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Shep Gordon: “Make Parents Angry”

Doctor Spin

However, contrary to popular belief, there’s no concrete evidence that this incident received national TV coverage or front-page newspaper attention. link] His life and career were the subject of the 2013 documentary “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon,” directed by Mike Myers. 3 SickThingsUK. The Billboard Incident. In Wikipedia.

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Will India See a Rise in Digital PR?

Waxing UnLyrical

Ed: A version of this post originally ran on September 20, 2013 on Vikypedia.in. dollar (as of December 1, 2013). Apart from the usual layoffs, cost reduction, and restructuring, we have seen newspapers and magazines getting thinner, TV stations cutting back on programming, and several publications and channels are on the block.

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House of Style: Q-and-A With AP Stylebook Editor Paula Froke

PRSay

Froke, who is based in Philadelphia, has been the Stylebook’s lead editor since 2016 and a member of the Stylebook team since 2013; she has worked for The Associated Press in various editorial roles since 1984. Of course, many of those texting, tweeting, messaging, blogging, etc., Language and usage always have been evolving.

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3 Facebook Features That Benefit The Media

Cision

Now, 63 percent of users (up from 47 percent in 2013) log into their accounts to get the news. Per the social media giant’s blog , the program will be available to publishers of any size, located in any country on April 12. When Facebook first launched, users searched for classmates and dorm room friends. Why the shift?

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Fear, Change and the Future of Communications

Solo PR Pro

The blog is dead, long live social media! Boston: Pearson, 2013. The advent of the newspaper in the 17th century has had a long lasting impact on our culture. Yet, the invention of the radio in the 20th century, very likely had experts declaring the death of the newspaper as a communication tactic.

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Are we really on the right side of the digital divide?

Communications Conversations

If you read this blog, you are most likely a part of what some call “the digital elite.” According to a 2013 Pew Internet study , only 46 percent of Americans 65 and older had access to a smart phone and broadband internet in 2013. ” This means you have easy access to the internet. You own a smart phone.

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A PR Perspective on the Demise of Gigaom and a Few Words on Tech Media

Ishmael's Corner

You can see an example of this in how she covered one of our clients back in 2013: “I’ve been amped up about SuVolta for a few years now, and am excited that its technology is gaining ground with big name companies such as ARM. In the meantime, she started blogging with her first post titled, “ Wait. Was I Just Fired? ”.

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