THE DRUM

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   Tony Blair given baptism of fire on Twitter

   Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been given a baptism of fire on Twitter after fielding a range of vehemently hostile questions from irate tweeters as part of an “AskTony” technology event. ... Read more

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   UK - 09/02/2012

   Social Media
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   BBC wastes no time readying Tony Blair's obituary

   The BBC has reportedly begun filming Tony Blair's obituary - despite the former Prime Minister being very much alive and a mere 58 years old. ... Read more

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   UK - 27/12/2011

   Media
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   Politicians 'can't ignore the media' claims former PM Tony Blair

   Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied that the Labour Party were too close to Rupert Murdoch's News International while it was in power. Speaking to Sky News Australia, Blair has said that political leaders were bound to have... Read more

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   UK - 28/07/2011

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   Sunday Round Up: Rupert Murdoch, Ed Milliband, The One Show, The Apprentice, Tony Blair, News International, Chris Evans,

   This weeks' Sunday Round up continues to look at the fall out at News International, the political reaction to the scandal as well as The Apprentice final which goes out tonight. In his latest apology advert this morning, Rupert Mordoch has vowed... Read more

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   UK - 17/07/2011

   Media
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   Sunday Round Up: News of the World, Tony Blair, Twitter, Lewis Hamilton, Sally Bercow

   Clearly the big media story continues to be the News of the World and unfolding developments around that - which include both senior political figures and members of the police force this morning. A senior police officer investigating the News of... Read more

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   UK - 10/07/2011

   Media
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   Blair memoirs spark security fears

   Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to follow cabinet colleagues next month with the publication of his memoirs, A Journey.The tome will be launched at Waterstone’s Piccadilly branch on September 8 but Blairites face a daunting security... Read more

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   UK - 12/08/2010

   Media
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   PR experts react to Blair's £4.6m charity donation

   PR experts including Max Clifford discuss Tony Blair's decision to donate the royalties from the publication of his memoirs to a military charity. The decision to do so has met with claims that Blair, who was Prime Minister when the UK chose to... Read more

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   UK - 17/08/2010

   Public Relations
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   Author nets bad sex in fiction award

   Rowan Somerville, author of “The Shape of Her” has won Literary Review’s bad sex in literature award.Judges singled out lines such as: "She released his hair from her fingers and twisted onto her belly like a fish flipping... Read more

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   UK - 30/11/2010

   Media

9. Review: Day 1 of Rupert Murdoch's evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into Media Ethics

   Opinion: Guest Columnists

   The fall out from James Murdoch's testimony still reverberated around Whitehall this afternoon, with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt saving... Read more

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   Richard Ellis - 25/04/2012

   Media
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    The original spinners are at it again

    David Isaac, creative director at Family, took exception to a piece written on Political Advertising in the last issue of The Drum. Here he responds.As someone who has been involved in creating advertising for political parties since 1997 I... Read more

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    UK - 04/02/2010

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