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Newspapers remain a political campaigning tool: question everything you read

Stephen Waddington

Newspapers are about as useful as campaign leaflets as a form of electoral scrutiny. The reach of the print media is much diminished since the 1990s. Media oligarchy The right-wing newspapers in the UK are controlled by a small number of people. It's The Sun Wot Won It" appeared on the front page of The Sun on 11 April 1992.

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

Stephen Waddington

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. In the first month of the crisis Facebook reported an increase of 50% in usage of its services. Print accounts for 80% of UK newspaper revenues and digital 20%.

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Depressed and depressing: the state of UK news media

Stephen Waddington

News media in pain Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. Popular newspaper brands have suffered double digit falls in print circulation with the Daily Star (-18%), Daily Mirror (-13%), and Daily Express (-12%) hardest hit.

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What PR Success Looks Like In A Data-Driven World

PR Insiders

Sometimes the confusion lies around these same people’s very good understanding of the value of direct-response advertising, which is designed to get instant results by encouraging people to take some sort of action right now. The ROI of publicity isn’t as instant or as cut-and-dried as advertising. Case closed. Or vice versa?

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. It grew eventually into a tech-based email list that was free for users with an advertising model. The change will take effect on April 2, 2024. Small text ads – written by Shankman – were included at the top of every email.

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

Newsfile

Media monitoring tools scan various sources (print, online, social media, TV, radio) for mentions of specific keywords or brands. Social media monitoring involves tracking brand mentions, conversations, and sentiment across social platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.). What is Native Advertising? sponsored posts).

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Letter from Newcastle via New York: content resonance and digital exclusion

Stephen Waddington

Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. It’s the story that has played out over the past two decades as advertising revenues have shifted from print to online. Facebook and Google account for almost 60% of the online advertising market. This isn’t news.

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