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Let the Sun Shine: Restricting the Press Restricts Markets

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I’d recommend reading the whole story, but a few things stood out to me: “More journalists than ever were in jail last year and the number of media workers killed rose by a third compared to 2019”.

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Print newspapers still drive best ad engagement in Canada

Agility PR Solutions

Do newspapers still have ad power? They sure do in the Great White North, according to a new study from News Media Canada, which found that printed newspaper ads engage Canadians more than any other medium, print or digital. The post Print newspapers still drive best ad engagement in Canada appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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General Election 2019: Two sides to every story

Stephen Waddington

In this guest post I asked agency owner and Conservative Party campaigner Graham Robb to write about this experience of the 2019 General Election. Here is my take on some of the PR points from the 2019 campaign. The main campaign image Stephen Dunn didn’t intend to be the face of the 2019 election, but he was nevertheless.

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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. Trend #4: Local news has a capital shortage. Impact: This comes to no surprise to anyone who follows local news.

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What good is an earned media placement if no one can read it?

Communications Conversations

In fact, according to one Wired article , 76 percent of American newspapers used a paywall in 2019, up from 60 percent just two years before. At the end of 2019, the Dallas Morning News had just over 35,000 paid digital subscribers. And, it’s not just the New York Times’ of the world either. streaming services.

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Depressed and depressing: the state of UK news media

Stephen Waddington

There’s not much good news for UK media in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. Media coverage of Brexit is impacting the mood of the nation according to Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. News media in pain Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital.

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Meet the Media: Jordyn Grzelewski, Autos & Business Reporter at The Detroit News

Bianchi Biz Blog

Several months after I left my job at my hometown newspaper, The Vindicator , I got some texts from friends who still worked there with some ominous-sounding news. At the end of a Friday in June 2019 the staff was informed that the paper would be closing after 150 years in business. years covering local communities and later business.

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