The fine art of PR is being beautifully employed by the Institute of Directors in Wales today.
IoD director-general Miles Templeman is here all day for the Wales launch of a fabulous new scheme to promote social entrepreneurship.
And in the name of spreading the word he has a full-on schedule talking to members, journalists and associates across in Swansea and outside Cardiff.
It'll be a busy day but Miles has ensured that it's well planned - and he'll have strong support from everyone ranging from First Minister Carwyn Jones to IoD Wales director Robert Lloyd Griffiths.
Journalists due to interview him include South Wales Evening Post business correspondent Rupert Hall and Media Wales writer Robert Llewellyn Jones.
He has two meetings tabled before a 7.30am business breakfast at Swansea's Marriott Hotel, mid-morning meetings down the M4 at The Vale Hotel and then the Wales launch of the social entrepreneur scheme involving the IoD, Google and UnLtd.
It's a busy day for a busy fella - but time and effort invested in this way will bring much positive publicity for the IoD.
Job done!
Showing posts with label Media Wales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media Wales. Show all posts
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Here come the Welsh media big-hitters
Alan Edmunds and Clive Jones are Welsh media professionals with much on their plates.
And this week both are due to talk to gatherings of business bosses in South Wales.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 6) Edmunds will leave his Media Wales HQ to address the IoD in Cardiff; on Friday Jones will tell Swansea Business Club about his high-profile roles in organisations such as S4C, GMTV and ITV.
Edmunds is expected to have much to say about the evolving roles of newspaper operations.
Flagship
His own flagship title, the Western Mail, has seen circulation decline markedly over the past decade in line with most regional papers. Yet his online user numbers continue to rise healthily.
He and his colleagues must tackle with the great problem of meeting customer demand in news delivery whilst maintaining a commercial powerbase through traditional advertising and new forms of revenue generation.
All you need do to understand his conundrum is observe the opposites of how the Guardian and News International are meeting the challenge.
The Guardian is offering all content as free online whilst building new incomes through channels such as its club-style readership scheme; Rupert Murdoch, meanwhile, is charging for much online material from titles such as The Times.
Grassroots
Throw in the recession, the forthcoming austerity measures and the growth in low-cost grassroots media and you begin to see further into reasons for why Edmunds may suffer sleepless nights.
On the other hand, of course, great events such as the Ryder Cup and developments such as devolution and the growth of Cardiff Bay illustrate how exciting it can be to be helming titles such as the South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday.
Edmunds, publishing director of Media Wales, is due to talk to Wales-based members of the Institute of Directors at the Park House Club, Cardiff, from 5.30-7.15pm tomorrow.
Clive Jones approaches the media world with a different perspective. He's the ex-boss of GMTV, formerly Britain’s most popular breakfast TV station, and is the sole non-executive director of S4C.
Award
A fellow of the Royal Television Society, he holds the society's highest award and holds a CBE for services to broadcasting.
In a time of enormous change for commercial broadcasters, he has been chief executive of ITV News and Regions, managing director of the ITV Network, CEO of Carlton Television, managing director of Central Television, and managing director of the London News Network.
Swansea Business Club members meet him at the city’s Village Hotel on Friday and are likely to learn a lot about modern broadcasting.
To find out how you can attend the events, give me a call on 07890 953 402.
And this week both are due to talk to gatherings of business bosses in South Wales.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 6) Edmunds will leave his Media Wales HQ to address the IoD in Cardiff; on Friday Jones will tell Swansea Business Club about his high-profile roles in organisations such as S4C, GMTV and ITV.
Edmunds is expected to have much to say about the evolving roles of newspaper operations.
Flagship
His own flagship title, the Western Mail, has seen circulation decline markedly over the past decade in line with most regional papers. Yet his online user numbers continue to rise healthily.
He and his colleagues must tackle with the great problem of meeting customer demand in news delivery whilst maintaining a commercial powerbase through traditional advertising and new forms of revenue generation.
All you need do to understand his conundrum is observe the opposites of how the Guardian and News International are meeting the challenge.
The Guardian is offering all content as free online whilst building new incomes through channels such as its club-style readership scheme; Rupert Murdoch, meanwhile, is charging for much online material from titles such as The Times.
Grassroots
Throw in the recession, the forthcoming austerity measures and the growth in low-cost grassroots media and you begin to see further into reasons for why Edmunds may suffer sleepless nights.
On the other hand, of course, great events such as the Ryder Cup and developments such as devolution and the growth of Cardiff Bay illustrate how exciting it can be to be helming titles such as the South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday.
Edmunds, publishing director of Media Wales, is due to talk to Wales-based members of the Institute of Directors at the Park House Club, Cardiff, from 5.30-7.15pm tomorrow.
Clive Jones approaches the media world with a different perspective. He's the ex-boss of GMTV, formerly Britain’s most popular breakfast TV station, and is the sole non-executive director of S4C.
Award
A fellow of the Royal Television Society, he holds the society's highest award and holds a CBE for services to broadcasting.
In a time of enormous change for commercial broadcasters, he has been chief executive of ITV News and Regions, managing director of the ITV Network, CEO of Carlton Television, managing director of Central Television, and managing director of the London News Network.
Swansea Business Club members meet him at the city’s Village Hotel on Friday and are likely to learn a lot about modern broadcasting.
To find out how you can attend the events, give me a call on 07890 953 402.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Welsh editors in the firing line
The South Wales media's ongoing radical changes crystallised further yesterday.
Journalism trade magazine Press Gazette reported that the roles of four newspaper editors across the region were likely to be made redundant.
The papers in question are the weeklies in the Celtic group, part of the Western Mail stable. They include the Merthyr Express, Gwent Gazette, Rhondda Leader, Pontypridd Observer, Cynon Valley Leader and Glamorgan Gazette.
Closed
A single editor-in-chief is expected to oversee the weeklies. The same group closed the Neath and Port Talbot Guardians a year ago.
Media Wales publishing director Alan Edmunds is quoted as saying: “The future development and operational requirements of these titles as well as the needs of the communities that they engage will be better served by a new approach, taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by our multimedia news operations.”
Economics
It's also likely that simple economics have much to do with the measure. The loss of three editor salaries will be a handy cost reduction on the balance sheet.
Media Wales isn't the only operation making hard decisions. In recent years the South Wales Evening Post group has experimented - and reconsidered - with joint editorship of its weekly titles the Llanelli Star and Carmarthen Journal.
Globally, the news trade continue to evolve too as media businesses struggle with new technology and recession.
Developments
In a key London lecture this week, former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr looked at likely future developments of the journalism industry.
He said: "Much of the most-needed journalism is still best produced collaboratively by stable news organizations that can facilitate professional reporting by experienced journalists, support them with money, logistics and legal backing, and present their work to a large public.
"Credible, verifiable journalism about what is important in life is needed more than ever amidst the babble of the blogosphere and social networks, the polarizing opinion and propaganda, the tabloid invasions of privacy and the cynical audience appeal of news presented as entertainment and entertainment presented as news.
"The challenge I see is to turn this tumultuous moment of transformation into a beneficial reconstruction of journalism, enabling credible, verifiable, independent news reporting to emerge, enlivened and enlarged, from the current decline of long-dominant news media."
Journalism trade magazine Press Gazette reported that the roles of four newspaper editors across the region were likely to be made redundant.
The papers in question are the weeklies in the Celtic group, part of the Western Mail stable. They include the Merthyr Express, Gwent Gazette, Rhondda Leader, Pontypridd Observer, Cynon Valley Leader and Glamorgan Gazette.
Closed
A single editor-in-chief is expected to oversee the weeklies. The same group closed the Neath and Port Talbot Guardians a year ago.
Media Wales publishing director Alan Edmunds is quoted as saying: “The future development and operational requirements of these titles as well as the needs of the communities that they engage will be better served by a new approach, taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by our multimedia news operations.”
Economics
It's also likely that simple economics have much to do with the measure. The loss of three editor salaries will be a handy cost reduction on the balance sheet.
Media Wales isn't the only operation making hard decisions. In recent years the South Wales Evening Post group has experimented - and reconsidered - with joint editorship of its weekly titles the Llanelli Star and Carmarthen Journal.
Globally, the news trade continue to evolve too as media businesses struggle with new technology and recession.
Developments
In a key London lecture this week, former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr looked at likely future developments of the journalism industry.
He said: "Much of the most-needed journalism is still best produced collaboratively by stable news organizations that can facilitate professional reporting by experienced journalists, support them with money, logistics and legal backing, and present their work to a large public.
"Credible, verifiable journalism about what is important in life is needed more than ever amidst the babble of the blogosphere and social networks, the polarizing opinion and propaganda, the tabloid invasions of privacy and the cynical audience appeal of news presented as entertainment and entertainment presented as news.
"The challenge I see is to turn this tumultuous moment of transformation into a beneficial reconstruction of journalism, enabling credible, verifiable, independent news reporting to emerge, enlivened and enlarged, from the current decline of long-dominant news media."
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Swansea Bay media big guns' new jobs offensive
The local newspaper industry is campaigning to cling on to its valuable but diminished employment advertising.
Situations vacant columns, including those in the Swansea Bay media, have been hit hard by the internet, the recession and competition from increasingly sophisticated employment agencies.
But titles such as the South Wales Evening Post and the Western Mail are fighting back. And that's a good thing for staff hunters, not least because most newspapers now offer a decent editorial vehicle with jobs pages. Wales on Sunday offers a good example of this.
Trade body The Newspaper Society is currently on a nationwide tour flagging up the results of a study which showed that nearly twice as many jobseekers turn first to local media when looking for a job than second choice source Jobcentre Plus.
Society sages are delivering that message to media agencies and advertisers across the UK, with at least one session being hosted in Cardiff by Western Mail parent group Media Wales.
It'd be wise of the local media to flag up the results of this study in their own news columns.
More info - http://bit.ly/ar5MDp
Situations vacant columns, including those in the Swansea Bay media, have been hit hard by the internet, the recession and competition from increasingly sophisticated employment agencies.
But titles such as the South Wales Evening Post and the Western Mail are fighting back. And that's a good thing for staff hunters, not least because most newspapers now offer a decent editorial vehicle with jobs pages. Wales on Sunday offers a good example of this.
Trade body The Newspaper Society is currently on a nationwide tour flagging up the results of a study which showed that nearly twice as many jobseekers turn first to local media when looking for a job than second choice source Jobcentre Plus.
Society sages are delivering that message to media agencies and advertisers across the UK, with at least one session being hosted in Cardiff by Western Mail parent group Media Wales.
It'd be wise of the local media to flag up the results of this study in their own news columns.
More info - http://bit.ly/ar5MDp
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Quiz kings see Swansea media celebrated in Cardiff
The Swansea media community was at the intellectual vanguard of a big night in Cardiff, I hear.
Former South Wales Evening Post reporter Roger Butler and ex-Post sub-editor Ken Smith played key parts in a quiz night attended by dozens of personnel from the South Wales print and broadcast media.
Indeed, Ken - secretary of the National Union of Journalists' Swansea and District branch - was quizmaster.
His proudest moment came when no team was able to answer correctly his stunning: "Who won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature?"
"OMG!" I hear you cry "It was German author Herta Müller who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
Well, on the night, not ever North Walian Roger - now a press officer with Carmarthenshire Council, could match your brightness.
Quiz kings were the fine trio pictured here - a team from ITV Wales.
The NUJ event attracted teams of journalists from the freelance sector, PR, students, Media Wales, ITV Wales and BBC Wales.
It was a fine way to draw the attention of journalists from Swansea and further afield to the excellent programme of training now being delivered by the union.
The NUJ runs a wide range of skills development courses from feature writing to web design.
By working closely with members, prominent industry bodies, universities and colleges, the union is are able to provide a wide array of courses that are topical and tailored to the needs of journalists today.
The NUJ is also committed to providing high quality training for its reps, a crucial factor in building effective union representation on behalf of members.
The NUJ offers a range of practical trade union training courses – all free to members.
Former South Wales Evening Post reporter Roger Butler and ex-Post sub-editor Ken Smith played key parts in a quiz night attended by dozens of personnel from the South Wales print and broadcast media.
His proudest moment came when no team was able to answer correctly his stunning: "Who won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature?"
"OMG!" I hear you cry "It was German author Herta Müller who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
Well, on the night, not ever North Walian Roger - now a press officer with Carmarthenshire Council, could match your brightness.
Quiz kings were the fine trio pictured here - a team from ITV Wales.
The NUJ event attracted teams of journalists from the freelance sector, PR, students, Media Wales, ITV Wales and BBC Wales.
It was a fine way to draw the attention of journalists from Swansea and further afield to the excellent programme of training now being delivered by the union.
The NUJ runs a wide range of skills development courses from feature writing to web design.
By working closely with members, prominent industry bodies, universities and colleges, the union is are able to provide a wide array of courses that are topical and tailored to the needs of journalists today.
The NUJ is also committed to providing high quality training for its reps, a crucial factor in building effective union representation on behalf of members.
The NUJ offers a range of practical trade union training courses – all free to members.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Today's Swansea Bay Media Highlights
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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
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Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Lead story - An arsonist who twice attacked cars in Swansea has struck again, in Birchgrove.
Key opinion - At a time when public budgets are being cut, voters need convincing that a proposed referendum on greater powers for Wales is good value for money.
Promo power - Rock acts from the Swansea Bay should phone the Evening Post's Eleri Walters on 01792 514112 to discuss showcasing their talent on February 27 in the Get Welsh in Swansea event.
Don’t miss - A rare mention of the Rampant Rabbit as the Evening Post's Mystery Shopper column focuses on Swansea city centre's Ann Summers store ...
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Broadcast Swansea Sound Click
Key local story - There's a new employment scheme for Swansea's long-term jobless ...and candidates are queuing up to get involved.
Publicity power - Mecca Bingo, in Swansea's Carmarthen Road, is an advertiser on the station's website home page.
You heard it here - Toyota, reeling from recall trouble with its Prius model, now has difficulties with its Corolla in America.
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Online Western Mail Click
Key local story - Assembly members voted unanimously this afternoon to request a referendum on further law-making powers. Click
Publicity power - Neath Port Talbot College is a prominent home page advertiser, with a click-through to an eyecatching open evening invitation. Click
Recommended - A glorious selection of 1984-85 miners' strike photography on social media site Flickr - all from the Media Wales archive. Scroll down beyond the rugby pics. Click
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Have a great day!
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THE LINKS
Twitter
Website Coming soon
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THE GUFF
Make every penny count! Andy Pearson can guide your business through the media minefield. Phone 07758 745 240. Email andy@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
What’s missing? Tell us what you’d like to see in these bulletins - email moreplease@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
...
For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
...
Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Lead story - An arsonist who twice attacked cars in Swansea has struck again, in Birchgrove.
Key opinion - At a time when public budgets are being cut, voters need convincing that a proposed referendum on greater powers for Wales is good value for money.
Promo power - Rock acts from the Swansea Bay should phone the Evening Post's Eleri Walters on 01792 514112 to discuss showcasing their talent on February 27 in the Get Welsh in Swansea event.
Don’t miss - A rare mention of the Rampant Rabbit as the Evening Post's Mystery Shopper column focuses on Swansea city centre's Ann Summers store ...
...
Broadcast Swansea Sound Click
Key local story - There's a new employment scheme for Swansea's long-term jobless ...and candidates are queuing up to get involved.
Publicity power - Mecca Bingo, in Swansea's Carmarthen Road, is an advertiser on the station's website home page.
You heard it here - Toyota, reeling from recall trouble with its Prius model, now has difficulties with its Corolla in America.
...
Online Western Mail Click
Key local story - Assembly members voted unanimously this afternoon to request a referendum on further law-making powers. Click
Publicity power - Neath Port Talbot College is a prominent home page advertiser, with a click-through to an eyecatching open evening invitation. Click
Recommended - A glorious selection of 1984-85 miners' strike photography on social media site Flickr - all from the Media Wales archive. Scroll down beyond the rugby pics. Click...
Have a great day!
...
THE LINKS
Website Coming soon
...
THE GUFF
Make every penny count! Andy Pearson can guide your business through the media minefield. Phone 07758 745 240. Email andy@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
What’s missing? Tell us what you’d like to see in these bulletins - email moreplease@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
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Highlights from today’s Swansea Bay media
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For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
...
Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Lead story - An arsonist who twice attacked cars in Swansea has struck again, in Birchgrove.
Key opinion - At a time when public budgets are being cut, voters need convincing that a proposed referendum on greater powers for Wales is good value for money.
Promo power - Rock acts from the Swansea Bay should phone the Evening Post's Eleri Walters on 01792 514112 to discuss showcasing their talent on February 27 in the Get Welsh in Swansea event.
Don’t miss - A rare mention of the Rampant Rabbit as the Evening Post's Mystery Shopper column focuses on Swansea city centre's Ann Summers store ...
...
Broadcast Swansea Sound Click
Key local story - There's a new employment scheme for Swansea's long-term jobless ...and candidates are queuing up to get involved.
Publicity power - Mecca Bingo, in Swansea's Carmarthen Road, is an advertiser on the station's website home page.
You heard it here - Toyota, reeling from recall trouble with its Prius model, now has difficulties with its Corolla in America.
...
Online Western Mail Click
Key local story - Assembly members voted unanimously this afternoon to request a referendum on further law-making powers. Click
Publicity power - Neath Port Talbot College is a prominent home page advertiser, with a click-through to an eyecatching open evening invitation. Click
Recommended - A glorious selection of 1984-85 miners' strike photography on social media site Flickr - all from the Media Wales archive. Scroll down beyond the rugby pics. Click
...
Have a great day!
...
THE LINKS
Twitter www.twitter.com/andywordsmith
Website Coming soon
...
THE GUFF
Make every penny count! Andy Pearson can guide your business through the media minefield. Phone 07758 745 240. Email andy@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
What’s missing? Tell us what you’d like to see in these bulletins - email moreplease@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
...
For all those interested in & working in the Swansea Bay media
...
Print South Wales Evening Post Click
Lead story - An arsonist who twice attacked cars in Swansea has struck again, in Birchgrove.
Key opinion - At a time when public budgets are being cut, voters need convincing that a proposed referendum on greater powers for Wales is good value for money.
Promo power - Rock acts from the Swansea Bay should phone the Evening Post's Eleri Walters on 01792 514112 to discuss showcasing their talent on February 27 in the Get Welsh in Swansea event.
Don’t miss - A rare mention of the Rampant Rabbit as the Evening Post's Mystery Shopper column focuses on Swansea city centre's Ann Summers store ...
...
Broadcast Swansea Sound Click
Key local story - There's a new employment scheme for Swansea's long-term jobless ...and candidates are queuing up to get involved.
Publicity power - Mecca Bingo, in Swansea's Carmarthen Road, is an advertiser on the station's website home page.
You heard it here - Toyota, reeling from recall trouble with its Prius model, now has difficulties with its Corolla in America.
...
Online Western Mail Click
Key local story - Assembly members voted unanimously this afternoon to request a referendum on further law-making powers. Click
Publicity power - Neath Port Talbot College is a prominent home page advertiser, with a click-through to an eyecatching open evening invitation. Click
...
Have a great day!
...
THE LINKS
Twitter www.twitter.com/andywordsmith
Website Coming soon
...
THE GUFF
Make every penny count! Andy Pearson can guide your business through the media minefield. Phone 07758 745 240. Email andy@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
What’s missing? Tell us what you’d like to see in these bulletins - email moreplease@andypearsonpublicity.co.uk
...
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