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5 Insights From The Best Emails Newsletters in Financial Services

Contently - Strategy

Email newsletters are a particularly useful tool for financial services companies, especially if you’re writing about personal finance. Because of email’s inherent intimacy—it’s just you, your subscriber, and a secret list of every other BCC’d subscriber—financial services content marketing can really shine.

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Financial Times needs to know Thomas Cook didn’t need better communications advice

Stuart Bruce

Reading the review of Trust Me, PR is Dead in the Financial Times my jaw dropped when I got to this line: “Recently, tour operator Thomas Cook was criticised over its handling of the death of two children during one of its holidays: it did not need to overhaul its business model, it needed better communications advice.”

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Beyond the Press: Navigating the Diverse Landscape of News Channels and Platforms

The Proactive Report

The industry’s financial fortunes and subscriber base have been in decline since the mid-2000s, and their website audience traffic has begun to decline as well. Newspapers Newspapers are a still a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hit hard as more and more Americans consume news digitally.

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Surviving in a Pay-to-Play World

Journalistics

Media ethics forbid this, but advertising packages often come with editorial opportunities, access to journalists, or advertorials. Do you completely disagree and believe journalism ethics are alive and well today? Paid stories disguised as editorial. Is there a separation between editorial and advertising? Let me know.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

Tackling fake news and disinformation: an ethical issue that strikes at the heart of practice 6. Tackling fake news and disinformation: an ethical issue that strikes at the heart of practice The great hope of the web was that it would democratise the publication and sharing of information. Representing the public that we serve 4.

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Copyright Compliance for PR Professionals: The Basics

Critical Mention

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” Understanding the ethics of sharing. Many have paid financial penalties.

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Copyright Compliance for PR Professionals: The Basics

Critical Mention

Search for the definition of copyright, and you’ll find that it’s “the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.” Understanding the ethics of sharing. Many have paid financial penalties.

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