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How long before brands completely abandon Twitter?

Communications Conversations

Just follow any trending hash tag for 10 minutes–I liken it to the old comment sections in digital newspapers (just one troll after another). It’s not the same Twitter we know from 2009. For you early adopters, think about Twitter of 2016 vs. Twitter of 2009. Some celebs have even bowed out. Not even close.

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Can Johnny Depp bounce back?

Mark My Words

For some fans, the actor’s downfall began in 2009 when he met Amber Heard – 23 years his junior – on the set of The Rum Diary. Newspapers labelled them her ‘girl squad’. The trial lasted 16 days, during which Heard accused Depp of attacking her on at least 14 occasions, between 2013 and 2016, under the influence of drink or drugs.

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PRoust Questionnaire: Andy Green

PR Conversations

From this story, and many others, I acquired my learning that PR is about something bigger, something delivered in your actions, your living and doing as much as your next newspaper clipping. Founder of Flexible Thinking Forum in 2009 and creativity@work in 1998, Andy is also a non-executive director of several organisations.

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A call for a public inquiry into the impact of media and tech on democracy

Stephen Waddington

It’s a response to the impasse in UK politics since the EU Referendum in 2016. Homelessness in England fell between 2003 and 2009. Fake local newspapers The Liberal Democrat Party published campaign newspapers including The North East Fife Gazette, Mid-Hampshire Gazette, and North West Leeds and Wharfedale News.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Way before newspapers, the Romans and Greeks used scrolls, Egyptians used papyrus, and ancient China used a form of paper to distribute information, even if that information was limited to an inner circle of elites or an educated few in those cases. China is credited with starting the world's first newspaper.

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Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other

Sword and the Script

The year was 2009 and I had a very special epiphany that day. Where the major daily newspaper – even the online version – was the single most influential local publication in any American city, today it’s just one among many. This new trend some were calling content marketing had the hallmarks of a soft and subtle pitch.