TheWayoftheWeb

It’s with a little sadness that I’m writing about the decision by Bauer Media to shelve Ditto.net – the social entertainment guide which I was fortunate enough to have been involved with for a time.
It’s an understandable decision by Bauer Media. Having apparently spent £1 million on funding the site and development, there wasn’t a [...]

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Two stories on the Mediaweek site today perfectly illustrate the complexity and confusion in the publishing world.
At 7.30am it was suggested that Bauer Media (Disclosure – I worked for Bauer Media/Emap until earlier this year) would be reviving The Face, with an all-digital proposition one of the possibilities. While I’m not alone in wondering why [...]

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It’s been quite a momentous week for me, hence the lack of blogging. Aside from celebrating my son’s first birthday, the big event concerns my employment.
After an immensely enjoyable and educational eight years, I’ve left Bauer Media.
I hadn’t been actively looking for a change, but a couple of interesting opportunities had been put my way, [...]

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Even if I wasn’t working with FHM on various promotions, I’d be just as impressed by the posters they’ve produced for the 100 Sexiest voting. Particularly these two from the selection to download as posters and wallpapers:
Meanwhile I’m helping with their Twitter account, and new Facebook page amongst other things.
Amongst the doom and gloom about [...]

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