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Patrick Smith (UK Correspondent)

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 psmith 9 hours, 58 minutes Ago Wiseau: utterly unintelligible. #theroom
psmith psmith 10 hours, 10 minutes Ago At the Prince Charles Cinema for a screening of The Room with q&a with the one and only Tommy Wiseau. Tremendous.
psmith psmith 14 hours, 10 minutes Ago @edfenergycs Hi - your welcome letter tells me to call you. I've been hold for ten minutes and counting. Hos long should I persevere?
psmith psmith 14 hours, 20 minutes Ago Why are people putting our press releases on Friday afternoon? Only just got client sign-off?
psmith psmith 15 hours, 7 minutes Ago @alexsmith614 I do not think so
psmith psmith 15 hours, 53 minutes Ago @jamesrbuk Can they play Far Far Away? or Not At All?
psmith psmith 16 hours, 5 minutes Ago @johncthompson good point - but it would have to be prettayyy prettayyy good swag.
psmith psmith 16 hours, 6 minutes Ago RT @katefairhurst: @psmith - not without at least buying us dinner first...
psmith psmith 16 hours, 8 minutes Ago So the condom thing has sexy models, "along with copious amounts of champagne, canapés, as well as a laser light show." Should I go?
psmith psmith 16 hours, 14 minutes Ago Received reminder for an event about the future of condom innovation. Half tempted to see what crazy changes they've developed...
psmith psmith 16 hours, 32 minutes Ago RT @AlexiMostrous: Indy's @TheIPaper overtakes @Guardian in sales for Jan 2012 (243,321 vs 229,753) --> after spending a lot on telly ads
psmith psmith 16 hours, 36 minutes Ago Very interesting: UBM Built Environment has released its first audience measurement report, carried out by PwC. More soon...
psmith psmith 17 hours, 30 minutes Ago Another infographic that doesn't list a source anywhere. Is the bar of fact-checking lowered when it's a pretty picture?
psmith psmith 17 hours, 50 minutes Ago New interview with Tomáš Bella: Piano Media, metered paywalls and lessons from TV subscriptions http://t.co/IZKgqsCK #paywalls12
psmith psmith 17 hours, 54 minutes Ago @milnemedia 11in!? That's immense - respect. What did you lose in terms of weight?
psmith psmith 17 hours, 56 minutes Ago RT @MailOnline: Victory for Daily Mail as Banker Nathaniel Rothschild loses libel action over Lord Mandelson meeting story http://t.co/i6lfQY22
psmith psmith 19 hours, 32 minutes Ago @jdthndr doesn't mean you can't still get in touch and let them know you exist.
psmith psmith 19 hours, 32 minutes Ago RT @katbrown82: @psmith So many of those will go to internals/friends-of-friends tho. can be difficult to break in --> yes but worth a go!
psmith psmith 19 hours, 38 minutes Ago @seaninsound Just put Expert in Troll-lol-lol-lol-lol-olology
psmith psmith 19 hours, 39 minutes Ago Well over 100 job ads in the Gorkana email today. It's absolutely not true to say there are no journalism jobs around. #CityOJ
psmith psmith 19 hours, 57 minutes Ago Great discussion on our LinkedIn group on how to organise commercial teams: http://t.co/e2GOQGeU
psmith psmith 20 hours, 43 minutes Ago RT @stevenowottny: Think your surgery this morning is tough? Meet the GP who performed an emergency amputation 100ft in the air http://t.co/YlKsfsR3
psmith psmith 20 hours, 43 minutes Ago RT @AlistairDriver: Join our #Schmallenberg web discussion Friday 1pm. Defra Deputy CVO and other experts will be answering your questions http://t.co/DfCvvt6M
psmith psmith 20 hours, 43 minutes Ago Meetings. Interviews. Planning. Having window measured. It's all happening.
psmith psmith 1 Day, 10 hours, 54 minutes Ago “@RoryBrown: @psmith good - is that the one you can sign up to for free at http://t.co/JxHdJHTS ?” yes that one
psmith psmith 1 Day, 10 hours, 58 minutes Ago @RoryBrown it's in tomorrow's newsletter !
psmith psmith 1 Day, 14 hours, 45 minutes Ago Thing is, what do we call @paidcontent now? GigaContent? OmContent? PaidGiga? PaidOm?
psmith psmith 1 Day, 14 hours, 47 minutes Ago B2B needs a monetization strategy that isn't advertising: http://t.co/RpBbuXxb via @AddThis
psmith psmith 1 Day, 15 hours, 12 minutes Ago “@RobertAndrews: FYI I stay w/ GigaOm/paidContent as senior editor, internl, working w/ @sdkstl, @erniesander, @bobbiejohnson -- good news
psmith psmith 1 Day, 15 hours, 14 minutes Ago Fun times with #CityOJ people today but it does look like this will be my last academic year doing the course, as Briefing Media grows

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