This week’s Five Things includes YouTube’s new payment rules, Tesco’s Clubcard criticism, the Fake News Award, a Dublin hotel that’s banned bloggers and Big Narstie presenting the weather. 1. YouTube payment rules The Logan Paul ...

We are delighted to be supporting this year’s Creative Shootout and providing finalists with an ‘Influencer Hotline’ during their creative process. The Creative Shootout is an annual competition that presents a charity brief to the ...

According to the latest monthly ABC figures, The Times has now overtaken The Daily Telegraph in circulation, with the former up 1.3% month-on-month and the latter down 14.2%. As reported by Press Gazette, The Times ...

Donald Trump has been promising the ‘Fake News Awards’ for a couple of weeks, and after it was postponed once, excitement reached fever pitch last night as the anticipated time finally arrived. So is the ...

At Prime Minister’s Questions, Theresa May faced questions from MPs on the Carillion collapse, the NHS and the devolved powers. We present the word cloud for Theresa May’s answers at PMQs on 17 January 2018. Carillion ...

Sarah Pinch and Anne-Marie Lacey Anne-Marie Lacey, managing director of Filament PR, has announced the appointment of Sarah Pinch as non-executive director. Sarah has been a director of communications in a number of organisations before ...

Paul Lamkin and James Stables have launched The Ambient, a new site dedicated to smart homes. A sister publication to Wareable, which covers wearable tech and the ‘connected self’, The Ambient will focus on smart ...

The Emergency Alert that was accidentally sent to Hawaiians on Saturday was caused by two options on a drop-down menu being too close. As part of the morning routine at Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HEMA), ...

The Guardian has been redesigned and its print edition is now tabloid format. As ever with change, the new look, masthead, colour scheme, font and size has divided the public, with some believing the it ...

Today is apparently the most depressing day of the year. Don’t let this Monday’s bad PR get you down, take a few minutes to work through our tip list and defeat Blue Monday. Created by Sky ...

This week’s Five Things You Shouldn’t Have Missed from the world of media, PR and comms includes YouTube’s response to Logan Paul, Facebook’s news feed changing, Steve Bannon, the Daily Mail and Virgin Trains argument, ...

A round-up of the latest political headlines, including Trump cancelling his visit to the UK, Nigel Farage’s second Brexit referendum, Government ordering illegal migrants’ accounts to be closed, and a threat to the Royal Marines and ...

The House of Lords last night defeated the Government after Baroness Hollins tabled an amendment to the Data Protection Bill pushing for the second stage of the Leveson inquiry. The second part of the Leveson ...

In the first Prime Minister’s Questions of 2018, Theresa May faced questions from MPs on the NHS, Brexit and the reshuffle. We present the word cloud for Theresa May’s answers at PMQs on 10 January ...

Kimberly Duran is the author of Swoon Worthy, which won the Best DIY & Interior Design Blog at the Vuelio Blog Awards 2017. A self-confessed maximalist, Kimberly loves colour and print and big bold designs. ...

This week’s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    Government Departments HM Treasury National Infrastructure Commission – Lord Adonis resigned as Chair. Prudential Regulation Committee – David Belsham reappointed as an external member. Financial Conduct ...

Carrie Gracie has stepped down from her role as China editor at the BBC after accusing the public broadcaster of ‘breaking equality law’ and ‘resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure’. In an ...

Peter Preston, former editor of the Guardian and a journalism giant, has died at the age of 79. Preston joined the Guardian in 1963 and went on to become editor for 20 years, from 1975 ...

A reshuffle is not only a chance to fix areas that may not be working, but also promote new talent and increase diversity. You don’t need to be in Government for a reshuffle – great ...

Happy New Year! This is the first Five Things of 2018, covering all the biggest stories you shouldn’t have missed from PR, media and comms. This week including Logan Paul, Elf Behaving Badly, Philip Morris ...