Brit pays staggering £131,000 for Winnie the Pooh’s century-old Poohsticks Bridge October 7, 2021 A Brit coughed up more than £131,000 for the bridge made famous by the Winnie the Pooh stories. Bids for the century-old structure came in from all over the world, with a British nobleman coming out on top. Originally built around 1907, the bridge rose to fame after being included in Milne’s children’s books and [...]
What’s the story? Sairah Ashman on why brand matters more than ever October 7, 2021 | City Talk This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Branding, for both your business and personal profile, has gained in importance over the past two years. Sairah Ashman, Global CEO of creative consultancy Wolff Olins, tells Lysanne Currie why the brand matters more than ever in a post-pandemic, values-led world When Sairah Ashman was little, her mum [...]
Indie band Friendly Fires furious at Boris Johnson after PM emerges during Black Cassette track October 6, 2021 Boris Johnson today walked out on stage for his speech at the Conservative party conference while a song by indie band Friendly Fires was played. The band did not appreciate it. The Prime Minister made his way to the stage against the backdrop of their track Blue Cassette ahead of his keynote speech in Manchester. [...]
Precious £336m: Amazon shifts Lord of the Rings series production from New Zealand to UK October 6, 2021 Amazon’s TV and film division is set to shift its Lord of the Rings series production to the UK from New Zealand in a major boost for the country’s booming creative sector. The move marks an upbeat investment in the UK’s television industry, with Amazon Studios having already injected around $465m (£336m) into the first [...]
Watch as climate protestors take over a Louis Vuitton catwalk in Paris October 6, 2021 Protesters disrupted a Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris last night by walking down the catwalk with a banner condemning the impact of excessive consumption on the environment. Watch the full report.
Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Facebook extends users’ stay to drive advertising October 6, 2021 During a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing last night, in which U.S. lawmakers pounced on Facebook, whistleblower Frances Haugen called for transparency about how the social media giant entices users to extend their stay on the site, giving them ample opportunity to advertise to them. Watch the full report.
Facebook shaken after its longest downtime in years with billions of users impacted October 5, 2021 Social media platform Facebook has come back up after suffering a six hours long outage crippling its nearly 3bn users globally. The technical glitch affected Whatsapp and Instagram too, both owned by Facebook. According to Downdetector, a portal that keeps track of major service outages, this was the longest lasting downtime reported by Facebook since [...]
The day 3.5bn people lost access: Facebook blames global outage on ‘configuration change’ October 5, 2021 Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5bn users from accessing its social media and messaging services. Watch the full report.
Future lifts full-year profit outlook as it snags a bout of new titles like The Week October 4, 2021 London-listed media group Future has upgraded its full-year profit outlook as it is on track to report yet another year of growth, reaping the rewards of the world’s swift pivot to online. “The board expects full-year adjusted operating profit to be at the top end of expectations1, following July’s upgraded forecast for the year,” Future [...]
No Time To Die: Latest James Bond set to break Box Office records October 4, 2021 A range of betting houses have cut the price from 10-1 to 7-1 for new James Bond movie No Time To Die to become the highest grossing UK film of all-time. The UK’s widest theatrical release of all time opened to five-star reviews in 772 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Thursday. And box office expectations are high, [...]