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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 10 minutes Ago
@JonathanDeamer yes that's a real problem, partic in the ringtones/backgrounds market apparently
psmith 1 hour, 33 minutes Ago
Time magazine on Demand Media: Building the Web's Biggest, Smartest, Scariest Article Machine http://bit.ly/c9ckRF
psmith 1 hour, 37 minutes Ago
I'm thinking of recording and uploading every spam call I get. Would that only encourage them though? Sinister computer fault people again.
psmith 1 hour, 57 minutes Ago
#arshavinfacts Arshavin isn't scared of Friday 13th "nothing terrible has ever happened to me on this day" http://bit.ly/bNGqXZ. enough now
psmith 2 hours, 24 minutes Ago
#Arshavinfacts Arshavin is the "vice-champion of Russia" http://www.arshavin.eu/en/index.php.
psmith 2 hours, 26 minutes Ago
Existential angst, philosophical musings and whether rain is "angels' tears"... from *Arshavin*! http://bit.ly/a8E9Vg(via @aaronlavery)
psmith 2 hours, 33 minutes Ago
@benjaminbland exactly, that's the key. journalists need to recognise that much of what they do is marketing for more profitable products
psmith 2 hours, 39 minutes Ago
@benjaminbland not necessarily - it depends which sector. UK print, ad-funded sectors have collapsed but picture is better in B2B + global
psmith 2 hours, 45 minutes Ago
taking a leaf from @rorybrown's book and studying past media company reports and analyst presentations to find underlying trends
psmith 2 hours, 55 minutes Ago
@AlastairDuncan interesting. I might look into that. Anyone shed any light on how/why Archant is publishing the "Stoke Newington Gazette"?
psmith 3 hours, 6 minutes Ago
RT @audioboo: Fantastic! Audioboo is the N0 1 app in PCPro's 100 best apps! http://bit.ly/97xGnR // well done guys
psmith 3 hours, 13 minutes Ago
Jon Snow speaks a whole load of sense on journalistic neutrality: it doesn't exist http://bit.ly/d7AcV0
psmith 4 hours, 12 minutes Ago
RT @AlastairDuncan: @psmith new version of Hackney Gazette published today, the Stoke Newington Gazette. More puff for Diane Abbott?
psmith 4 hours, 12 minutes Ago
@AlastairDuncan really? is it published by Archant? seems odd they would launch another edition in this climate
psmith 4 hours, 30 minutes Ago
RT @paidContentUK Scorecard ‘09: UK’s Top Regional Papers Have Lost Half A Billion In Sales | paidCon.. http://cnt.to/kbu
psmith 4 hours, 38 minutes Ago
RT @hackneypost: Hackney's dangerous dogs among the worst in London http://tinyurl.com/yf3au3l // too right
psmith 16 hours Ago
RT @upthejunction: @psmith Jan Molby was never really on the slim side and he controlled the midfield :) .. good point
psmith 16 hours, 3 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 16 hours, 6 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 21 hours, 5 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 21 hours, 25 minutes Ago
RT @mrchrisaddison: Manchistoh! Hurray, I'm home. // we'll have to check that with the Manclish Pronunciation Committee @chriscondron
psmith 23 hours, 58 minutes Ago
check out the Ed Kashi picture slideshow put together by #frontlineclub's very own @FloraCarmichael http://bit.ly/95S7iz
psmith 1 Day, 32 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 1 Day, 2 hours, 28 minutes Ago
RT @ToyotaPR: I've posted a note on @psmith 's blog http://bit.ly/bkGrP7 for those following the debate
psmith 1 Day, 4 hours, 4 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.
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