Freud Communications
Industry | Advertising Public relations |
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Founded | 1985 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Matthew Freud |
Products |
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Number of employees | 200 approx. |
Website | freuds |
Freud Communications Limited is a
Overview
Freud Communications was bought in 1994 by another independent agency in the
In 1999 Leapman reported in The Times that Freud Communications had offered an Internet brand management service to its clients. This would "scour the Net for references to its clients" and if they were criticised, "the agency would use rebuttal tactics to minimise the potentially negative impact of online inaccuracy".[4] In 2007 PR Week ran a story documenting the use of WikiScanner to track anonymous edits and link them to organizations through their IP addresses; it found that "Freud Communications' London office was caught making Wikipedia edits on behalf of clients."[5][6]
In June 2005, the French
In 2011, Freud Communications had a turnover of around £40 million per year. It has a staff of more than two hundred and was ranked by
Clients
References
- ^ Hopkins, Nic (2005) Matthew Freud, The Times, June 17, Friday p. 55
- ^ Ford, Emily (2010) Freud may break away from Publicis, The Times Thursday November 25, Page 63.
- ^ "HL Group absorbs Freud New York - Brand Republic News". Archived from the original on 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ Leapman, Michael (1999) Trade Digest The Times, June 11, Friday
- ^ Tool draws attention to firms' Wikipedia edits, Shah, Aarti PR Week, 31 August 2007 (Accessed April 2013)
- PR Watch (Center for Media and Democracy). Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (2011) Matthew Freud to buy back PR agency for the second time, The Guardian, Sunday 13 March (Accessed April 2013)
- ^ Andrews, Amanda (2011) Matthew Freud buys back his PR firm from Publicis, The Telegraph 15 Apr (Accessed April 2013)
- ^ PR Week:Top-150-league-table 2011 (Accessed April 2013)
- ^ "Terms of Reference - The Hamilton Commission". Royal Academy of Engineering. Project Forty Four Limited. 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.