Steve Newman is a travel journalist and photographer specialising in eco-adventure cruise writing. He has been a travel journalist for over 25 years and has experienced and written about some of the globe’s most fascinating ...

This weeks round up of comms news curated from @CisionUK. YouTube launches music shop by @Jessdaviesmk via new media age “Google is allowing music artists to sell merchandise and downloads directly via YouTube following the launch ...

Neil Perry has been working in radio for nearly 10 years after starting as a freelance news reader while still training in journalism at Bournemouth University. He began with freelance work for the UKRD group ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. YouTube enters UK online film rental market by @DanFareyJones via Brand Republic “YouTube has launched a movie rental service in the UK, offering more than 1,000 full-length ...

September saw the return of Gemma Cartwright as Editor-in-Chief of Catwalk Queen, a blog she started as a student ten years ago when studying Fashion Journalism at University. Following her graduation, Gemma worked as a ...

My weekly selection of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Facebook let brands get closer to users with launch of ‘People Talking About’ metrics by @gordonmacmillan via THE Wall “After shaking up user timelines Facebook is ...

The absence of last week’s weekly comms news round up was due to Cision UK’s research team hard work on publishing some great media spotlights. So todays’ round up is two weeks worth of comms ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Grazia readies biggest-ever issue for London Fashion Week by @Sophie_Maden via Brand Republic “The biggest-ever Grazia magazine in the title’s history will hit newsstands next week ...

The Spirits Business, one of the only global, predominantly trade spirit magazines in existence, was launched by Patience Gould and Daisy Jones in November 2007. Associate Publisher Daisy says “With our extensive net of contacts, ...

Here we go! This weeks pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Digital Impact Awards shortlist revealed via @Communicatemag Communicate “The shortlist for the Digital Impact Awards 2011 has been announced, as a record number ...

Michal Kaczmarski was recently appointed a Senior Reporter and Markets Editor at fDi Magazine, a bi-monthly publication on foreign direct investment published by Financial Times Ltd. Prior to that, he oversaw the day-to-day activities of ...

This weeks picks of comms news curated from @CisionUK. More people consuming TV and internet together, research claims by @DanFareyJones via Brand Republic “More people are getting into the habit of watching television while browsing the ...

Here we go again. Weekly pick of comms news curated from @CisionUK. Will BlackBerry’s association with the recent riots affect the brand? The Marketing Society Forum via Brand Republic “News coverage of last week’s unrest, ...

My pick this week curated from @CisionUK. How to: shoot and edit video on an iPhone by @SarahMarshall via journalism.co.uk “The most useful tool for you as a journalist is often the smartphone in your ...

My weekly pick of comms news curated from @CisionUK. 4 international marketing tips that worked for Asos by @Freedman_ via freedman “Those in international retail marketing would no doubt be very happy to emulate the ...

Last Friday Cision’s release of the Social Journalism Study squeezed out my weekly roundup of comms news, curated from @CisionUK. Better late than never! Here we go. How the BBC lost 60,000 Twitter followers to ...

Here is my pick from this week’s posts curated via @CisionUK. Egmont launches new teen magazine ‘We Love Pop’ by @MaisieMcCabe via Brand Republic “Egmont Publishing Group is to buck the trend in the teen ...

talkhealth, a network of specific patient support forums, is at the centre of the technology-led empowerment of patients now actively sharing potentially life-saving therapeutic information in health social networks. Cision spoke with Deborah Mason, founder and CEO ...

Adam James  is currently the managing editor for Psychminded.co.uk, Director at SPRINGup PR and photojournalist at Ajamesphotos. Since the 1990s he has written for titles such as the Guardian, Independent, Mail, Sunday Telegraph and New Statesman, ...

In a post last month on Business Insider, FirstMark Capital’s Amish Jani made the case for bricks-and-mortal retail as an endangered species.  Stores targeted according to sales performance, with their own P&L, will give way, ...