Patrick Rowley is the only journalist to cover both London ’48 and London 2012.  Tomorrow, Patrick will receive an award from the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for being one of the few journalists to ...

Last month we published an analysis showing social media mentions of adidas and Nike after looking at a report into people’s awareness of Olympic Games sponsors. Since then Nike launched its ‘find your greatness’ London campaign ...

Tim Burt, writing in his book Dark Art: The Changing Face of Public Relations, comments on the emerging challenges facing the PR industry: “A number of [public relations] agencies are reconsidering their models and staging ...

Since last week we have finally had a bit of summer. Unfortunately it seems to have turned but at least it is Friday and here is this week’s comms news round up curated via @CisionUK. ...

Asian Global Impact (AGI) is a new monthly publication that aims to highlight the growing impact of Asia (Middle East, Central Asia, Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia) on the rest of the world. The outlet will ...

  Ultimate Scottish Football is a new online publication aiming to bring fans in-depth reporting and exclusive interviews from every level of football in Scotland. Editor Andrew Jenkin spoke to Cision about the decision to ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. TV and press ad revenues ‘to fall by more than £350m this year’ by @marksweney via Guardian “Sir Martin Sorrell’s Group M estimates that TV and press ...

Hackney Weekend was this year’s Big Weekend festival held by BBC Radio 1 at Hackney Marshes in east London. As the London 2012 Olympics are also being held in East London, Radio 1 made this ...

This week we’ve launched our latest white paper, packed with great advice for PRs. Now available on our website here, this provides invaluable advice for smarter working without hours of research. We’ve got tips on ...

Kate Sutton began her lifestyle blog, WitWitWoo, after graduating from university in 2010. Upon discovering Twitter, Kate was able to network with like-minded people, submit work to other publications and build a solid readership and ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Enjoy! Proving social media success is all about analytics by Richard Beattie via Econsultancy “The elusive social ROI. Executives demand it, marketers search for it. But it’s ...

Last night saw 20 awards and 28 commendations presented at the Online Media Awards. The evening was in the plush Emirates stadium and the improvement on last year’s ‘basement’ location was highlighted as an example ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Happy belated midsummer! Nike becomes first UK company to have Twitter campaign banned by @marksweney via Guardian “Nike has become the first UK company to have ...

Earlier this week New Media Knowledge published new research into people’s awareness of Olympic Games sponsors. 40 people had been asked to list any Olympics sponsors they could think of. Adidas was in the lead ...

Liz Jarvis has been announced as the new editor of Cruise International, the UK’s only cruise-focused consumer travel magazine. Cruise International is a bimonthly newsstand title with high production values. As editor, Liz will be ...

NeverSeconds is a blog that until last night was ran by nine-year-old VEG, real name Martha Payne, and her dad Dave. The tagline ‘One primary school pupil’s daily dose of school dinners’, sums up almost ...

Friday is here and so is my weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Facebook app store launches by @JoshHalliday via Guardian “Facebook has launched an app store, similar to that for the Apple ...

Gavin Atkin is currently a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in health topics. Gavin started his medical writing at Pulse and then went on to edit The Practitioner for 14 years. He moved to the ...

Friday came around quick this week. Here is my weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Happy weekend! It’s personal: mobile marketing & the radically changing face of consumer interaction by Michele Turner via New ...

Happy Jubilee weekend All! This week’s comms news round up curated via @CisionUK. Twitter tracks users’ movements across web by @Emmabarnett via The Telegraph “In an email sent to its users today about changes to ...