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, ...

Yesterday Cision UK revised the Top 10 UK Mummy and Top 10 UK Daddy blog rankings and also compared movement with last years top 10s. Today we have compiled a Twitter list of UK Parenting ...

Last Thursday at Communicate Magazine’s ‘Social media in a corporate context’ Cision UK’s own Paul Miller hosted a Q&A panel session with some of UK’s most influential bloggers in their field: urban lifestyle blogger Ollie ...

This week, it’s all about influence. Again. PRWeek yesterday looked at the tools available to PRs for finding digital media influencers, kindly listing Cision’s Social Media Index alongside the likes of PeerIndex and Klout. At ...

It’s a big week here at Cision. On Monday we rolled out a new version of our CisionPoint PR software that we believe is a significant step towards future media relations management. Big claim, huh? ...

The last couple of days have turned out to be a complete nightmare for a number of high profile people protected by injunctions or not. A hash tag #superinjunctions have been used to circulate tweets ...

Gordon Kelly is a London based writer and journalist specialising in technology, music and film. He previously worked for TrustedReviews.com as News Editor. He has experience working in both B2B and B2C titles as well ...

Long term trends see increasing numbers of journalists turning to careers in PR with PRWeek stating that ‘the trickle of journalists moving into PR has become a flood.’ However, bucking the trend, PR-turned-Journalist Gabriella Jozwiak explains ...

Founded in 1906, Anderson & Sheppard is a prominent Savile Row bespoke tailor. In its English Heritage-listed rooms at 32 Old Burlington Street, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford and the late Alexander McQueen have all learnt from ...

Coco’s Tea Party was launched in 2006, by fashion journalism student Ella Gregory. Since then the blog has gone on to attract thousands of daily readers, and in 2010 was listed in The Online Fashion ...

After an extended lay-off, we’re easing back into blogging with a video (vvvv and >>>>) shot at news:rewired, in which Martin Stabe (ex-Press Gazette, ex-Retail Week, now Interactivity Producer at the FT) offers some thoughts about ...

Last Thursday, Cision once again had the pleasure of being involved in journalism.co.uk‘s news:rewired conference . It was my first chance to attend the event, and as a former journalism student it was great for ...

Monday night’s #commschat focused on charities and their use of social media, with Just Giving’s marketing manager, @Salleeann, in the host’s chair. As usual, there’s a full transcript available, but I’ve attempted to pick out some ...

With the end of 2010 rushing toward us, we’ve refreshed our Top 50 UK blogs. The revised Top 50 is of course a reflection of changes in the UK blogosphere since we published our last ...

Just published online as part of PR Week’s Digital PR series: Cision Europe CEO Peter Granat’s views on influence and those who wield it. Here’s a snip: There are a number of factors that makes ...

Since the dawn of PR, practitioners have been looking for one-size-fits-all ROI to prove their worth, in line with (some) other departments. With Equivalent Advertising Values (EAVs) and clip volumes now ‘officially’ derided, the quest ...

Yesterday, we posted our Journalist Spotlight on Ruth Prickett, Editor of Financial Management. Today, Ruth offers some practical advice for communications professionals. Ruth’s Pitching Tips for PRs Financial Management welcomes suggestions for features that are ...

Cision Europe recently reviewed the UK’s financial media industry and produced various rankings across social and print media, including the top 25 UK finance magazines. Top place went to Financial Management, the Chartered Institute of ...

What’s the social verdict on Boris’ Bikes?  September’s On Trend article for Communicate Magazine focuses on just that by reviewing the social media profile of Barclays cycle hire.  Which brand name gets the highest votes ...

An article published this week by Advertising Age entitled ‘RIP, the Press Release – Long Live the Tweet’ has unsurprisingly been causing quite a stir online, with the majority of commentators disagreeing with the author. ...