New York Times chief executive Mark Thompson blames 24/7 news channels and the Internet for the decline in news quality at many news organisations. But the former BBC man isn’t joining the baying mob of ...

There is a lot of excitement amongst journalists and publishers about the opportunity of hyper-local newspapers and websites but is this sudden lurch to small news sustainable? The publishing trade press, desperate for a good ...

The government is considering plans for Channel 4 which could shake up the UK’s creative economy outside of the nation’s capital. Nothing is off the table and ideas currently being discussed include privatisation and a ...

The Independent and Huffington Post both fell foul and reported on spoof tweet which they believed had been posted by the French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen. The tweet heaped praise on Theresa May’s recent speech ...

Kirsty Marrins is a travel, food and lifestyle blogger and the author of What Kirsty Did Next. In this Take 5 Kirsty chats about why she decided to start blogging, what inspires her, and how ...

PR Week recently published an article suggesting that PR professionals attempting to recruit new social media influencers should emulate A&R departments in the music industry. The job of an A&R person is to discover, refine and ...

Classified advertising used to be the financial engine behind many newspaper businesses. Recruitment, property and motors advertising, alongside birth, marriage and death notices (BMDs) might have been small in stature – but before the Internet ...

Politicians using Twitter to talk, debate and sometimes argue with the public may seem normal now, but this type of interaction is something which would have been hard to imagine fifteen years ago. Twitter is ...

  This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including The Guardian, The Times, Huffington Post UK, Marie Claire, We Love Pop, Great British Food, Mobile News, Office Products International and Nursing ...

With over twenty-three thousand followers under his belt, Kevin McAulay is a bonafide Instagram Influencer. Although he doesn’t see himself as being ‘instafamous’ he does admit to being recognised in the street on a regular basis. His rise to ...

Working in PR has been a life long dream for Valentina Kristensen, who is head of comms at OakNorth, a bank for entrepreneurs. Valentina cemented her place within the industry after winning the CIPR outstanding young communicator award ...

Blogger and vlogger Carl Thompson created his blog to document his personal style. As the founder of menswear label Hawkins & Shepherd, Carl offers style advice on both tailored and casual fashion. Blending menswear fashion ...

Now that the nominations for the #VuelioBlogAwards have been announced, the difficult task of selecting the winners is upon us. Next week our judging panel will gather together to decide the fate of the nominated ...

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), owner of the Daily Mail and Mail Online has announced that the company is looking to cut costs by £50 million in a strategic review of its business operations. ...

Top French news publishers have put their commercial and political differences to one side and joined forces to combat the growing threat to the industry posed by ad-blockers. The movement, led by the online services trade ...

In a recent Fashion Week recap from the editors of Vogue USA, Creative Digital Director Sally Singer stated that bloggers who are paid to turn up at the event and change outfits every hour are “heralding the ...

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including BBC News, The Times, Huffington Post UK, BBC Essex, Good Housekeeping, Money Management, INDEPENDENT, Daily Mail, POCKET GAMER and the Sunday Herald.   ...

A few weeks ago we published a media spotlight with entrepreneur, digital marketing strategist and publicist Natasha Courtenay-Smith. Following the launch of her highly anticipated book The Million Dollar Blog, we’re thrilled that Natasha will be ...

Chris Hewitt, CEO of public relations company Berkeley thinks most press releases are boring and in need of a desperate shake-up. In a new Berkeley whitepaper Chris pinpoints the common mistakes PRs make and presents ...

At a time when British sport is riding high in the general publics’ affections, largely following the huge successes of Team GB in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the national game (football) is ...