PRSay

JULY 1, 2022

About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. When we published the first “Public Relations Handbook” in 1967, the notion of social media, influencers, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, podcasts and search-engine marketing did not exist.

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MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For a terrifically funny example of spin, watch the 2005 movie, "Thank You For Smoking.". Considering how he mistreated his direct reports, disrespected and intimidated constituents of the organization, blasted the local news media, and valued bulldozing as his favorite leadership style, I responded, "Then give me something to work with!".

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Stuart Bruce

DECEMBER 29, 2014

She’s currently the chair of Global Alliance (the confederation of the world’s major PR and communication management associations and institutions), but has also been president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (in fact under her leadership we finally achieved chartered status).

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MaccaPR

MARCH 7, 2016

When your brand is mapping its media outreach strategy, it’s easy to get hung up on the usual suspects: public relations, paid advertising, social media and content marketing. According to statistics from the American Society of News Editors, print news staffing fell by 65 percent from 2005-2015.

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Stuart Bruce

MARCH 19, 2015

The central premise of the book is that every area of modern life is being transformed by changes in society, driven in a large part, but not wholly so, by social media. Can you remember who Time magazine’s person of the year was in 2005? Robert believes the future is Public Leadership. I disagree.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

And, how can companies better work with the media in the years ahead? There is such a large news content hole that needs to be filled between newscasts, websites, social media, etc. Media still need content. PR professionals still need earned media to promote priorities. We still need each other.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Started in 2005 as “The Wall Street Journal this Morning,” and nearly shuttered amid a reorganization in 2014, the show got a second life with an acquisition by Compass Media Networks. There are a handful of superior podcasts that I find broadly educational and consume habitually using iTunes on a regular basis. TED Radio Hour. (~60

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