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Announcement of Music Week Awards shortlist sees MBC and Polydor go head to head
The PR campaigns behind the two biggest albums of 2008 have been pitched against one another in the shortlist for this year's Music Week Awards.
MBC PR's campaign for Duffy - led by Barbara Charone - and Polydor's campaign for Take That's The Circus - led by Richard Dawes - go head to head in the PR Campaign of the Year category at the 2009 awards. They are joined in what is set to be one of the most intriguing categories by Run Music's Ben Harris (for Neon Neon), Bella Union's Duncan Jordan (for Fleet Foxes) and Some Friendly's Sophie Williams (for Ladyhawke). A full list of all nominations is below and is also available from the dedicated Music Week Awards site at www.musicweekawards.com.
Meanwhile, in the Artist Marketing Campaign of the Year category, it is a major label square off, with Island nominated for Paul Weller's 22 Dreams, Sony Music getting the nod for AC/DC's Black Ice and The Script, Polydor in the running for Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid and Parlophone up for Coldplay's Viva La Vida.
The list of nominations was announced last week, with winners to be announced at the ...