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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms. Declining advertising dollars, low subscription numbers, and the emergence and disruption of digital have all contributed to the financial hardships affecting many Canadian news publications.

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

Sword and the Script

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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It’s not OK to hibernate your mind – bringing back creativity for Autumn

PR in High Definition

The phrase is said to have originally been a satirical abbreviation for Oll Korrect (all correct) used by proofreaders in a Boston newspaper during the 1840s, before going viral across the world. Listen to your employees. The word ‘OK’ has been around for about 180 years. Listen to your customers.

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Warren Buffet Underscores the Value of Reputation

Sword and the Script

It may be hard to quantify the value of a reputation but it sure is meaningful when one of the world’s most prominent financiers says it’s important. He told legislators that his message to employees then was: “Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. And probably in 15 minute or less.

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At What Age Must Start Your First Job? Maxim Behar: The Earlier, The Better!

Maxim Behar

Since day one I started working at a local magazine, wrote correspondence for a Bulgarian newspaper, and cleaned streets on the weekend. Given the economic situation in the country, is this the result of their understanding that it’s a more successful career path or pure necessity to support themselves financially from an early age? -

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S&T Live Recap: Health and Wellness Becoming More Important for PR Pros

PRSay

was the guest for the June 23 edition of “ S&T Live ,” PRSA’s free, monthly webinar series on LinkedIn that delves further into topics covered in its award-winning newspaper Strategies & Tactics. Mohammadpour — owner and chief well-being officer of consulting firm Chasing the Sun in Portland, Ore. — We’re on video a lot.

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3 Ways To Help Journalists And Help Yourself In The Process – Part 2

PR Insiders

At News & Experts, we’ve had great success providing the media with content that is written like a newspaper article. For a financial professional, we might write an article with the headline “5 Ways to Save More for Retirement.”

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