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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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Prediction: 50% of media relations positions will be eliminated in 10 years

Communications Conversations

And Facebook wasn’t even a thought in Zuck’s mind. But, look how much has changed in 10 years (keep in mind, in 2007, the iPhone was invented). daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. Mainstream media still dominated the landscape. A whole lot, methinks.

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Maxim Behar in Kamen Vodenicharov's show "The Evening of." on 7/8 TV

Maxim Behar

Our guest has had a remarkable career beginning as a newspaper correspondent. In the past 30 years, I have met many editors-in-chief of publications and newspapers, but I haven’t called any of them asking to do me a favor and publish something. Maxim: 2 cents worth of Work Affairs, which was a big newspaper. Seychellois travel.

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PR: Less Elitist Than Ever

Maxim Behar

Instead, he would have been saving money to run an ad in the local newspaper or on local radio, or he would have been trying to befriend some local journalist and chug a couple of tequila shots with him in the bar to get him to write something about his business. Now, it has over 2 billion, plus a great variety of new functions and options.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

Advertising has shifted to internet mediated platforms such as Google and Facebook, and print sales have declined. The number of journalists has fallen by a quarter from 23,000 in 2007, to 17,000 in 2018. It has given rise to so-called ghost newspapers produced by groups such as Newsquest and Reach.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

Advertising has shifted to internet mediated platforms such as Google and Facebook, and print sales have declined. The number of journalists has fallen by a quarter from 23,000 in 2007, to 17,000 in 2018. It has given rise to so-called ghost newspapers produced by groups such as Newsquest and Reach.

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