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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. For the news business, that would extend already sizable declines.

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

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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 About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

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According to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of newsroom jobs in the United States fell by 26 percent from 2008 to 2020. When it comes to realizing the value of media relations, Op-Ed columns in newspapers are the gold standard.

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

Communications Conversations

dropped by 23% between 2008 and 2019. With the majority of newspapers now having paywalls (and more trade pubs every day), the reach of that story you just got placed is extremely limited. Newspapers are struggling. Trend #1: Newsrooms are more barren than ever. Supporting stat: Newsroom employment in the U.S. Will it last?

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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. Eight vacant positions will be left without replacement and 23 “new functions will be created”, according to the newspaper Libération. The change will take effect on April 2, 2024.

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Message in a Bottleneck: How to Reach Your Fragmented Audience

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What about 2008? million in 2008 and 18.6 The same thing has happened with newspapers. What was the most-watched TV show in 1998? No soup for you if you didn’t get “Seinfeld,” “American Idol” and “The Big Bang Theory,” respectively. That was just for fun. million in 2018. And network TV news.

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2015 State of the News Media Report

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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 The percentage listening in 2015 was up two points over 2014 levels (15%). Key trends. Things to consider.

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