This week’s Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.    Government Departments Graham Mather has been appointed has Non-Executive Director on the board of Ofcom at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. ...

As PR professionals you might think we’re already up to our eyes in data but when you compare our industry to our colleagues in marketing, we’re barely scraping the surface. The fact is, in difficult ...

A round-up of all the trending media, marketing and PR stories you shouldn’t have missed this week. 1. DailyMailTV Building on its success as the most popular English-language news site, the Mail Online is launching ...

Kaloyan Konstantinov is a Bulgarian journalist and student at King’s College London. He recently attended newsrewired and was inspired to write about his own experiences as an immigrant looking for a job and the struggles ...

The politics of hate have once again become a burning issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Stateside, a number of CEOs have quit advisory roles at the Whitehouse following President Trump’s position following the ...

The Mail Online is set to expand on its success in the US market, where it has already achieved the status of the most popular English-language news site, with the launch of a new hour-long ...

Social media has democratized influence and media owners are no longer the keepers of the conversations. Content marketing evangelist Jaime Pham wrote for #FuturePRoof on the need for PR’s involvement in corporate social communications. Social ...

Christian Ager-Hanssen, the London-based Norwegian billionaire-owner of the Swedish version of the Metro has bought a 5% share in British regional publisher Johnston Press. Shares in the company, which has been struggling with massive debt ...

Most good PR professionals know how to work the phone and email, constantly pitching to journalists and editors and hopefully getting them to buy into whatever they have to say that particular day of the ...

Shares in Snap continue to decline after recently announcing missed targets on growth vs estimates. So, at a time when the company should be cosying up to Wall Street and reassuring investors, the last thing ...

Elliott Rae is the founder and editor-in-chief of MusicFootballFatherhood.com. The site covers a range of topics around fathers and their interests, with a small team of writers specializing in different areas. We caught up with ...

A round-up of all the trending media, marketing and PR stories you shouldn’t have missed this week. 1. Netflix buys Millarworld In its first ever acquisition, streaming behemoth Netflix has acquired Glasgow-based comic-book publisher Millarworld. ...

The former Chief of Staff to David Davis has taken to Twitter in a scathing attack of the Government’s Brexit strategy. James Chapman, who was also George Osborne’s director of communications and now works at ...

Celebrity chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver has attacked the Government for its lack of PR or comms following the publication of its delayed childhood obesity plan last August. The report, which was published during ...

Americans concerned about fake news are turning to the British media for their version of the truth according to recent research by The Reynolds Journalism Project. Four of the most trusted news organisations are British, ...

Jo Morgan is the Top 10 Education Blogger who writes Resourceaholic. After spending seven years in the city, Jo retrained as a maths teacher and now shares ideas and resources on her blog to make ...

John Sennett is the blogger behind John’s Road to Volunteering who this week is launching the #ILiveItIBlogIt campaign for bloggers everywhere. Celebrating diversity and individuality in blogging, the campaign aims to give bloggers a voice ...

Graduate trainee journalists are leaving journalism in their droves to follow a career in PR due to “copy and paste” practices adopted by many online newsrooms. Speaking to Press Gazette, an unnamed source said that ...

During 2016, the ‘fake news’ phenomenon became one of the most talked about issues relating to journalism and the internet, and its implications on democracy are still very much at the heart of debate today. ...

Jo Addison is a Top 10 UK Family Travel Blogger who writes Kiddieholidays. The blog is designed to provide inspiration and advice about holidays and days out for babies and toddlers. Here, Jo talks to ...