Why did the Russians start cheering World Cup victory before FIFA’s Sepp...
I heard this first on the radio and there was definitely an outbreak of Beatles-type screaming before FIFA boss Sepp Blatter had actually announced the winner of the competition to host the 2018 World...
View ArticleBruiser Simon Greenberg takes on the ultimate PR challenge at News International
Simon Greenberg, who has just been appointed head of corporate affairs at News International, is used to stiff challenges. From 2004 to 2009 he was comms head at Chelsea Football Club, battling a...
View ArticleIt’s Uzbekistan against America in Arsenal boardroom battle
What happens on the pitch is only half of it in football these days (but it always has been a game of two halves) with footballers clogging up the courts with injunctions and boardroom battles. London...
View ArticleManchester United tops Brand Finance list of most valuable football clubs
As you probably expected it would, given that owners the Glazer family are planning to sell a 30 per cent stake in it to Singapore investors at a whole club valuation of between £1bn and £2bn. So UK...
View ArticleHas Sun owner Rupert Murdoch shot himself in the foot with his MSC inquisition?
One of the many bizarre aspects of the crisis in News Corporation’s UK newspaper business News international is the way the giant company, one of the world’s biggest and hitherto most successful media...
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