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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

Already decimated by staff reductions, many print and broadcast newsrooms have been acquired by large corporations that are often more interested in online clicks and monetizing news than in factual reporting, Todd said. Most affected were local news outlets that are independently operated or owned by small media chains.

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5 Benefits of Media Relations

Landis PR

Targeting audiences PR pros have access to audience statistics on almost any media outlet – digital/print/broadcast/social media/influencers. Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media.

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The Enduring Significance of Broadcast Media: Why TV and Radio Remain Essential for PR Professionals

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SOURCE While the internet and social media have certainly expanded access to content, broadcast media maintains a broader demographic coverage that digital platforms often struggle to replicate. Since 2016, there has been a slight increase in online news consumption and a slight decrease in print news consumption.

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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. The conclusion to the story of the digitisation of news media may only take a matter of months. 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. Blame is directed squarely at social media platforms and the BBC.

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Lockdown letter: brainstorming second order COVID-19 effects

Stephen Waddington

Our local fish and chip shop reopened on Wednesday. There’s a sign on the front door limiting the number of people in the shop for social distancing. Government The digital democracy has been a long time coming - democracy will finally digitise, both in central and local government, and citizen voting.

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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

Perhaps none have been affected more than print newspapers. Across Canada, newspapers ranging from local dailies to national media are dealing with organizational restructuring, as they layoff long-tenured journalists and make changes to employee contracts and benefits. “It