background on Zinc Archived Message Posted by S Cook on July 26, 2019, 8:02 pm, in reply to "The fraudian joins in with " Hi mate Some background on these guys... - - - - - LONDON — Breakthrough Media and sister company Zinc have consolidated under one banner, Zinc Network, to create one global communications agency that aims to drive social change through online community and influencer-led campaigns, including government programmes. To support the merger, CEO and co-Founder Robert Elliott has hired Buster Dover, previously MD of MullenLowe Group in the UK, as managing director, and Kru Desai, leader of KPMG’s government and infrastructure practice, as non-executive chair. https://www.holmesreport.com/latest/article/emea-news-in-brief-(april-1-2019) Back in 2016 - when it seems the Guardian still actually just about did some proper journalism.. https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/02/inside-ricu-the-shadowy-propaganda-unit-inspired-by-the-cold-war Delivering the propaganda Much of the work is outsourced. Ricu’s favoured contractor is Breakthrough Media Network Ltd, a company operating from an anonymous office block near Waterloo station in central London. Nothing inside, other than a series of locked doors and CCTV cameras, suggests the nature of the company’s work. Like Chalk, one of Breakthrough’s two directors, Scott Brown, worked for the Conservatives before joining Bell Pottinger’s information operations team in Baghdad. The other, Robert Elliott, is a former reality TV producer. Both are in their 30s and attended the same school in Essex. Message Thread: BBC discusses RT's 'breach of impartiality', as OFCOM slaps RT with a fine - margo July 26, 2019, 1:32 pm Ofcom fines Russian news service £200,000 over impartiality - scrabb July 26, 2019, 1:42 pm The fraudian joins in with - Raskolnikov July 26, 2019, 4:35 pm Brill ... like shooting fish in a barrel : )) nm - Tomski July 26, 2019, 5:35 pm background on Zinc - S Cook July 26, 2019, 8:02 pm Re: background on Zinc - Mary July 26, 2019, 9:28 pm Re: background on Zinc - Ian M July 26, 2019, 10:41 pm Re: background on Zinc - Ian M July 26, 2019, 11:08 pm Love the comment on RT's 'over-reporting' on the Venezuela coup - "why does this (the coup) matter?" - SueC July 27, 2019, 12:23 am   Searching