The PRCA’s Communications Management Standard (CMS) is an industry mark of quality and excellence, which can now be used by npower after passing the audit. Focusing on standards and best practice, the CMS was originally ...

Comcast has announced a bid for Sky, rivalling the existing 21st Century Fox bid and threatening to dramatically reduce the Murdoch’s influence on the UK media landscape. Fox already owns 39% of Sky and has ...

The headline isn’t a joke. Kylie Jenner managed to wipe over $1bn off Snap’s market value (that’s BILLION), with a single tweet. But everyone seems to have missed the key point. We talk a lot ...

Relevance International has made two London-based appointments as it continues to grow around the world. Anita Gryson has been appointed associate director and Alice Lacey has been appointed account director. Relevance International specialises in luxury ...

This week’s Five Things includes the billion-dollar power of Kylie Jenner’s tweets, Corbyn’s media attack, the Westminster council lobbying story, KFC’s chicken crises and the Guardian’s new media editor.   1. Kylie Jenner wields the ...

Stuart Masson is The Car Expert. Featuring in the Top 10 UK Automotive Blogs, The Car Expert covers car news and reviews as well as focusing on financing and buying new cars. We spoke to ...

Paul Hadley is the author of Motor Verso, a Top 10 UK Automotive Blog. Covering the hottest cars and latest rides, Motor Verso has built a huge following from visually stunning content. We spoke to ...

Lisa O’Keeffe is the brand manager at Day Out With The Kids, the family adventure planning service and network. The site aims to make it as easy as possible for families to find great days ...

Social media is often seen as the death of traditional media, as more people go online for their news. The ease with which competitive news sites can be created – coupled with low advertising rates ...

KFC has dominated headlines this week due to a delivery problem causing a chicken shortage. The latest news is that stores are reopening, but for some people’s hunger, it’s already too late. The issue arose ...

The Guardian has announced the appointment of its new media editor. Jim Waterson is joining the paper from his role of political editor at BuzzFeed UK. Jim has been with BuzzFeed since 2013, when he ...

Logan Paul’s controversial video, in which he showed a suicide victim and joked about the experience, catapulted vlogging into the public’s conscience and raised questions over moderation, censorship and quality control.  YouTube changed its rules, ...

Last week, Tom Daley and his husband Dustin Lance Black announced that they’re expecting their first child. Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn then wrote a piece headlined ‘Please don’t pretend two dads is the new ...

This week’s five things, includes misconceptions about influencer marketing, Unilever’s digital ads threat, the consolidation of Ogilvy PR, Max Mosley and Google’s adblocker. The public doesn’t understand influencer marketing A survey has found that 71% ...

People don’t like change, and nowhere is that truer than on social media. Whenever a platform makes a change, no matter how insignificant, there is a backlash. But for Snapchat, that backlash has come with ...

Max Mosley is reportedly attempting to use data protection laws to stop the press from talking about his past and accusing him of personally funding the Government-backed press regulator IMPRESS (a charity his family trust ...

GDPR becomes law on 25 May. That means every business will have to change the way they handle personal data – from getting consent for email newsletters and using information from social media to cold ...

Usually we’re discussing the issue of fake followers, but this week another issue has come to light – fake influencers. The Blogger Agent, an agency that connects brands and influencers, published a tweet warning about ...

Unilever, the giant multinational with brands including Marmite, Persil, PG Tips and Dove, has threatened to remove its digital advertising from platforms that fail to appropriately deal with content that ‘creates division in society and ...

Trinity Mirror buying the Express, Theresa May’s press review, Facebook’s age issue, Poundland’s banned ads and John Humphreys – are you up-to-date with everything that’s happened from the world of PR, media and communications? Here’s ...