- 'Roadkill' A 'Masterpiece'? Keep Calm And Carrion On
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, November 6, 2020
Just because a TV show has an English accent does not make it a masterpiece. ...
- UK Retailer Klarna Apologizes For Sending Marketing Email
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, October 14, 2020
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office is looking into a marketing email sent by British retailer Klarna. The company sent a follow-up message saying the original was in error, but recipien ...
- BT And Yahoo Email Services Back On After Outage
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 9, 2020
BT and Yahoo email services have been restored following outages on Friday morning in the UK. The disruption apparently affected thousands of users. ...
- Sadistic Opening Scene of AMC 'Gang' Series Is Overkill
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, October 1, 2020
Why did the creators of this show, "Gangs of London," feel the need to present us with such a violent opening scene? ...
- Dreary Drama About Murderous Couple Just Might Kill TV
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, August 7, 2020
A new drama series about a couple who kills together is the kind of TV show that just might have you swearing off TV altogether. ...
- 'British Baking Show' Duo Seeks Comedy 'Hit' On Peacock
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
The latest British-accent show on Peacock is this new half-hour comedy called "Hitmen" about two assassins-for-hire who happen to be women. ...
- Virgin Email Outage Reported; Company Denies Widespread Problems
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Some UK users are still complaining that their broadband is down. Virgin reportedly confirms a technical issue. ...
- UK Consumers Say: We Want More COVID-19 Email
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Respondents miss emails from brands they no longer hear from, and 18% want more COVID-19-related emails, but several variables determine their level of acceptance, a study finds -- including ag ...
- U.S. President May Boast About His COVID-19 Ratings, But He Trails British Heads Of State
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Thursday, April 23, 2020
The President of the United States may keep comparing his COVID-19 pandemic press briefing ratings to prime-time blockbusters like those of "Monday Night Football" or the season finale of "T ...
- U.K.'s 2% Digital Services Tax On Big U.S. Tech Companies Now Looks Like a Go
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
The new tax will impact search engines, social-media platforms and online marketplaces. The tax only applies to companies with more than $650 million in total revenue. ...
- Death Rides 'The Pale Horse' In An Agatha Christie Mystery
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The image of a pale horse whose rider is Death comes primarily from the New Testament, Revelations chapter 6, verse 8. ...
- Few SMBs Are Fully Compliant With GDPR: UK DMA
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 2, 2020
Most small businesses are aware of what they have to do, but many are only part of the way there or haven't started. ...
- Ditch The Banquet, Gen Z Snack On News
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 2, 2020
The youth are snacking on links from social and aggregators rather than the scheduled news broadcast. ...
- BlueVenn Offers CDP-Powered Email Marketing Tool
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, February 20, 2020
Brands can use the new tool to create personalized messages and combine email with other channels. ...
- U.K. TV, Phone Companies Must Now Send End-of-Contract Alerts
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 17, 2020
TV, broadband and phone companies must now also state what customers are paying now and what they'd be charged in the new contract, and reveal their own best consumer off ...
- UK Shoppers Prefer Email Over Other Channels -- But Not All Of It, Study Shows
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 24, 2020
The DMA reports that almost half of respondents in a recent study chose email -- but many marketing messages are just not useful. ...
- Princess For Hire: Meghan Megxits UK For US Television
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Attention, Hallmark Channel: There is a princess on the loose and she is looking for work. ...
- New Entry For PBS Anglo File: '12 Days Of Tudor Christmas'
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, December 23, 2019
The sentiment expressed in the famous English song title "There'll Always Be An England" is realized and sustained, at least in part, by PBS. ...
- Guardian Media Group Names Anna Bateson Interim CEO
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, December 2, 2019
Since 2017, Bateson has served as the first Chief Customer Officer of the Guardian News & Media division. ...
- Toward A Better Agency Review Process
Media Insider, Maarten Albarda - Friday, November 29, 2019
Too often have I heard a CMO lament that his current agencies "suck," not realizing the real reason is often the client themselves. ...
- Brexit Content Driving Google Searches To Publishers
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 17, 2019
Most people searching Google for information about Brexit are clicking on links that send them to the BBC, "The Guardian" or "The Independent," according to data released Thursday. ...
- UK Ad Watchdog Bans TalkTalk Broadband Emails
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, October 10, 2019
Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned TalkTalk emails telling customers, “your broadband isn’t keeping up with you.” Consumers could infer from the emails, which were sent earlier this year, that the ...
- Employees Cause Many Data Breaches, Study Says
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 23, 2019
Many employees believe they have a right to the data they work on, and some leak it to harm their company, Egress reports. ...
- Toward A Better Agency Review Process
Media Insider, Maarten Albarda - Friday, September 6, 2019
Too often have I heard a CMO lament that his current agencies "suck," not realizing the real reason is often the client themselves. ...
- Binge Watchers Freak At Rumor Of Netflix Changing Release Model
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Netflix quickly denied the rumor, explaining that it was experimenting with just one competition show, for suspense-preserving reasons. ...
- Accent Is On Action In British 'Bulletproof' On The CW
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, August 7, 2019
George Bernard Shaw is credited with the observation that "Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language." ...
- On PBS, The Case Of The World's Handsomest Clergymen
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, July 11, 2019
As the new season of "Grantchester" begins, the time frame is late spring 1956 and Little Richard is singing "Long Tall Sally." ...
- Futuristic HBO Series Is Obsessed With Trump
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, June 24, 2019
A new six-part miniseries on HBO posits that Donald Trump will launch a nuclear missile at a disputed Chinese island. ...
- Zillow Group's Customer Experience Machine: Using AI To Help Consumers Into A Home They Love
Show Daily, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, June 11, 2019
If there's one thing we learned from this morning's presentation from Zillow's Olly Downs, it's that artificial intelligence is like a rooster. ...
- Britain Regulates Social Media, Institutes Duty Of Care
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, April 8, 2019
The proposal spans legislative and non-legislative measures, and endeavors to make social networks more responsible for the safety of their users. ...