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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. Perhaps none have been affected more than print newspapers. Hinds is optimistic that the newspaper industry can take advantage. “We It’s a business challenge, not a reader challenge.”

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

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Communicators Can Help Americans Vote in 2020

PRSay

3, Americans will cast their votes for President and for state and local candidates. Communicators have “a lot of great partners out there” who can help provide their employees with local voting information, said panelist Kelly Mason, director of corporate communications at Levi Strauss & Co.,

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Meet the Media: Mary Gannon, Editor-in-Chief of Fluid Power World & Senior Editor at Design World

Bianchi Biz Blog

I have been in journalism or PR for 25 years — I went to Boston University for journalism and upon graduation, I worked as a business reporter for a local daily newspaper on the outside of Cleveland. After a few years hiatus doing community PR, I entered technical publishing when I was out of a job for a few months.

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 11) “I get my clients, who are experts in their fields, into newspapers, magazines, online publications and on TV and radio.”. 15) “Help employees understand what is going on in the company, and help executives talk to employees.”.

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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

Cision

For me, it was a unique opportunity to see the special relationship between PR, business and the communities where “making dreams come true” was more than just a tagline. Creating platforms for employees and customers to have a once-in-a-lifetime experience and be involved in the Olympic movement was really very special. .

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All Hotels Need a PR Plan

5W PR

In small communities near a significant tourist attraction, there are built-in approaches that can be shared on websites and social media. Offer them something special for doing so – maybe five free postcards or two-for-one coupons to a local bakery. Do something special after they leave.

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