School’s off, sun’s out, work’s slow and Facebook is brimming with smug travel updates (down to photos of the last eaten meal), because it’s that time of the year when Britain is on summer holiday. ...

PR is a paradoxical profession. On one hand the industry earns its living by managing client reputation, and on the other, it is terribly lacking in defining its own identity among other marketing disciplines. This ...

Exotic cocktails waiting to be had, cheeky shoppers showing off their spoils, a half-eaten slice of apple strudel and freshly manicured nails (in the metallic hues that are all the rage) are just some of ...

If rumours are to be believed then footballer of the year GarethBale will soon be sporting the Real Madrid jersey, marking a world transfer record pegged at £100mn. The real winner though is bwin, the online gaming and betting company ...

In just under a year, Netflix Inc. went from being a DVD-shipping company to a market leading video sharing service, outpacing leading television networks and bumping its share value threefold on the way. How? By ...

‘Please turn off all personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones… but don’t panic yet, you may tweet your take-off experience within moments of connectivity at 12,000 feet off the ground.’ How’s that for ...

Recently unretired musician James Blunt came to the media’s attention yesterday when his new single ‘Bonfire Heart’ was emailed to a large number of people. Trending on Twitter, it appears half the discussion came from ...

Mad Men fans will probably remember the ‘you show me your pitch, I’ll show you mine’ episode in season six that culminated in a merger between the rival ad firms of Don Draper and Ted ...

Woodthorpe Comms has launched a new ‘guided’ service aimed at start-ups that want to try PR out for themselves. As more people take their futures into their own hands during the economic turmoil, Woodthorpe Comms ...

Shall we publish it? Post it? Print it? Tweet it? Or Pin it? Does it require links, likes, retweets, or +1s? Gordon Kelly reveals the technologies that PRs should know how to use and, more ...

Cision’s Breakfast Club with Emma Gosnell, deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph’s SEVEN magazine, and Charlie Byrne, editorial assistant at The Times’ LUXX magazine, is now available online. The videos give insight into working with ...

A key factor to the success of any story is how influential the person telling it is. Different journalists have different levels of influence and for PRs it is important that they choose the right ...

Finally there’s a new way to show off what you’re eating. Just when fatigue was setting in for still images of food, Twitter released Vine – the do-it-yourself, six-second ‘here’s how I prepared my dinner’ ...

Britain’s ‘Summer of Sport’ is still rippling through the news, with a recent report suggesting sports sponsorship is going to receive a boost in 2013 thanks to London 2012. The report reveals Paralympic and women’s ...

The Global Social Journalism Study 2012 is available to download. The study is created in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University. Dr Ágnes Gulyás and Kristine Pole explain the study, their views on journalism and social ...

As a communications professional, you’ll already understand the value of PR in raising the profile of your business, but how easy is it to demonstrate that to your colleagues? Cision’s latest whitepaper explores the ways ...

Last week Philip Sheldrake, author of The Business of Influence, managing partner at Euler Partners and chair of the CIPR’s measurement and evaluation group, joined Cision’s Jay Krall for a discussion about social business and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...