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Andy Oakes

@andyoakes.bsky.social
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CEO of Bluestripe, publisher of New Digital Age, living in Essex but working in Soho. Hockey player, AFCB fan

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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Hockey season finished. Finished 9th and only lost once since Christmas. Now time to give my aching legs a break for a few months!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A partial eclipse apparently!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Woke up in the middle of the night to find that the ceiling had collapsed down and water was everywhere! Plumber left at 5.00 am and have been trying to clear up since then. How’s your Saturday going?
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Gosh. So there was no impact and all those horror stories turned out not to be true. I’m shocked and stunned!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Right, need to stop reading the news and cheer up. Hockey today against our local rivals who stitched us up with some real home team umpiring earlier this season. Could get spicy!!
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Charles "Skeeter" Conway @charlesconway.creator.blue · 27/02/2025
BREAKING: The President has issued an emergency order to begin production on a remake of Rocky IV where Balboa joins forces with Ivan Drago to tag team Apollo Creed.
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New Digital Age @newdigitalage.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The Connectors: Andy Evans, advisor, mentor and investor with 3 successful exits newdigitalage.co/strategy/the...
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The Connectors: Andy Evans, advisor, mentor and investor with 3 successful exits - New Digital Age
The digital media and marketing industry is supported by a small army of individual investors, chairs and advisors. In our series, The Connectors, we interview these people, discovering what they’re m...
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New Digital Age @newdigitalage.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In conversation: The future of curation & programmatic with Bedrock Platform’s Shane Shevlin #adtech #media #digital newdigitalage.co/general/in-c...
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In conversation: The future of curation & programmatic with Bedrock Platform’s Shane Shevlin - New Digital Age
New Digital Age Editor Justin Pearse speaks with Shane Shevlin, Co-Founder and CEO of Bedrock Platform, about the company’s vision, the challenges of programmatic complexity, and the role of curation ...
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
As ever, he’s being brilliant
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Funny how ‘America First’ became ‘well, Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal and Gaza but then we’ll certainly think about American issues’
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Ollie Watkins has just taken the worst penalty in football history. It’s ought to be physically impossible for that to happen
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
First day back at the office since November 26th! Loved being back with the wonderful Bluestripe team and squeeze in a lunch at The Union Club. All is well with the world!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I see Arsenal fans are going all tin foil hat again
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I see over on the hellsite weather warnings are now woke. Obviously
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My hot take is that if you don’t want to be called a Nazi, perhaps don’t do Nazi salutes at globally broadcast events. I am available for further indepth comments
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Bear in mind that Trump will start his presidency with almost half a billion of dollars debt, mainly due to legal fines. Every bit of foreign policy will skew to making him money.
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Just took off half my knuckle with a cheese grater. How’s your day going?
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
‘I’m voting for yourself’ #Traitors
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
See you in Scotland? Rude not to
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A great editorial by @justinpearse.bsky.social on why we need more honesty at industry events newdigitalage.co/publishing/e...
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Editor's View: Is it time to be a bit more honest on stage? - New Digital Age
Recently, I’ve been reflecting on something that’s often missing from many public speaking engagements in our industry: brutal honesty.
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Cucurella is the really king of bellends in the Premier League #CheBou
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Excellent piece that due to my own issues is very important to me
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New Digital Age @newdigitalage.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
NDA prepares for Cannes 2025 with Sir Martin Sorrell and Terry Kawaja first speakers announced newdigitalage.co/publishing/n...
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NDA prepares for Cannes 2025 with Sir Martin Sorrell and Terry Kawaja first speakers announced - New Digital Age
After the incredible success of 2024, New Digital Age is delighted to announce its return to Cannes for 2025. Once again, the week's activities will take place at our Maison NDA venue, minutes from th...
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
These were great last year and I’m really pleased we’re doing them again
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Grump inbound! Being late is not a cute character trait, it’s actually really annoying
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@premsportstv.bsky.social The quality of pictures for the Toulon V Quins game is terrible. Making the game unwatchable
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Attempting first bit of activity since last weeks operation. Might manage a whole kilometre!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This is a really good editorial from Justin.
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
So what do we see now? The more extreme element of Reform splinter off somewhere else? A resurgence of UKIP? Either way a good day!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
At 4.30 I was a grumpy individual. Bournemouth struggling to put chances away in the EPL and Leicester Tigers playing like a drain in the rugby. 4.45 and I’m a very happy happy bunny!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The Quality Street are finished. The holidays are now officially over
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Right. I suppose I should get up so at least coming back to bed in two hours feels like an achievement
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Ventured out of my cave to watch @nickmohammed.bsky.social in A Christmas Carol (ish) and it was bloody brilliant
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I see that over on the hell site, weather forecasts are now ‘woke’
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Another draw for Bournemouth and another late goal. We’re very hard to beat but need to be better at actually winning
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I see nobody watched the BBC last night then…
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Christmas everyone! Got both of of wonderful kids here, my amazing wife and a well stocked wine cellar
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Bournemouth win again and still the narrative is about how bad are the team they beat!
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ReviewFootball @reviewfootball.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
After 17 Premier League games, Bournemouth have more points (28) than: • Man City - 27 • Newcastle - 26 • Tottenham - 23 • Man Utd - 22 Andoni Iraola is doing an incredible job.
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It’s fine, we’ve met
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
As long as ( and thats far from a given) Evri and Royal Mail do their thing, Christmas food is now sorted. This is the earliest this has ever happened Now we play, ‘no you cannot eat, that’s for Christmas’ for seven days
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New Digital Age @newdigitalage.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
50 over 50: Paul Wright, Head of International, Uber Advertising #media #ads #adtech newdigitalage.co/50-over-50/5...
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50 over 50: Paul Wright, Head of International, Uber Advertising - New Digital Age
In the latest '50 over 50' interview, Paul Wright, Head of International at Uber Advertising shares why he believes experience and confidence go hand-in-hand and why he plans to never stop learning…
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Bournemouth into 6th in the Premier League. Need to pinch myself sometimes!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Finally got out and had lunch with my @bluestripegroup.bsky.social friends.
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Sam Gaw @handle.invalid · 10/12/2024
If games really influenced young people, munching pills in a dark room to repetitive electronic music would be a real thing.
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Back at the hospital this morning so they can stick a tube down my throat and into my lung.The tube is described as being the thickness of a pencil which seems unnecessarily specific. Not overly looking forward to this!
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
My old pal, the wonderful @jonmundy.bsky.social with an excellent piece
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Why is Labour so afraid of talking about Brexit? Why not embrace the fact that the majority want closer ties with Europe? The media will hammer them regardless of what they do
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Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
@gurdeepsagoo.bsky.social hey G, good to see you over here my friend!
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Justin Pearse @justinpearse.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
@andyoakes.bsky.social wishes you all a very Merry Christmas
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