judge David Wynn Morgan issued the reprimand at the conclusion of the trial at Cardiff Crown Court of Andrzej Wojcicki, who was found guilty of causing the death of a cyclist last year. Wales Online reported that the judge had taken exception to the defence lawyer wearing “colourful ribbons and badges on his gown”, saying: “If you ever appear before this court dressed as your are at the moment, I Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Angela Haggerty The Financial Times has launched its fastFT service on the Samsung Gear S in its first venture into the wearables space. The publisher has teamed up with technology provider Spritz to create the app, which will deliver a written content stream to users at a speed of their choosing. It’s the first deal with a publisher for Spritz, and the app will be available on Samsung’s freshly unveiled Samsung Gear S smartwatch. John Riding, FT chief executive, said: “Streaming fastFT through Spritz on wearables gives our readers the opportunity to be first to try an innovative new method of reading. “It Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ishbel Macleod BBC’s global audience has grown to 73.4m unique browsers, taking the corporation to just 200,000 under CNN, the leader for online news visits. The research by comScore found that the BBC’s global audience has grown by 30 per cent since 2012. Product investment, enhanced feature content on bbc.com, the increasing popularity of the BBC’s suite of language sites and commitment to first-hand reporting were listed by the BBC as the reasons why it has seen this growth. Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC world service group, said: “In a year that has seen wave after wave of fast-moving and constantly evolving breaking news Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Natalie Mortimer This week has seen another wave of appointments and departures at brands, media owners and agencies. The Drum has rounded up the key hires below. ASOS The editor of women’s fashion publication ASOS, Emma Sibbles, has left the company to join Leeds-based agency, Finn, as head of creative and content. Prior to her role at ASOS, Sibbles worked at The Guardian and Marie Claire in fashion journalism roles, across both print and online channels. Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard has provisionally appointed Conor McQuaid, managing director of South Africa, as vice president of marketing as current chief marketing officer Martin Riley retires from the Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Natalie Mortimer The proposed acquisition of Engine Group by Lake Capital has been approved by 97 per cent of its shareholders and is expected to be completed shortly, the agency announced today (29 August). The partnership between Engine and Lake’s current investments, ORC International, the global market research and business intelligence firm, and in due course entertainment and content marketing agency Trailer Park, is set to be launched soon. Peter Scott, group CEO of The Engine Group, said: “This is the beginning of the next stage of the Engine growth story, the first ten years having been spent building an intrinsically Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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