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Privacy Protections Spur Companies to Collect Personal Info on Consumers, Build Profiles

PRSay

New privacy protections from tech giants and governments threaten to staunch the flow of user data that companies have long relied on to target consumers with online ads, The Wall Street Journal reports. Illustration credit: golden sikorka ].

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6 Things Cybersecurity PR Pros Should Do To Stand Out

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Does it excel in enterprise data security for the private sector or are government contracts the goal? From massive breaches and ransomware attacks, to election security issues and data privacy concerns, the sheer volume of stories makes news monitoring essential. React to breaking news.

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News media in 2022: Reuters Institute Digital News Report

Stephen Waddington

It covers business models, audience strategies, journalism practice, regulation, and future technologies. Three-quarters (75%) of respondents say they are confident about their company’s prospects for 2022, though fewer (60%) say the same about the future of journalism. However, it’s a double-edge sword.

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Who Is Fighting Fake News? [article]

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

has radically changed journalism and public relations , two industries that rely on the free exchange of information and ideas. The online communications revolution has unleashed a Pandora’s box of disturbing problems that threaten privacy, democracy — even the concept of objective truth. Government regulation?

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Apple’s PR Showdown

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Journal reported that Apple’s internal communications team uncharacteristically sent reporters “favorable third-party reports about the company,” including five studies since the start of the year. Apple, usually in the driver’s seat when it comes to media relations, turned a tad defensive. At least for now.

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Meet the Media: Molly Boigon, Tech and Innovation Reporter at Automotive News

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m particularly interested in the new and interesting ways automakers are designing and outfitting the user interface, and some of the potential issues — distraction, data privacy and additional costs for features, among others. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Is it time to Rethink our Faustian Bargain with “Free”?

Flack's Revenge

It is the reality that Internet culture has given us today; where content is there for the taking, to be riffed on, often ripped off, repackaged, bookmarked, collated, aggregated, discovered, linked, shared and curated; in which content is commoditized and journalism has been torn asunder.

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