2008-03-12T16:45:00Z Aime Southgate http://www.montagecomms.com/blogger/aime_southgate tag:montagecomms.com,2008-03-12:/blog/20080312164500 2008-03-12T16:45:00Z

Matt passes on the good news from Aime!

tag:montagecomms.com,2008-02-05:/blog/20080205034600 2008-02-05T03:46:00Z

Maternity Leave!

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-12-18:/blog/20071218144400 2007-12-18T14:44:00Z

As this is my last blog of the year before we all shut up shop for the festive season, I thought, what better time to take stock and look back on the year’s most humorous events!

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-12-11:/blog/20071211135700 2007-12-11T13:57:00Z

'Role models': Spice Girls are shining examples to young girls, according to Ed Balls

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-12-03:/blog/20071203132600 2007-12-03T13:26:00Z

It's a boom time for publications and the online world. Today it was revealed that the Economist has delivered a 25% rise in operating profit for the half year to the end of September, on the back of strong readership gains both online and in print

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-11-26:/blog/20071126114000 2007-11-26T11:40:00Z

Now I am not an avid fan of the Royals but tonight I think it may well be worth tuning into BBC One's long awaited programme 'Monarchy - The Royal Family At Work' at 8.30 pm.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-11-19:/blog/20071119134400 2007-11-19T13:44:00Z

The Montage team have been busy over the last few days working with the regional and national media.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-11-14:/blog/20071114104400 2007-11-14T10:44:00Z

The power of new media really sprung into action last week, when the couple who became an overnight YouTube sensation with their Dirty Dancing wedding routine, fulfilled the dream of a lifetime by getting a lift from Patrick Swayze, the film’s star!

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-11-05:/blog/20071105121700 2007-11-05T12:17:00Z

Singer Kylie Minogue has launched her own social networking website for her fans to communicate with each other.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-10-24:/blog/20071024140500 2007-10-24T14:05:00Z

It’s great to welcome a new B2B title to the South West – Business Insider.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-10-16:/blog/20071016160900 2007-10-16T16:09:00Z

This week marks the two-year anniversary of Apple's video iPod, where has the time gone! It’s been fascinating to watch how videos on the net have revolutionised the media.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-10-09:/blog/20071009135000 2007-10-09T13:50:00Z

Exciting news from Montage about VisionWorks for Schools, Lucy Bristow Appointments and West Country Crimestoppers.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-10-02:/blog/20071002104100 2007-10-02T10:41:00Z

Yesterday it was revealed that mobile company 3 has signed up this week's chart-toppers, the Sugababes, to feature in an innovative ad campaign.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-09-05:/blog/20070905102300 2007-09-05T10:23:00Z

I was interested, but not surprised to read on BBC Online’s latest news this week, that the net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how Britons spend their time. This latest news is revealed in Ofcom's annual report and reports that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned in favour of more modern technology.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-08-21:/blog/20070821164900 2007-08-21T16:49:00Z

New figures show commercial radio continues to rise

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-08-07:/blog/20070807171200 2007-08-07T17:12:00Z

Finally all the rumours about the Bath Chronicle have been quashed as they have now revealed that the title is to become a weekly paper.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-07-25:/blog/20070725090000 2007-07-25T09:00:00Z

When BBC staff gathered around their TV sets at Broadcasting House last week to watch Mark Thompson's Presidential-style address, most knew he would be talking about new lapses in editorial standards. But few could have predicted the scale of the deception he was about to reveal, or the impact it would have on an organisation still reeling from the previous week's row over a trailer which suggested - wrongly - that the Queen had stormed out of a photo session.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-07-18:/blog/20070718100900 2007-07-18T10:09:00Z

It’s well done to Cancer Research UK for topping the NGO Watch (Non Governmental Organisations) for the second month running, after capitalising on the smoking ban.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-07-11:/blog/20070711211300 2007-07-11T21:13:00Z

I’m having a “green PR” and corporate social responsibility (CSR) focus this week and was impressed to read in the weekend’s Observer that Ikea is raising the bar to become the country's first major retailer to completely abandon traditional plastic bags.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-07-03:/blog/20070703105100 2007-07-03T10:51:00Z

It’d been an exciting week already in the media world, in Sunday’s Observer it reported that Richard Branson and Charles Allen, the former ITV chief, could launch a takeover of Virgin Radio, formerly owned by radio and TV presenter Chris Evans. But time waits for no mad and yesterday Virgin Media confirmed it has received a takeover approach following reports that private equity group Carlyle is preparing a £5.5bn bid for the cable operator.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-06-27:/blog/20070627085800 2007-06-27T08:58:00Z

This week I’ve been intrigued by the cut-throat world of celebrity gossip and PR disasters! It’s been a week for celebrity PR blunders!

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-06-18:/blog/20070618145700 2007-06-18T14:57:00Z

I was delighted to hear that US viewers will soon have the delights of meeting one of my top journalists of all time - Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman - who has been signed up to front a weekly current affairs show on cable network BBC America.

tag:montagecomms.com,2007-05-28:/blog/20070528140200 2007-05-28T14:02:00Z

When the Chartered Institute of Public Relations asked its members ‘Who out of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron is the better communicator?’ 72% chose Tony Blair, 28% opted for David Cameron and 0% selected Gordon Brown.