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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms. Declining advertising dollars, low subscription numbers, and the emergence and disruption of digital have all contributed to the financial hardships affecting many Canadian news publications.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Hong Kong – Asia’s World City

Bianchi Biz Blog

As one of the world’s leading international financial centers, it boasts a prime geographical location, a gateway to Mainland China, and acts as a conduit for global enterprises looking to tap into the vast Asian markets. This includes print newspapers, digital news sites, television, and radio stations.

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Newsprint in pain as COVID-19 bites, so what’s next?

Stephen Waddington

A perfect storm of distribution and falling advertising revenue is a blow to the newsprint business after two decades of battling the shift from print to digital. Advertisers have pulled campaigns, either because businesses have themselves been impacted by the crisis, or they simply didn’t want their brand appearing alongside COVID-19 news.

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What’s Going On With Media – And How Does It Impact Your Public Relations Strategy?

Stern + Associates

Ad spending – the historic lifeblood of mainstream media – has plummeted as people spend more time on social media platforms where advertisers can reach them directly. Local media has been eviscerated, and now many iconic national and global outlets are hurting badly. adults get their daily news : social media.

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General Election 2019: Two sides to every story

Stephen Waddington

The photo was featured in every newspaper the next day and even placed on the cover of the manifesto. Boris, visible in your local area We should not underestimate the power of local media. Boris, visible in your local area We should not underestimate the power of local media. So it proved in the North of England.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

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Journalism and News Trends for PR Pros

Cision

Subscriptions and advertising are down for most media, and there is no single model that can replace them across the sector. Its UK office announced that it’s starting to cover more local news. Vice magazine, originally a local magazine in Montreal and best-known for local coverage and shock journalism, grew into Vice Media.