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Patrick is paidContent’s UK correspondent, writing mainly for paidContent:UK on the UK and European digital economies. He is interested in original online content, how it’s monetised and in everything from publishing and advertising to games and music.
He joined the company in November 2008 after two years at journalism trade magazine Press Gazette and has appeared as a regular media commentator on TV and BBC radio.
He was twice nominated for the PTC New Journalist of the Year award.
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psmith 2 hours, 46 minutes Ago
@charlottecook it should be a 'thing' we stress with everyone: make posts UNpublished as soon as you create ' em
psmith 2 hours, 49 minutes Ago
@charlottecook yes, fixed now http://bit.ly/a8KN8f - it's bc MT sets posts as published as default- when you save they go live
psmith 3 hours, 58 minutes Ago
absolutely astonishing financial mismanagment from Spinvox (via @paidcontentuk) http://bit.ly/aqey4r.
psmith 6 hours, 2 minutes Ago
@MattTempest it's not my point; Horia Mosadiq from Amnesty highlighting abuses she witnessed. She also mentions abuses by other groups too
psmith 6 hours, 8 minutes Ago
apologies to followers for Frontline tweets. for more frontline action check out @frontlineclub
psmith 6 hours, 13 minutes Ago
New blog post: Comic, tragic or good business? Trinity Mirror’s GMG Regional purchase in links: The week’s big new... http://bit.ly/bT31Wu
psmith 6 hours, 14 minutes Ago
Felix Kuehn: "No matter how good the solution, we're likely to see a faction (of Taliban) that continues the fight" #frontlineclub
psmith 6 hours, 19 minutes Ago
The panel in full flow at #frontlineclub http://tweetphoto.com/10877263
psmith 6 hours, 27 minutes Ago
...beatings, excutions, amputations, often carried out in public for breaking dress code laws or not praying 5 times a day #frontlineclub
psmith 6 hours, 29 minutes Ago
Afghan human rights campaigner Horia Mosadiq talks of the awful, brutal human rights abuses by the Taliban regime.... #Frontlineclub
psmith 6 hours, 42 minutes Ago
Felix Kuehn says it's impossible to talk of 'the Taliban' - it's a group of disparate locally motivated group #frontlineclub
psmith 7 hours, 2 minutes Ago
at the @frontlineclub to cover the Understanding The Taliban event http://bit.ly/bpC9Am. If you're tweeting pls use #frontlineclub
psmith 11 hours, 10 minutes Ago
@mikewhills @mikewhills you win today's inaugural award for GREAT IDEAS! Thanks! (was going to ask one of those...)
psmith 11 hours, 16 minutes Ago
putting together an event on the reporting of Iraq. Should be a good one. details soon.
psmith 12 hours, 6 minutes Ago
WARC says ad industry will come of recession in Q310 with 2.8% lift http://bit.ly/bSWaRB
psmith 12 hours, 12 minutes Ago
Tweetdeck appears to be not working. this is a significant hinderence.
psmith 14 hours, 5 minutes Ago
as for GMG cutting "historic links with Manchester", I can only say: this is business, get over it.
psmith 14 hours, 16 minutes Ago
@RobertAndrews probably, but Manchester is key market and a growing one too - Trinity's been looking for a way in for a while...
psmith 14 hours, 18 minutes Ago
"police say she's white and aged between 16 and 30". That narrows it down.
psmith 14 hours, 25 minutes Ago
New blog post: Manchester Evening News joins Trinity Mirror’s empire – but what comes next?: The biggest deal in r... http://bit.ly/b5C4zi
psmith 14 hours, 56 minutes Ago
I suspected this might happen: GMG Reg CEO Mark Dodsworth is out, says How Do http://bit.ly/9iovSY
psmith 14 hours, 58 minutes Ago
"Are you going to Mobile World Congress this year?" me: "If you're paying, I'm going"
psmith 15 hours, 32 minutes Ago
RT @richthehack: @psmith By "running and transforming", do you mean freezing pay (except bonuses for senior execs) and closing titles?
psmith 15 hours, 37 minutes Ago
.@JamieBowman77 it depends a. what sort of journalist you are and b. what you define jounalism as. if you hate change, this is bad.
psmith 15 hours, 42 minutes Ago
It does make sense - Trinity has exp of running + transforming big city regionals across Midlands/NW/NE, has group synergies. GMG doesn't.
psmith 15 hours, 47 minutes Ago
n.b. "Trinity Mirror will not be acquiring Channel M, the TV station for Greater Manchester and the two local newspapers in Woking."
psmith 15 hours, 48 minutes Ago
the total price is £44.8 million - but £37.4m of that is for cancellation of a printing contract. GMG Regional total value: £7.4m !
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