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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Employment for public relations specialists will expand to 282,600 in 2026, up 9 percent from 2016, according to projections from the Labor Department. Meanwhile, jobs for reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts are forecast to decline 9 percent to 45,900 over the same period.

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PR and journalism—we’re in this together

Agility PR Solutions

It’s predicted that journalist jobs will decrease by 9 percent from 2016 to 2026. The cry that “the media is dying” has been echoing for years now, but the latest data from the Labor Department (as recently reported by Bloomberg) is especially dire. When they leave the newsroom, where are all these professionals be going? […].

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Mary Meeker on the rise of the internet for marketing and public relations

Stephen Waddington

1 An Internet connected world by 2026. Mark 2026 down in your diary as the year when everyone in the world is able to get online, based on current adoption rates. #2 The rise of ad blocking was the story of Meeker’s 2016 report. I’ve worked my way through the 355 page report. Here are my highlights. #1

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Media relations is getting harder…much harder (but here’s a few tips for how you can get more stories placed)

Communications Conversations

What’s more, employment prospects for PRs will expand even more to 282,600 by 2026 (up 9 percent from 2016) according to projections from the Labor Department. Media is outnumbered: PR Pros now outnumber journalists by a factor of 6 to 1. This ratio has doubled in the last 10 years. PR pros say so themselves!

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General Motors – Going Electric, Going for Broke?

Mindful Marketing

In 2016, Bloomberg estimated that GM lost $9,000 on every all-electric Chevrolet Bolt it sold, and in 2019, the company halted production of its Chevrolet Volt hybrid car. Both of these short-circuits likely contributed to projections that EVs would account for just “ 5 percent of the automaker’s total production by 2026.”

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