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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

1906–2007 The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. An admittedly arbitrary but still plausibly precise date pinpointing the press release’s death might be November 6, 2007 — the day when Facebook launched its then vastly obscure, and today vastly dominant, Facebook Pages.

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

Like Thomas, I began my freshman year in 2007 at Midwestern State University already knowing that I wanted to major in Mass Communication. Ask them what they know about public relations (and be prepared if the answer is only what they’ve seen portrayed on television). Cambria’s PR Story. Where was everyone else in this industry?

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Why Can't TikTok Block the Blackout Challenge?

Mindful Marketing

In centuries gone by, that influence was limited to direct interpersonal contact and then to traditional mass media like television. ByteDance released TikTok, or Douyin as it’s known in China, in September of 2016. In TikTok’s defense, the Blackout Challenge predates the social media platform.

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The Best Journalism Movies

Landis PR

All the President’s Men (1976) 1977 Academy Award Winner I was in grade school on summer break in 1973, which is when the Watergate hearings were televised. Murrow, during the peak of his career during the early days of televised news. Read on and hit play on any of these gems when you have the chance.

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PR wishes and White House dreams

The Stalwart Blog

It makes sense that many 2016 candidates are slowly revealing themselves on social media, although younger voters may think platforms like Facebook are passé. It cost Hillary Clinton the Democratic primary in 2007 against Mr. Obama. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush went on Facebook earlier this year to announce his super PAC.