These are my links for June 4th through June 7th: Journalists? They’re media masseurs, Andrew Jennings – British Journalism Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2012 – There’s a private club of sports reporters who bring us the news and write … Continue reading →
This appears to be the moment two retail executives exchanged an olympic ‘torch kiss’ on Wednesday as they carried the Olympic torch through Staffordshire. As revealed previously by Help Me Investigate Olympics, and now reported in The Independent, Daily Mail … Continue reading →
The Guardian have now published their story on the corporate torchbearers, following a tip-off last week from Help Me Investigate the Olympics. James Ball writes: “More than 1,200 spaces were allocated to the International Olympic Committee, the British Olympics Association, … Continue reading →
Cross-posted from The Guardian Datablog: Our investigation into Olympic torchbearer stories has unearthed some surprising choices by sponsor organisations. But how did we get to that point? The answer is a combination of curiosity, cynicism and knowing when to ask … Continue reading →
A week after Help Me Investigate the Olympics first revealed how sponsors were choosing executives and partners to carry the Olympic torch, The Independent has picked up the story. Tom Peck contrasts promises made by Sebastian Coe and Boris Johnson … Continue reading →
Adidas have admitted that the general manager of sports clothing retailer Intersport and the Group Product Director for Next are among a number of people carrying the torch on behalf of the company for working “in the business of sport … Continue reading →
These are my links for May 29th through June 2nd: The London 2012 torch mixes the Olympian and the corporate | Owen Gibson | Sport | guardian.co.uk – Whether they succeed will depend to a large extent on those sponsors. … Continue reading →