{"id":19054,"date":"2010-10-22T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage-19054"},"modified":"2014-09-02T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T15:07:01","slug":"george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Snappy<\/img><\/p>\n

Picture: Snappy Snaps in Hampstead, London<\/em><\/p>\n

Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael?s release from jail.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this week George Michael fans bombarded Snappy Snaps with complaints<\/a>, accusing the high-street photo chain of orchestrating a shameless publicity stunt.<\/p>\n

Snappy Snaps had also said it would welcome George Michael to any of its stores despite him smashing into the chain’s Hampstead branch<\/a>, causing damage to the shop front that remains untouched three months on.<\/p>\n

However, a spokeswoman last night stoutly refuted the allegations, telling Amateur Photographer<\/em>: ?Contrary to what has been suggested, Snappy Snaps has not sought any publicity from the accidental damage caused to our Hampstead branch and has only ever responded to legitimate enquiries from the media.?<\/p>\n

?The launch of the iPhone application was indeed a coincidence. It had been in development for almost six months – therefore long before the accident happened – and was released as soon as Apple had approved it. <\/p>\n

?The final timing was not dictated by us or related to George Michael.’<\/p>\n

George Michael fans had also demanded Snappy Snaps donate any funds it receives from insurance payouts relating to the crash damage<\/a>, to charity.<\/p>\n

But Snappy Snaps told us it is not pursuing an insurance claim.<\/p>\n

?A shop fitting contractor has already been booked but has not yet been able to start work. <\/p>\n

?We hope this will be completed as soon as possible. We do not want our store left in its present condition any longer than necessary.?<\/p>\n

RELATED ARTICLES<\/p>\n

Snappy Snaps forgives George Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

George Michael fans in Snappy Snaps storm<\/a><\/p>\n

Snappy Snaps crash lands George in jail<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-19054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"\nGeorge Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Graye\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Graye\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan Graye\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\"},\"headline\":\"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\",\"name\":\"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage - Amateur Photographer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\"},\"description\":\"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Latest\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Latest news\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/\",\"name\":\"Amateur Photographer\",\"description\":\"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1\",\"name\":\"Megan Graye\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Megan Graye\"},\"description\":\"Megan Graye is a freelance journalist and content producer. On top of having written for publications such as The Independent, The V&A and Cosmopolitan, she has also founded her own non-profit organisation - VOCAL GIRLS - which promotes artists of marginalised genders in music.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-graye-9a7791152\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/mgraye\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage - Amateur Photographer","description":"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage","og_description":"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.","og_url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/","og_site_name":"Amateur Photographer","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine","article_published_time":"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Megan Graye","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_site":"@AP_Magazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Megan Graye","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/"},"author":{"name":"Megan Graye","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1"},"headline":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage","datePublished":"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/"},"wordCount":292,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg","articleSection":["Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/","name":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage - Amateur Photographer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg","datePublished":"2010-10-22T08:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-02T15:07:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1"},"description":"Snappy Snaps has hit back at accusations it sought publicity by launching an application for the Apple iPhone to coincide with George Michael\u2019s release from jail.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/10\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-jail-release-sparks-apple-iphone-rage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Latest news","item":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"George Michael jail release sparks Apple iPhone rage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#website","url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/","name":"Amateur Photographer","description":"The world's number 1 weekly photo magazine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/09a37c0ec6db00d983eb2045e99ff2f1","name":"Megan Graye","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b95161d530e5765e0f73ca7fe2460cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Megan Graye"},"description":"Megan Graye is a freelance journalist and content producer. On top of having written for publications such as The Independent, The V&A and Cosmopolitan, she has also founded her own non-profit organisation - VOCAL GIRLS - which promotes artists of marginalised genders in music.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-graye-9a7791152\/"],"url":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/author\/mgraye\/"}]}},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 09:45:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19056,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19054\/revisions\/19056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19054"},{"taxonomy":"product-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-category?post=19054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}