How’s your pitching? Are you reaching the most relevant media contacts in the right way? Or perhaps your relationships with journalists never seem to fully develop? One man who knows what a successful pitch looks ...

This week’s Five Things You Shouldn’t Have Missed includes BBC star pay, Facebook’s fine, the billion-pound tussle for Sky, the Twitter-follower purge and the Build-A-Bear promotion. 1. BBC salaries The BBC has released its annual ...

The BBC has announced a raft of changes to its political programming, including a new daily political programme to replace Daily Politics. The new 45-minute programme is titled Politics Live and will be presented by ...

Relationships and trust are at the heart of everything we do in PR and communications. Without the right relations with the media, PR and comms would not be able to function, and vice versa. Before ...

Channel 5 News wants people at the heart of all of its stories says Jack Leather, digital editor, when asked what makes a good story and a good pitch to broadcasters. He added, talking specifically ...

Want to go one better than England? Score six quick PR goals in the next 90 minutes AND keep a clean sheet. 1. Research, research, research No journalist, blogger, member of the public or politician ...

Facebook is changing. We already know that teenagers are leaving the platform in droves, but now a study has revealed that fewer people are getting their news from social media, which is the first time ...

Paul Dacre has announced he is to step down from his role of editor of the Daily Mail, after 26 years in charge. The media giant will become chairman and editor in chief of Associated Newspapers ...

This week’s Five Things includes the journalist who did(n’t) die, the world wide web, Madeley vs Williamson, accusations against the Evening Standard and the end of Roseanne. 1. Arkady Babchenko Arkady Babchenko is the Russian ...

Following the launch of the third edition of #FuturePRoof, a special edition focusing on healthcare comms to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS, we are discussing what wider lessons can be learned by the ...

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY. This week’s top five things you shouldn’t have missed includes Cambridge Analytica’s demise, Sainsbury’s PR mistake, Elon Musk’s sales call, the end of The Wright Stuff and the latest Kanye Kontroversy. ...

David Higgerson, digital publishing director at Trinity Mirror Regionals, recently tweeted about his company’s attempt to measure the success of content in a new way. In doing so, he provided the PR industry with a ...

Much to Amber Rudd’s delight there have been other news stories this week. But with Prince Louis, historic scenes in Korea and Trump’s announced visit on Friday 13 July – you probably missed some of ...

The publisher of the Guardian and Observer has announced that it is on track to break even this year – in line with its three-year plan. Guardian News & Media halved its losses in the ...

We recently caught up with Mark Taylor, editor in chief at the newly launched Radar Magazine. Mark reveals what goes into launching a new and niche magazine, including international launch parties and a lot of ...

At the beginning of February, Trinity Mirror agreed a deal worth £126.7m to acquire the publishing assets of Northern & Shell. Assets included the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and OK! among other titles. ...

Sarah Shaffi is a freelance writer who was recently appointed books editor at Phoenix magazine – the lifestyle brand for freethinking modern women. Sarah speaks to us about juggling roles, targeted pitching and having books ...

This week we’re not mentioning Arsene Wenger leaving Arsenal as it isn’t really a media, marketing or PR story (though it will be when the Arsenal brand inevitably gets scrutinised after their manager of 22 ...

Ofcom has launched seven investigations into programmes on RT, relating to content broadcast in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning. The regulator is deciding if the programmes, broadcast between 17 March and 16 April, have ...

Following the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the Daily Mail ran a story under the headline ‘MURDERERS – the Mail accuses these men of killing. If we are wrong, let them sue us’, with pictures of ...