Entries from January 2009

January 17, 2009

Celebrity magazine brands: Jamie Oliver and Rio Ferdinand. Who’s next?

 First it was Jamie Oliver who decided to give it a go. And now Rio Ferdinand has decided that he will too.
The world of celebrity branding has reached a whole new level.
The digital magazine, Rio – developed by the publisher Made-Up Media – aims to “give a snapshot of the world that Rio inhabits and will [...]

January 14, 2009

Capturing Cardiff: The Cardiff Players

 
Defying the final curtain call: the Cardiff Players are an amateur dramatics group with high hopes despite a diminishing audience base.
 

 
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The Cardiff Players are getting ready for tonight’s performance in the dressing room. The walls of which are plastered with the photographic history [...]

January 9, 2009

Twitter: From Britney to the Israel Consulate and back to the audience

Twitter made headlines this week when it was reported that Britney Spears’s Twitter account had been hacked. (Britney’s spokesperson reiterated she did not have any such case of vagina dentata). The Archbishop of Canterbury, Barack Obama and Britney Spears’s Twitter accounts have all been hacked. Twitter is getting a reputation for being unreliable.
This is of interest when considering the use of [...]