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Monthly Archive July, 2010

THE DEATH OF IVY BEAN, THE OLDEST TWEETER IN TOWN

THE oldest person on Twitter, Ivy Bean, died this week at the age of 104. The great-grandmother from Bradford had first hit the headlines when she got ‘bored’ with one social network – Facebook – and switched to Twitter. She ‘tweeted’ about her love of fish and chips, her online friendship with celebrity Peter Andre [...]

Filed in: Digital communications

THE COALITION GOVERNMENT’S NHS REFORMS: CAN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FILL THE GAP?

THE new Coalition Government’s plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS pose real challenges for social enterprises, such as Sound Communication. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley claims the Con/Dem changesĀ  are aimed at giving GPs more power and control over the funding of patient care. His clear intention is to dismantle the health authorities and [...]

Filed in: Corporate Social Responsibility (Sound behaviour)

LIFE IMITATES ART: How a spoof became ‘real news’

A SPOOF story about the fugitive Raoul Moat has been reproduced as reality by the previously ‘respected’ AolNews website. Liverpool-based Robin Brown penned the article ‘”Nation ‘can’t wait’ for Moat shoot-out” for the satirical news web site The News Grind. Brown waxed lyrical about how 800 schools nationwide had closed in readiness for a bloody [...]

Filed in: Media relations