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 ...

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 ...

Executives from News Corp, publishers of The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, have visited Downing Street more times than any other company in the UK in recent years according to a recent report ...

Sajid Javid has promised that today’s white paper will ”set out serious, lasting, long-term reforms that will boost housing supply immediately and for many years to come”. Strong words from the Secretary of State, but ...

Death has always been a taboo subject, but Louise Winter has made it her life’s mission to challenge and change people’s perception’s about death. Despite forging a successful career in the media industry, Louise decided ...

The Manchester Evening News was pranked into publishing a fake news story about a “naked streak” supposedly taking place in the city to raise funds for the Manchester Pride Community Fund. The fake story was ...

Advertising spend in the UK is set to increase over the next 12 months despite continued uncertainty over Brexit. However, any hope that the struggling newspaper and magazine sector will benefit from this positive financial ...

The Blue Walrus (TBW) was created in 2006 by digital entrepreneur Tim Dickinson, to share his passion for eclectic new music and post monthly mixtapes which others could enjoy. Now alongside his team of music ...

Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler has issued guidance to his agency staff on how they should cover US politics under the Trump administration. In a post on the Reuters site, Adler commented on the work the agency ...

The Beauty Run was created in 2016 by Digital PR Specialist Malika Isles. Conceived as a platform to inspire and empower women through fashion and beauty, The Beauty Run is a blog and online boutique ...

The anonymous nature of the web, particularly online forums and social media networks, has for many years served to embolden an army of whistle-blowers, concerned-consumers and, at the other end of the spectrum, Internet Trolls. ...