Sunday Round Up: World Cup, Bass, Tilda Swinton, Twitter, Cumbria Police
The Drum takes a look at some of the media and marketing stories doing the rounds this Sunday morning in the newspapers.
Ahead of today’s World Cup clash between England and Germany, The Sunday Express reports that the German media has focused on England’s ‘inability’ to score penalties.
Five members of BBC Five Live’s team covering the World Cup in South Africa have been robbed , including broadcaster Nicky Campbell, who has had his credit card stolen says The Sunday Mirror.
Scotland on Sunday believes that Molson Coors and Wells and Youngs could compete to buy Bass from Anheuser-Busch Inbev, which is understood to be considering the sale of the brand.
According to The Sunday Times, TV distributor Target Entertainment may announce this week a deal which will see it merge with AIM film distributor Metrodome in a deal worth £10 million.
A crime prevention website run by Cumbria police force for primary school children , ’Bill the Burgler’ is the focus of a story in the Sunday Express, because it included a link to a video of a boy describing how he once stabbed a burglar.
Scotland on Sunday was present yesterday, at a flash mob event, led by actress Tilda Swinton and film writer Mark Cousins, formed to participate in a Highland Dance at Festival Square in Edinburgh , which was promoted online, resulting in hundreds participating in the spontaneous event.
The Sunday Mirror also reports that Prime Minister David Cameron is to follow the activities of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev through Twitter as they look to establish a better relationship between the two countries.