My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Tips to enhance B2B digital strategies by Natalie Dold via Econsultancy ‘Don’t get me wrong—some in the B2B sector really get it, such as Dell, American Express, GE, among others. But why is it that so many B2B executives feel that digital marketing won’t help them take [...]
With an online paywall protecting its content, can The Press Awards hauled in by The Times last night be seen as recognition of its business model as much as anything else? Scooping Newspaper of the Year and News Team of the Year, as well as being highly commended for Sports Team of the Year (losing [...]
When deciding to produce quality or chase quantity, publishers are left with a difficult decision. The seminars and services at the Publishing & Media Expo, while varied, all drew a similar picture of the industry and the challenges most organisations are facing. Companies offering digital services for print publications were the most common sight in [...]
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 consume information, and what impact will this have on newspapers? A title at the forefront of this change is the [...]
Easter bank holiday is around the corner, so here is an early comms news round up curated from @CisionUK. Happy easter! A paywall alternative? Google launches revenue-generating surveys by @SarahMarshall3 via journalism.co.uk “Google has launched a new microsurvey option, promising revenue-generating opportunities for online news organisations. The internet giant claims the data collection service could [...]
Finally Friday! Which means it is time for my weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. Financial Times launches internal award for journalists by @rmcathy via journalism.co.uk “The Financial Times has announced the launch of a new internal award for its journalists, offering a first prize of £5,000 and second prize of £2,000, funded [...]
In the first of an end-of-year series, Media Updates editor Jo Bowles chooses her top 10 UK media stories of 2011. 10. Liverpool Daily Post becomes a Weekly Post After 156 years, the Liverpool Daily Post announced plans cease publication of its daily edition and move to a weekly frequency. It was the latest and [...]
Better late than never! Two weeks’ worth of comms news curated from @CisionUK. YouTube to launch 100 online TV channels by @marksweney via Guardian “YouTube has unveiled its latest challenge to the TV industry with the launch of 100 online channels of original programming from partners including the Wall Street Journal, Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and [...]
My weekly pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. YouTube enters UK online film rental market by @DanFareyJones via Brand Republic “YouTube has launched a movie rental service in the UK, offering more than 1,000 full-length feature films.” Top 100 engaging brands on Facebook – a new metric by Ed Thompson via fresh networks “Earlier this [...]
Last Friday Cision’s release of the Social Journalism Study squeezed out my weekly roundup of comms news, curated from @CisionUK. Better late than never! Here we go. How the BBC lost 60,000 Twitter followers to ITV by Tom Callow via THE Wall. “Back in March, I wrote this piece looking at the ownership issues around [...]
