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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

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Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Some have taken to Twitter to complain about the most egregious phone calls and emails.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

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In the PR strategies toolbox, the practice of media relations gives PR practitioners an opportunity to distinguish themselves while also giving their organizations an edge over the competition. As earned media, stories placed through media relations efforts are cost-effective.

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

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Back then, when we first published the “Public Relations Handbook,” reaching out to the media was relatively straightforward for PR professionals. There were newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade publications, TV and radio. Daily newspaper circulation in the United States has fallen from its height of 61.8

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4 trends in journalism and what they mean for the PR industry

Communications Conversations

Media outlets are fragmented and politcized. Today I thought I’d take a look at some of the macro-level trends happening in the media industry and their impact on us, as PR professionals, in the coming years. dropped by 23% between 2008 and 2019. For PRs, that means supplying more content to our media friends.

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2015 State of the News Media Report

The Proactive Report

Pew Research released their 2015 State of the Media report this week. The percentage of Americans who have listened to a podcast in the past month has almost doubled since 2008, from 9% to 17% by January of 2015. Newspaper ad revenue declined another 4% year over year, to $19.9 And the major takeaway is mobile, mobile, mobile.

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Message in a Bottleneck: How to Reach Your Fragmented Audience

PRSay

What about 2008? million in 2008 and 18.6 The same thing has happened with newspapers. That means the credibility boost that comes from third-party media placements remains critically important. You often have to help the media do that. New types of non-media platforms that will eagerly share your message.

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Meet the Media: Cristina Commendatore, Editor in Chief of FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

That was my first experience really using social media and the publication’s website to break news and keep residents in the community informed. Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer.

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