When Sutton United’s 24-stone goalkeeper, Wayne Shaw, scoffed a meat pie live on TV during his team’s FA Cup clash with Arsenal, PR professionals fell over themselves to distance themselves from the “car crash” PR event. ...

Back in the glory days of print (less than a decade ago), The London Evening Standard published five separate editions of the newspaper, keeping the news fresh throughout the day and extending the shelf life ...

Described as a brand developer and marketer who loves ideas, Karan Chadda founded Evolving Influence in 2014 to develop marketing frameworks, analytics and content that help build stronger businesses. As the director of Evolving Influence, Karan has ...

Ann Pilkington is the director of the PR Academy, which offers a wide range of courses for people working in public relations and as well as CIPR accredited diplomas in public affairs and crisis communication. Ann first ...

Marketing Week, the leading UK trade magazine for the marketing industry is abandoning its weekly format and going monthly. The move is part of a long-term strategy by publishers Centaur Media to move away from ...

Facebook has helped transform Channel 4 News from a niche news operator into a global media brand. However, the transformation has come at a cost to the organisation and unfortunately many of the numbers don’t ...

Mark Zuckerberg has posted a lengthy manifesto responding to criticism of Facebook and outlining his vision as to how the platform can work to repair ever increasing polarisation. This has done nothing to dispel rumours ...

UK Social Media Editor for BuzzFeed News, Andy Dangerfield, has worked in journalism for the past 10 years, holding roles at prominent media outlets including BBC Breaking News, Panorama and Newsnight, before moving to BuzzFeed ...

When the poet Alexander Pope said: “To err is human, to forgive is divine” he clearly wasn’t talking about the PR Industry. It seems the humble PR professional is not allowed to make mistakes. The ...

Julian Assange’s Twitter account has sprung to life after lying dormant since 2012. While the only account he follows is WikiLeaks (which he is rumoured to run), his following has grown by tens of thousands ...

This week’s Media Updates covers moves and changes at news titles including Daily Mirror, Scottish Sun, Daily Express, Reading Chronicle, Romford Recorder, Gardens Illustrated, Men’s Running, REFINERY29, FourFourTwo and Professional Engineering   News & current ...

Political Communications experts have hailed the appointment of The Daily Mail’s political editor James Slack as Theresa May’s official spokesperson as “a super smart move”. According to PR Week, a Westminster source said: “He’s come ...

Facebook is on a mission to stamp out fake news on its news feeds and disrupt the business models that facilitate it. Nick Wrenn, Facebook’s head of news partnerships for Europe, told journalists that while their minds ...

A new report from anti-fascist organisation Hope not Hate has identified UK blogging and social media platforms as an emerging platform for the alt-right, while traditional networks, such as the English Defence League, are fragmenting. ...

The world’s highest paid YouTube star PewDiePie has been dropped by Disney over allegations of anti-Semitism, after several videos he released were found to contain Nazi references or anti-Semitic imagery. PewDiePie’s association with Disney comes ...

News UK, publishers of The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, is offering aspiring journalists and digital developers the opportunity to attend an expenses-paid, week-long summer school. The summer school will be open to ...

Be on time, keep promises and never, ever lie. This sounds like sage advice from a doting parent as their child embarks on a new career. These “wise words” were amongst the common sense advice ...

The Daily Mail has been banned by Wikipedia editors as a source unless in exceptional circumstances. The news group has been branded ‘generally unreliable’ in an unprecedented move which is highly unusual for the online ...

Johnston Press, publisher of newspaper titles including The Yorkshire Post, The Scotsman and The i, have released an optimistic trading update despite a continued decline in the revenues. While revenues, which included a boost from the ...

When you think of hyperlocal news outlets, you probably think about tiny publications and websites covering the towns and villages left behind by mainstream news publishers. However, one hyperlocal title is making a big splash ...