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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 4 hours, 3 minutes Ago
RT @upthejunction: @psmith Jan Molby was never really on the slim side and he controlled the midfield :) .. good point
psmith 4 hours, 6 minutes Ago
may have to stop playing in goal. pain in fingers is so bad after games. but too fat to play outfield. could be a manager.
psmith 4 hours, 9 minutes Ago
RT @gomark: There's a Russian woman standing in my bath in gumboots. This cannot end well. // I've had that. Use Swarfega.
psmith 9 hours, 8 minutes Ago
@chriscondron @egrommet met someone from Oldham t'other day; said I was from Dukinfield/Ashton, he goes "ooo posh". 1st time for everything
psmith 9 hours, 27 minutes Ago
RT @mrchrisaddison: Manchistoh! Hurray, I'm home. // we'll have to check that with the Manclish Pronunciation Committee @chriscondron
psmith 12 hours, 1 minute Ago
check out the Ed Kashi picture slideshow put together by #frontlineclub's very own @FloraCarmichael http://bit.ly/95S7iz
psmith 12 hours, 35 minutes Ago
RT @MarionetteA: Club Quiz tonight at #Frontlineclub, £5 a ticket which goes straight to the Fixers Fund. Come along! // sounds like fun
psmith 14 hours, 31 minutes Ago
RT @ToyotaPR: I've posted a note on @psmith 's blog http://bit.ly/bkGrP7 for those following the debate
psmith 16 hours, 7 minutes Ago
really good discussion on R4 In Our Time on Boudicca and English origin myth / ethnogenesis theory. If I did a MA, it may well be on this.
psmith 16 hours, 40 minutes Ago
@PaulLomax there's two columns: "underlying", ie. earnings without non-recurring items, and "statutory" in which they have to declare losses
psmith 16 hours, 52 minutes Ago
So JP's papers are worth £126m less than 12 months ago - and ad rev is down 26.5% YoY. Not out of the woods yet.
psmith 16 hours, 58 minutes Ago
Profit? Johnston's FY 2009 earnings show a £113.8m pre-tax *loss* after one-off impairment chrg of £126m on its newspapers
psmith 17 hours, 28 minutes Ago
Johnston Press: "seeking to complement in-print offering... With focussed commercial development of revenue opps within digital media"
psmith 17 hours, 37 minutes Ago
Got this msg from GDN: "sorry, the article you are looking for is not yet available on mobile pls go back to the story on the main site" uh?
psmith 1 Day, 4 hours, 48 minutes Ago
@kevglobal we need #talkissues badly! Look forward to getting the debate going. Couple of posts stored upon this...
psmith 1 Day, 4 hours, 52 minutes Ago
@Gwynne4MP I wonder if real localism is the key to unlocking political activism and ridding so many of disenfranchisement / apathy
psmith 1 Day, 5 hours, 1 minute Ago
@YKoutsomitis thanks; I usually 'have a go' with languages but I'm stuck on Greek, especially written. Yamas!
psmith 1 Day, 5 hours, 3 minutes Ago
RT @Gwynne4MP: All politics is local - My latest blog for @ThinkPolitics http://tinyurl.com/yj44cgb /good local stuff from Dukinfield's MP
psmith 1 Day, 8 hours, 48 minutes Ago
RT @charlesarthur: @psmith tweak suggestion for Twitterfeed: only send blog post title, not title + body // good call, will make that tweak
psmith 1 Day, 8 hours, 52 minutes Ago
@beckymaxted think leftfield and come to mystic Welsh hippie-fest Green Man
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 12 minutes Ago
@jowadsworth I see - haven't tried that but have thought about it...
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 15 minutes Ago
seriously, what is the point in Twitterfeed if it takes this long to update?
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 32 minutes Ago
RT @JTownend: @currybet gategate: scandal in which renowned info architect disgusted his followers with gate hatred
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 43 minutes Ago
New blog post: Toyota, Word files and curing cancer: I do love a good online row. And happily, one emerged this mo... http://bit.ly/a2C7W1
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 44 minutes Ago
.@Brendancooper left a good comment: "how about including (release) in email *and* including link to online version, complete with RSS?"
psmith 1 Day, 9 hours, 49 minutes Ago
RT @RobertAndrews: F1 game I can't wait for due *September*... F1 season starting *next week* // Ashes Cricket did same thing (+was rubbish)
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