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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. Rereading our original chapter on crisis communications underscores the changes that have taken place in corporate America and public relations since then. million in 1974 to 24.3

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

The financial crisis of 2008-2009 still haunts many of us; Frayed nerves. We live in a world with plenty of corporate fakes: fake press releases , fake web traffic and even fake job postings. And while reasonable people can disagree about the cause, there’s no debating the effect: Depositors lost faith. They lost confidence.

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Three lessons brands can learn from the Hockey Canada Scandal

NewsWhip

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. Good crisis communications teams stay prepared for these kinds of events. But Canadian brands’ swift and decisive reaction to the crisis made sure they, at least, wouldn’t go down with it. . Hockey isn’t just important to Canada — hockey IS Canada.

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After lockdown: the creative agency market

Stephen Waddington

Reorganisation and investment in talent Agency positioning for growth Scaling and corporate development Brexit is done: deal and no deal bring same issues Environment, society, and governance an emerging issue for 2021 Every conversation with marketing and PR agency bosses at the moment starts with the same question about the market.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. It was increasingly filled with queries from corporate bloggers with commercial interests rather than journalists with stories to complete on a deadline. The change will take effect on April 2, 2024.

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PR: Less Elitist Than Ever

Maxim Behar

A tiny portion of PR is designed to serve corporations’ CEOs and senior management. Solving a PR crisis, managing reputation, or building and developing a corporate image, for example, when a merger between companies, especially in the financial sector, is another story.

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In times of crisis, are you able to think on your feet? For the largest banks, the reputational damage from the financial crisis could take a generation to repair. Other parts of the industry were less impacted by the crisis, but always play a sensitive role at the hub of economic activity. What drew you to the PR industry?