The Widget blog is featured in this week’s Media Updates and covers retailing, distribution and consumer electronics. Author Mark Needham talks to Cision about anonymous callers and Jason Calacanis.  Why should people read the Widget ...

We’ve finally reached a point in publishing where ‘digital first’ is no longer news but ‘print first’ is. At the Publishing and Media Expo, John P. Garrett spoke about Community Impact Newspaper and what it ...

Here’s my weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Enjoy! Mobile devices are reshaping the digital landscape by Rory Mallon via NewsReach‘UK consumers are more digitally-engaged than ever before and so brands need to ...

Crazy Horse Gaming is the subject of a Blog Spotlight in this week’s Media Updates.  Why should people read your blog?   We are aiming to be great UK based site that covers the latest news ...

Superdrug’s new blog Look At Me is the subject of a Blog Spotlight in this week’s Media Updates. Editor Viola Levy talks to Cision about her favourite blog, guest posts and PRs having a thankless ...

The magazine ABCs were published last week and though they point to the declining circulations of many publications, 13 of the 100 biggest sellers have managed to buck the trend. Though the ABCs are the ...

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 ...

Happy heart day all! Here is two weeks’ worth of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Understanding the digital consumer by @ggalat via Econsultancy‘With more channels and ways of shopping at our disposal, the behaviour of ...

VIKBeauty is a Blog Spotlight in this week’s Media Updates. Author Victoria Koko shares her blog habits and how she likes to work with PRs.  Why should people read your blog? If you’re after a ...

Jonathan Pryce talks to Vuelio about beards, working with PRs and how London is better than Paris. Jonathan Daniel Pryce is a freelance fashion and lifestyle photographer, and a digital marketing consultant. He described his combination ...

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’ ...

Just Opened London is a new website that recently launched in beta. Based on the idea that city guides become quickly dated, the website lists restaurants, bars, hotels, exhibitions, fashion outlets, property and many other ...

Over 500 million people have a Twitter account, more than one billion people use Facebook and owning a smartphone is becoming a necessity. How has moving our lives ‘online’ changed the way in which we ...

Cision is celebrating after winning its fifth CODiE Award in as many years. The latest, for Best Media and Information Monitoring Solution, recognises Cision as: ‘The best solution for capturing and analysing content, editorial opinion ...

Here is my weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Pinterest introduces news feature to make content easier to discover by Polly Becker via The Wall ‘Pinterest has revamped its activity feed and launched a new ...

Andy Jarosz is a freelance travel writer who talks to Cision about taking days off, poking a volcano and looking like Nicolas Cage.  Andy’s appears on BBC Travel, MSN Travel and National Geographic Traveller. Previously ...

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 weekend is nearly here but in the meantime I bring you my weekly comms news round up curated via @CisionUK. Google reinforces crackdown on ad scammers by @Jessdaviesmk via The Drum‘Google has warned it ...

Max Wooldridge talks about compulsively checking his inbox, being a voyageur poet and Cate Blanchett playing him in a film. Max Wooldridge is a freelance travel writer whose work appears in the Mail on Sunday, ...