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Pew Study Finds Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News

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A new survey from Pew Research Center revealed that Americans prefer to watch the news rather than read it by a ratio of 47 to 34 percent, marking only a minimal change from 2016’s study, which tallied 46 percent of respondents as news-watchers to 35 percent as news-readers. Radio is still a popular medium.

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Five new social media trends that all marketers should know about

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Over the last month we’ve seen ‘likes’ disappear (but only partially), radio stations launch and platforms giving users the autonomy to choose the way in which they consume content on social media. According to the study, the platform found that ‘people want more flexibility’. TikTok is set to launch a radio station.

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The Top 50 #GoldenGlobes Social Influencers on Twitter

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The following list was pulled during the 73rd Annual Golden Globes on January 10, 2016. BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) January 11, 2016. Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) January 11, 2016. VOGUE.CO.UK (@BritishVogue) January 11, 2016. Nina Garcia (@ninagarcia) January 11, 2016. Nerdist (@nerdist) January 11, 2016.

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MediaPulse | A Weekly Media Round-Up

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Some industry stories we’re following this week: The Big News: Hillary Clinton announces her 2016 presidential campaign via social media , followed by Marco Rubio a day later ( The Huffington Post ) and ESPN reporter Britt McHenry is suspended for a week after video of her bad-mouth outburst with a towing attendant goes viral ( NBC News ).

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5 Ways to Reach New Audiences Through Tech Innovations

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These numbers may not be everything marketers are hoping for, but consider this: It took the telephone 45 years to penetrate half the homes in America; radio, less than 20; color TV, 15; computers, 10; cellphones, eight; and the internet, a mere six years. This growing device mesh leads Gartner’s list of strategic technology trends of 2016.

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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)

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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. Lean on trends, research and case studies. Before joining the Life Time communications team I was a journalist for about five years across radio (WJON-St.

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22 PR Rock Stars of the Future

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In addition, she’s helped lead the AHPR campaign to highlight UO alumni and US Olympians Ashton and Brianne Eaton on the road to Rio for 2016 called What’s Your Gold? She has even found time to study politics and culture at Kingston University in London. She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews.

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