Posts made in January, 2016

on Jan 24, 2016

By Tony Connelly Premier Foods has been accused of slyly defaulting on its promise to only free-range eggs in its Mr Kipling products after a statement from its brand manager was altered to remove a reference to the promise. The British Hen Welfare Trust has accused Premier Food of betraying its brand commitment and said it attempted to hid it from customers by removing the mission statement. The trust is asking its members, who give homes to hens rescued from intensive laying systems, to send a feather from their bird to the Premier Foods headquarters with a letter protesting about its U-turn on welfare. In 2011 Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jan 24, 2016

By Tony Connelly Chris Evans is reported to have been on the verge of quitting Top Gear due to tensions with ” meddling” BBC executives. Evans is understood to have become so frustrated with the control that BBC Chiefs were exerting on the show that he considered quitting. Numerous setbacks and a number of disagreements with BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw’s perceived “micro-management” of the show left him on the brink of walking out. Sources close to the show told the Mirror that the 49 year-old took issue with what he perceived as a lack of faith in his decision-making was considering leaving six months in his Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jan 24, 2016

By Dom Burch On my 36th birthday I decided to set myself 37 resolutions in my 37th year on the planet. Talking a break from Asda was one of them. Six months, unpaid leave. It gave me time to ponder life, get to know my own children a bit better, do some travelling, and have a lot of fun. I’ve never looked back. My resolutions were deliberately varied from the sublime to the ridiculous. Resolution 25 however was to follow my childhood dream to become a local radio DJ, to see whether I would’ve actually enjoyed it as a career. When you’re a kid it’s obviously acceptable to Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jan 24, 2016

By Tony Connelly Bill Gates’ image licensing company, Corbis, has sold its picture library business to Visual China Group (VCG) in what is the latest US media acquisition by a Chinese buyer. The acquisition includes the Bettmann Collection of 16 million images and the Sygma Archive, which holds 34 million images of Europe’s historical events. It will allow Corbis to speed up its transformation into an entertainment advertising business through its Branded Entertainment Network, which helps companies place their brands in films, television and digital content, and Splash, a celebrity news service. Visual China is already in partnership with Getty Images, and the deal will see Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jan 24, 2016

By Tony Connelly A precedent has been set for freedom of expression on social media after a judge ruled that a Canadian man was not guilty of harassing two women on Twitter and said people must “tolerate the annoyance” of oppositional views on the platform. The case, believed to be the first time a Canadian court has decided upon issues of harassment on Twitter, saw Toronto man, Gregory Alan Elliott, cleared of two charges of harassment for his Twitter communications with two Toronto women’s rights activists. In 2012 Elliott was arrested by police on allegations that he harassed Stephanie Guthrie and Heather Reilly over Read full story › Source: The Drum...