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Hold the front page: the news business remains a work in progress

Stephen Waddington

PR spotted the opportunity to create and publish owned content, alongside earned, working with traditional media. In time it also turned its attention to shared and paid, as search and social media advertising and promotion matured. It’s been a defining opportunity not only for the media but also for the PR business.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Second, structural issues in the mainstream media as it continues to transform to digital should be a concern for all practitioners.