Paul Lamkin and James Stables have launched The Ambient, a new site dedicated to smart homes. A sister publication to Wareable, which covers wearable tech and the ‘connected self’, The Ambient will focus on smart ...

The Guardian has been redesigned and its print edition is now tabloid format. As ever with change, the new look, masthead, colour scheme, font and size has divided the public, with some believing the it ...

The House of Lords last night defeated the Government after Baroness Hollins tabled an amendment to the Data Protection Bill pushing for the second stage of the Leveson inquiry. The second part of the Leveson ...

Carrie Gracie has stepped down from her role as China editor at the BBC after accusing the public broadcaster of ‘breaking equality law’ and ‘resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure’. In an ...

Peter Preston, former editor of the Guardian and a journalism giant, has died at the age of 79. Preston joined the Guardian in 1963 and went on to become editor for 20 years, from 1975 ...

Happy New Year! This is the first Five Things of 2018, covering all the biggest stories you shouldn’t have missed from PR, media and comms. This week including Logan Paul, Elf Behaving Badly, Philip Morris ...

Instagram has released its stats of the year 2017, with top hashtags, celebrities and most-Instagrammed cities. But beyond the lists of usual suspects, what can this Instagram data tell us about influence on the visual platform? ...

Happy Merry Betwixtmas (maybe)! Some things still happen in the week of television and food, so here’s our round up of Five Things You probably Missed from the world of media, comms and PR. Instagram’s ...

In the week that time forgot, the media headlines may be few and far between but there are still gems in this festive period. From Christmas viewing figures to Prince Harry’s Today programme, here are ...

Our weekly round-up of the biggest stories from media, PR and comms including Twitter’s ban, lists of the year and a very funny video. Twitter suspends Britain First Twitter updated its policies around hate speech, which ...

Our weekly round-up of the biggest stories from media, PR and comms including the mother of all acquisitions, UCL’s white campus and the words, and terms, of 2017. 1. Disney to buy 21st Century Fox’s ...

Fran Unsworth has been appointed director of news and current affairs at the BBC. She will replace James Harding, who announced  his departure in October, at the beginning of 2018. Unsworth is a career BBC ...

Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of Guardian News and Media, has revealed that the Guardian will be relaunched next year in tabloid format. Viner was speaking to Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show. From 15 ...

These week’s Five Things includes the biggest night of the blogging year, Trump’s tweets and Hopkins leaving the MailOnline.  1. The Vuelio Blog Awards Sure, they were last Friday but they were so epic that ...

In a memo to staff, Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti has announced cuts to staff as part of a reorganisation of the business. Around 100 jobs will go at the firm, including losses from the UK ...

Another Budget has been and gone. This time, the Chancellor announced new funding for the NHS, reform of Universal Credit and the scrapping of Stamp Duty against the backdrop of very gloomy economic figures from ...

Marks & Spencer is launching its Christmas advert this evening during the Pride of Britain awards. The Paddington-fronted #LoveTheBear campaign, goes beyond just a 90-second TV spot, with in-store product tie-ins, charitable fundraising and cross-channel ...

‘Fake News’ is the Collins Dictionary word of the year for 2017. Defined by Collins as ‘false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting’, Fake News has taken the political world by ...

This big stories of the week from the world of PR, media and communications, including Snapchat’s warning, Apple’s hire, Piccadilly Circus, Radio 1’s listening stats and Facebook’s publisher experiment. 1. Snapchat’s first ASA warning Geordie ...

Emma Hill is the publisher of His & Hers Magazine and the recently launched accompanying His & Hers Magazine Blog. Launched in 2011, His & Hers Magazine is a lifestyle title in the North West ...