Buzzfeed IPO: Boss Jonah Peretti says media company intends to go public May 28, 2015 Finally, the world will learn how much listicles and cat gifs are worth after the boss of Buzzfeed revealed his intention to take the media company public. Jonah Peretti, the founder and chief executive of the online media company – beloved by the young and envied by the executives of legacy media companies – told an [...]
As a new corruption scandal hits Fifa, is the world footballing body now unsalvageable? May 27, 2015 John Williams, senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Leicester, says Yes We need a new governing body for the world game. News of the latest allegations of bribery at Fifa is not really news at all – merely the continuation of an all-too-familiar tale, a destructive narrative which has been running for decades. [...]
Advocaat in the frame to replace dismissed Poyet March 16, 2015 FORMER Rangers boss Dick Advocaat has emerged as the leading candidate to manage Sunderland on a temporary basis until the end of the season after the relegation-threatened Black Cats sacked incumbent Gus Poyet yesterday. Poyet assumed the Black Cats’ managerial reins from Paolo Di Canio in October 2013 before instigating a near-miraculous escape from relegation [...]
Disruptive integration: AllTogetherNow’s Conor McNicholas explains why firms struggle with digital August 9, 2015 For a brand to make a big impact, a multifaceted campaign combining analytics, creative, media buying and more is now a requirement. But coordinating different specialists working on one campaign can be difficult, and agency models have begun to change so clients can be offered an end-to-end marketing solution. Former NME and Top Gear editor [...]
When the cat’s away… the staff will go off to lots of interviews July 27, 2014 It sometimes feels like the whole City shuts down in August as sunny silly season takes most people to warmer climes – ergo thinking of summer as a time to hire doesn’t seem plausible. But according to new research from Randstad, the reverse is true. Why? Because it’s not hard for people to slip off [...]
Malcolm Walker’s many lives: How Iceland hopes to fight off profit slump June 10, 2015 Malcolm Walker has more business lives than a cat. He built his frozen food empire Iceland from a humble shop in Shropshire in 1970 into a £2bn turnover business 30 years later, before hitting a financial iceberg. Walker was forced to step down as chairman in 2001 after the Financial Services Authority launched an [...]
Disgraced Fifa exec Chuck Blazer showed off meeting Vladimir Putin and Miss Universe in a weird and wonderful blog June 4, 2015 Chuck Blazer, the former Fifa official who admitted accepting bribes to vote for World Cup bids, wasn't exactly shy of showing off his jet-setting, cake-eating, Vladimir Putin-high fiving lifestyle during his time in office. Read more: Chuck Blazer admits accepting bribes for World Cup bids The details of the eccentric American's guilty plea to 10 charges [...]
London’s first pop-up owl bar attracts 25,000 people February 24, 2015 Move over cat cafe, there’s a new creature-based drinking concept in town. Nearly 25,000 people have applied for tickets to London’s first pop-up owl cafe, where a combination of real-life owls and cocktails are expected to be a hoot. The latest of London’s pop-ups will bring Annie the owl (also the name of the bar) [...]
How BuzzFeed’s $850m valuation shows there’s money in those cat lists August 11, 2014 BuzzFeed, the spiritual home of lists, cats and OMG labels, has just secured a further $50m (£30m) in investment, reportedly seeing it valued at an impressive $850m (£506m). When you consider that the Washington Post was bought by Jeff Bezos for a paltry $250m (£149m) last year, this is a figure that should make you [...]
How to plug the information gap June 24, 2015 Investors need more high quality data on the companies they are crowdfunding BUSINESSES across the UK are increasingly aware that they can raise investment through crowdfunding, where large groups of people give small amounts of money to support an organisation they like the look of. This has opened up the world of investment to all, [...]