New apps, including Periscope and Meerkat, can make anyone with a smartphone into a live newscaster. For business, this could mean a rethink of how live events are delivered and what can be done to protect valuable online and offline content. I joined the Arise News team to discuss the impact of live social broadcasting on … Continue reading
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The Oscar Pistorius Trial: the social media story, so far
The Oscar Pistorius trial has attracted blanket coverage on news channels around the world. Like the trial of OJ Simpson, almost two decades ago, allowing television cameras into the court room has arguably made it easier to sensationalise the trial and encourage a media circus. However, it is the reporting of the case via social media … Continue reading
Join me at Legal Cheek Live: 10 October 2013
On the evening of Thursday 10 October 2103 I’ll be chairing a panel of six esteemed lawyers, each of whom have contributed to Legal Cheek‘s popular ‘If I knew then what I know now’ series. I’ll be doing my best David Dimbleby impersonation to control the panel who will be speaking about how they made it to … Continue reading