Conference firm’s new PR team faces baptism of fire
Spare a thought for the public relations team behind Web Summit, who had quite the roller coaster ride on Tuesday as its founder, Paddy Cosgrave, first declared he would “not relent” in harsh criticisms of Israel, only to apologise later. Cosgrave once boasted that Web Summit “don’t use a PR agency as my talent alone is sufficient”, but recently signed up Drury Communications to help promote next month’s event in Lisbon.
Cosgrave’s apology included a defence of Web Summit’s decision to stage an event in Qatar next February. This followed criticism by Josh Kopelman, an American venture capitalist, who published an email he’d received from Cosgrave in September. In it, the Web Summit founder said the Qatari government was interested in bringing together leading venture funds from around the world, and would like to meet the American in person.
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