Month: November 2008

if blogging is dead, what about the daily papers?

Posted on by Becky Green (was McMichael)

Ok so Wired says Blogging is dead, yet according to research out from ComScore today, 14.5 million of us Brits read at least one blog in August alone.

Compare this to the UK daily papers that achieved a combined readership of 11.25 million in the same period…

Blogging is here to stay. Posts might become shorter, more visual, more video based as trends change but the very nature of individuals logging stuff on the web isn’t going to disappear any time soon,.

With an audience of 14.5 million of us a month reading what others have to say, why would it?

the flackenhacks in pictures

Posted on by Becky Green (was McMichael)

Bit late but wanted to do a quick post about the Flackenhacks last week – great event.

Fab to meet so many peeps in the flesh and catch up with some old colleagues and journalists I haven’t seen in a while.

Our ice creams went down a treat it seems (120 of ’em were served at any rate).

Huge congrats to Stephen and Steve (plus all the others who have built Rainier up to its current glory) for winning agency of the year.

Bitterly regretted drinking so much dodgy white wine the next day but hey ho.  See you all next year and in the meantime, here are some of our piccies from the night: