3 AMAZING Marketing job opportunities in London right now June 15, 2021 Are you a marketing professional looking for an exciting new opportunity? Well then you have absolutely come to the right place. Today, we had a look through our job board for exciting roles in marketing to share with you all, in the hopes that you may just land your dream job. Check out these brilliant [...]
The Analyst: Ian Whittaker on the future of media June 15, 2021 Ian Whittaker has been a City analyst for more than two decades, and what he doesn’t know about media, advertising and the creative services industry isn’t worth knowing. Here’s his first monthly column for City A.M. After twenty years covering media, technology, and everything else in between, it’s always tempting to look back and marvel [...]
Canary Wharf boss: ‘FOMO’ will bring staff back to the office June 14, 2021 Canary Wharf boss: Government must be clear on rules, but FOMO will bring people back to the office
Last chance to back fantastic Hear Art film campaign June 14, 2021 There is just a week left to support one of City A.M.’s favourite arts initiatives, Hear Art, in its crowdfunding campaign to raise £15,000 to help fund films made by deaf filmmakers. Hear Art is a non-profit platform founded by Cindy Sasha (photographer/activist) and Rachel Shenton (actress/writer/activist) to help address the lack of opportunities for [...]
Boris Johnson plays down UK-EU rift over Northern Ireland at G7 summit June 13, 2021 Boris Johnson has tried to play down tensions between the UK and EU over Northern Ireland, after days of tense exchanges with European leaders at the G7 summit in Cornwall. Johnson said at his closing press conference that “the vast majority of the conversations we’ve had over the past three or four days have been [...]
Theatres set the stage for state-backed insurance scheme June 13, 2021 Theatre grandees are said to be on the brink of striking a deal with the government for a state-backed insurance scheme enabling performances to go ahead. Top West End figures have an agreement in principle from culture secretary Oliver Dowden for a taxpayer-backed indemnity programme, the Sunday Telegraph reported. The plans have now been passed [...]
G7 Brexit brawl: Raab hits out at ‘offensive’ Macron comments on Northern Ireland June 13, 2021 Dominic Raab has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for saying Northern Ireland is not in the UK, calling the comments “offensive” and disrespectful. Multiple media outlets reported yesterday that Macron made the claim during a fiery meeting with Boris Johnson at the G7 summit yesterday. The pair were discussing the UK-EU row over the Northern [...]
GB News investors: We’re at a crossroads in the media and our mission must be to restore faith in the news June 13, 2021 Britain is entering a new phase of history, regaining an independent voice and charting a new path into the 21st Century. This is what we would call an unfrozen moment, a window in time when opportunities for positive change become possible for those with the vision to see the things that might be, and the [...]
The culture wars in numbers: we’re not as divided as we think we are June 12, 2021 “These days you get arrested and thrown in jail if you say you’re English, don’t you?” This opening gambit from a taxi driver in a Stewart Lee routine is an extreme example of the belief that speech is increasingly, and literally, policed “these days” – but it works because it reflects a real divide. The country is [...]
As seen on screen: How a London advertising firm uses AI to place products in films June 12, 2021 In Call My Agent, the hit French TV series about perennially pressurised talent agents, two characters are seated at the boardroom table in their swanky Parisian offices, a mug of Carte Noire coffee sat squarely in front of each. At first glance, this appears nothing more than some straightforward product placement — a form of [...]