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Newsprint in pain as COVID-19 bites, so what’s next?

Stephen Waddington

The COVID-19 crisis has hastened the structural changes already underway in newsprint media. A perfect storm of distribution and falling advertising revenue is a blow to the newsprint business after two decades of battling the shift from print to digital. Long form, reflective and specialist journalism also appear to be robust.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

He published a paper called PR 2020 on behalf of the CIPR in 2011 that examined the future of PR. The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. They are all issues that will occupy us all in 2020. Here are the headlines. Issues in practice 1.

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Maxim Behar for “24 Chasa": "PR crisis management became routine"

Maxim Behar

We were about thirty enthusiasts, PR, marketing and advertising specialists, mainly from Europe, but obviously there was a need to gather at a high level, because in just three years we were already 250 people from all over the world and the forum created its own life, again in Davos. Are they only dealing with crisis PR in this sick time?

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

Having the ability to calculate the equivalent advertising value of stories arranged through media relations allows PR pros to prove their worth to organizational decision-makers. These media placements also provide a third-party endorsement for an organization’s message — something that owned media does not achieve.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

Growth of independent journalism. “We Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives will be incredibly important, but when the next crisis hits, consumers will be reminded to look back on major brands that only paid the topic lip service. This was up from 50% in 2020.”. The trend is moving in this direction.

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13 stories about the future of news

Stephen Waddington

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020 is a challenging read. COVID-19 boosts news consumption across all mainstream media (except print) The COVIDA-19 crisis has substantially increased news consumption for mainstream media. The future of news is complicated. There are no easy answers. Print is down but digital is booming.

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5 Steps to Creating a Strong Brand

Critical Mention

For example, The Wall Street Journal reported McDonald’s has created a loyalty program and advertised a series of combo meals that were backed by top artists such as Travis Scott, BTS and Saweetie to increase sales and attract more customers. A strong brand should offer something that distinguishes it from competitors.

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