Cision Appoints Tom Ritchie as UK Managing Director

London, April 13th, 2012 - Cision, the leading provider of PR software, services and tools for the marketing and public relations industry, today announced the appointment of Tom Ritchie as Managing Director of Cision UK.

Ritchie joined Cision in 2002, when he worked as Client Service Manager for PR Top 150 clients. Subsequently he has served as Head of Product Development, Head of Customer Services and Sales Director. His most recent...

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5/18/2012 9:55 AM EST
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Weekly comms news round up 18/05/12 | Cision UK Blog
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How social media is removing the barriers between corporate and consumer brands via @BrandRepublic Brand Republic (reg. to read)
5/18/2012 4:47 AM EST
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Media Updates - UK - 17th May 2012
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These media updates bring you a selection of the latest changes in the UK media landscape. All of these changes are available in CisionPoint. If you have any queries or additional information, please contact our research team at research.europe@cision.com or call +44 (0)20 7251 7220.
5/17/2012 4:34 AM EST
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Journalist Spotlight: Doug Johnstone | Cision UK Blog
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Doug: I always wanted to write in some form. I was in bands and running a fanzine, then started to get music reviews printed in magazines here and there. I decided to quit my office job and concentrate on writing. Did a post-grad journalism course at Napier Uni and started freelancing in music, book...
5/11/2012 9:16 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 11/05/12


Weekly comms news round up 11/05/12
This week's pick of comms news curated via .

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"The jewelry and accessories retailer compared engagement statistics from Facebook and Pinterest visitors to see how their behaviour differed.

It found that after Pinterest has become its number one social referrer, assisting roughly 10% of sales, compared to 7% from Facebook."

by Sa
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5/10/2012 4:05 PM EST
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Top UK Literature Blog and Twitter Rankings
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Resources: Media Updates | Top Social Media | Whitepapers | Cision UK Blog Cision Sites: Global | Investor Relations | CisionWire | JournalistTweet...
5/10/2012 6:13 AM EST
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Journalist Spotlight: Lorna Bradbury, deputy literary editor for the Daily Telegraph | Cision UK Blo
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Lorna Bradbury is the deputy literary editor for the Daily Telegraph, writing mainly for the Saturday paper as well as contributing online content. As a literary journalist with the Daily Telegraph for the past 10 years, she has written extensively on fiction and non-fiction while maintaining her we...
5/10/2012 5:26 AM EST
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Journalist Spotlight: Christina Borg, Literary Desk Manager at the Sunday Times | Cision UK Blog
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Christina Borg is the Literary Desk Manager at the Sunday Times and deals with the day-to-day administration of the exceptionally busy Books section.
5/10/2012 4:26 AM EST
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Top 10 UK Wedding Blogs
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The fundamentals of working with bloggers are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to read their material to learn their interests; and only contact them if/when they want to be contacted.
5/10/2012 4:26 AM EST
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Top 10 UK Wedding Blogs on Twitter
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The fundamentals of working with bloggers are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to read their material to learn their interests; and only contact them if/when they want to be contacted.
4/27/2012 6:48 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 27/04/12


Weekly comms news round up 27/04/12
My wekkly pick of comms news curated via .

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"Last year, Mark Zuckerberg observed that online sharing is growing at an exponential rate with four billion things being shared per day. A “share” should be considered anything from an email, a cut and paste, a shortened URL, or, of course, a photo, and as sharing is fast becoming the currency of the internet, it was natural for Facebook to further embrace the phenomenon. As it gains an estimated 27 extra million users from its new purchase, all eyes will be on how Facebook will take advantage of the increased sharing activity, as well as its access to a new pool of targets."

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4/20/2012 5:58 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 20/04/12


Weekly comms news round up 20/04/12


"However, for the consumer brands and FMCGs on the list having a strong social media presence is an important marketing consideration.

ha
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4/17/2012 5:37 AM EST
Cision UK Breakfast Club #3. Three of UK's most influencial fashion bloggers on a panel discussing PR relations. Enjoy! :)

http://youtu.be/1H5PXLIvx5Y


Cision Frontline Bloggers' Breakfast 4th April 2012
4/13/2012 6:12 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 13/04/12


Weekly comms news round up 13/04/12
Time for another comms news round up curated via .

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"Facebook has bought the photo-sharing application for a

Here's the full statement by founder Mark Zuckerberg "


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4/12/2012 8:00 AM EST
Journalist Spotlight: Samuel Luckhurst, Huffington Post


Journalist Spotlight: Samuel Luckhurst, Huffington Post
Samuel Luckhurst joined the as sports reporter in March 2012, having previously interned for and written a football blog called . Following a BA in English and American literature, Samuel obtained an MA in journalism at Medway's Centre for Journalism where he cut his teeth conducting “vox pops”, editing radio packages, writing for print and online formats “and so on and so forth”.

The Huffington Post will be covering the Olympic and Paralympics Games across all sectors of their website. Samuel says, “It will
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4/5/2012 8:09 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 05/04/12


Weekly comms news round up 05/04/12
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4/3/2012 6:25 AM EST
Journalist Spotlight: Danny Brogan


Journalist Spotlight: Danny Brogan
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4/3/2012 4:37 AM EST
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Cision Webinar: CisionPoint Best Practices
See how CisionPoint, our multi-award winning PR workflow solution, can help maximise your campaign results.
3/30/2012 7:07 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 30/03/12


Weekly comms news round up 30/03/12
Finally Friday! Which means it is time for my weekly pick of comms news curated via .

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"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 by current and former reporters."

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"In th
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3/30/2012 5:59 AM EST
Review of The Guardian Open Weekend - March 24-25th 2012


Review of The Guardian Open Weekend - March 24-25th 2012
The officially led the way within the newspaper industry last weekend by hosting . The National newspaper opened its doors and welcomed over 5,000 people into their offices at King’s Place to participate in a series of debates and workshops, which can only be described as a once in a life time experience.

The festival, held over the course of two days on the weekend of the 24<sup>th</sup> March 2012 was a fantastic opportunity for its readers to take part in a variety of discussions, talks, music, food, comedy, poetry and fun. The event kicked off at 10am on Saturday
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3/23/2012 8:53 AM EST
Weekly comms news round up 23/03/12


Weekly comms news round up 23/03/12
Yes... Friday has arrived. Time for another comms news round up curated via .

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&quot;, the online community for B2B marketing experts, has unveiled its latest Benchmarking Report on email marketing.&quot;

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&quot;Brits are becoming adept multi-taskers when it comes to the art of consuming media, according
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3/22/2012 10:28 AM EST
Media Spotlight: Yoga Magazine


Media Spotlight: Yoga Magazine
, a publication specialising in yoga, wellbeing and natural living, launched in 2003 with the initial aim of serving the yoga industry. Sair Mir, Publisher of the magazine says “Since the launch of the magazine, the popularity of yoga has exploded with women across the UK joining local classes and yoga studios. The magazine has been at the forefront of this growth, evolving into a stylish consumer lifestyle and fitness magazine.”

Aimed at upscale cosmopolitan females aged 25 to 45 with high disposable incomes, Sair says “The magazine has responded to our readers, adapting our content and design to reflect their lifestyle and fitness goals, their ethics and passion
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3/22/2012 5:40 AM EST
The Press Awards 2011: Winners Announced...


The Press Awards 2011: Winners Announced...
Honouring the finest contributions to newspaper journalism in 2011, last night saw the luxurious London Lancaster Hotel host the ‘’. Organised by the in association with the Journalists’ Charity and the Newspaper Publishers’ Association, the event is proclaimed as one of the most prestigious in the industry’s calendar. The awards, previously known as the ‘British Press Awards’ was divided into over 30 categories giving recognition to reporters, feature writers, columnists and cartoonists to name but a few.

This year’s big winner was
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3/16/2012 1:23 PM EST
Weekly comms news round up 16/03/12


Weekly comms news round up 16/03/12
I know it has been a while since the last comms news round up. I have been chilling in Ghana for the past two weeks but now I am back so here we go! This week's comms news curated via .

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&quot;Last year I wrote about the , highlighting the placement of Facebook and Google as all-encompassing, central networks. Fred Cavazza has , and this year’s edition has quite a bi
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