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The State of the News Media 2015

Journalistics

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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The State of the News Media 2015

Journalistics

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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Are we still over-relying on media relations?

Communications Conversations

But, a number of stats and reports lately (not to mention consumer behavior trends in general) have got me thinking: We may be well past the tipping point. Meanwhile, print circulation numbers among the nation’s largest newspapers are plummeting. photo credit: “BS” on newspaper box via photopin (license).

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The State of the News Media 2015

Journalistics

More consumers are accessing all kinds of websites via mobile devices than from desktop computers. What’s surprising is how slow news organizations are adapting to the rise of the mobile consumer. They hit the site, consume the content they were looking for, and move on to the next shiny thing that catches their attention.

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The Power of the African-American Audience

Beyond PR

Communications professionals are aware of the importance of targeting, for example, the considerable number of Hispanics who prefer to consume media in Spanish. The fact is companies that ignore African Americans risk missing out on an increasingly affluent, well-educated and well-connected group of consumers. percent, up from 59.3

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Are we really on the right side of the digital divide?

Communications Conversations

According to a 2013 Pew Internet study , only 46 percent of Americans 65 and older had access to a smart phone and broadband internet in 2013. But, has social media given you information you couldn’t have consumed in a classroom, by reading a book, or by sitting down with a good, old-fashioned newspaper?

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The Queen is dead, long live the Queen – Who needs PR?

Mark My Words

To use Robert Thompson’s words: “Rebekah will lead a great team at News UK into the digital future, while maximising the influence and reach of our newspapers, which remain the most informative and successful in Britain and beyond”…blah blah blah. The question is does the real world of the mass consumers care about RB re-appointment?