Posts made in February, 2015

on Feb 27, 2015

By Nesh Pillay Just minutes after the announcement of the death of Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing Spok on Star Trek, Twitter erupted with thousands of tweets, further solidifying the platform’s ability to break news almost instantly. Nimoy gained both popularity and a cult-following, playing first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the late sixties. Regardless of the time that has passed between the original Star Trek and now, Nimoy’s fan-base has remained dedicated, reacting to his passing on Twitter. Leonard Nimoy: that voice. https://t.co/ujE1B19ZV2 — Jeff Gordinier (@JeffGordinier) February 27, 2015 RIP Leonard Nimoy. So many Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2015

By John McCarthy Nigel Farage’s Ukip springtime conference was gate crashed by a Nazi invasion to publicise Mel Brooks’ musical ‘the Producers’ as the party leader delivered his general election 2015 pledges. Interrupting Farage’s speech, the stunt saw Nazi models high-kick to ‘Springtime For Hitler’ while flanking a white tank to promote the production’s new tour. The stunt, produced by creative agency Taylor Herring, hijacked Ukip’s unveiling of its general election manifesto at Margate, Kent to promote the new touring production of acclaimed musical comedy the Producers. Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2015

By Gillian West More than three quarters (76 per cent) of UK consumers believe food, drink and retail brands have a responsibility to provide health content according to the latest study from Newscred. The ‘Health and the High Street’ report, based on a study of 2,000 consumers, showed that the UK public expects food, drink and retail brands to help combat the nation’s health problems such as obesity. Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2015

By Anna-Roisin Ullman-Smith Changes to improve safety and content issues on Twitter will be rolled out from today (27 February), and should reach all users in the coming weeks. Following changes to Twitter in December, where the major Social media site rolled out a new streamlined process for reporting harassment and ‘blocking’ people, the company are now looking to make similar improvements around reporting other content issues including; impersonations, self-harm and the sharing of private and confidential information. These new software developments are expected to have reached all Twitter users in the next few weeks. During the last six months the agency have further overhauled Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2015

Time Out Group has appointed AOL UK boss Noel Penzer to the role of managing director for Europe. Penzer, who is currently managing director of AOL in the UK, will be responsible for driving the multimedia brand’s commercial strategy and continuing its expansion across Europe. He will take up his new role on 15 April, reporting to Time Out Group chief executive Tim Arthur. Penzer joined AOL in 2010 as business development director before being promoted to manage the AOL media business in the UK and EMEA in 2012. He took on responsibility for the wider UK business, including AOL Platforms, Read full story › Source: The Drum...