Marc Lourdes
Digesting news, the new Yahoo! way
A recently-launched news aggregation app called Yahoo! News Digest aims to give readers a snapshot of what's happening in the world in a fun and cool way. Edwin Yapp speaks to Yahoo! News Digest South-East Asia managing editor Marc Lourdes to find out what it is all about.
Yahoo-MAS award-winner disqualified, runner-up declared champ
The short film 'Accepted,' originally the top-placed entry for the Yahoo-Mas Cili Padi Awards 2013, has been disqualified and the first runner-up 'Sly' declared the new winner, organisers of the inaugural awards competition said in a statement.
Yahoo takes on the big guns with its own ‘shorties’
Yahoo! Malaysia is seemingly taking on big guns like YouTube and luxury car-maker BMW by launching its own awards competition for short movies, in partnership with Malaysia Airlines (MAS), as well as TGV Cinemas and KRU Studios.
Disrupt on media relations: Know your audience, do your homework
Startups and PR agencies seeking coverage should do their homework on the media outlets they want to approach so as to better pitch their stories, DNA Disrupt panellists said.
Disrupt: The science and art of media relations
As my colleague Gabey Goh announced on June 11, the Disrupt panel discussion and networking event on June 19 will focus on the science and art of media relations, with its theme ‘Rules of Engagement: Media Relations 101.’
