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Why Facebook & Google Can’t Afford to Legitimize Fake News Sources

Cision

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. Brands like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are doing nothing to prevent it, resulting in a very confusing and convoluted media world.

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How Social Media Is Paving a New Path for Journalism

Cision

More than half of journalists surveyed in Cision’s recent Social Journalism Study believe that they would not be able to carry out their work without turning to their social media accounts for help. recently announced that Facebook accounts for 43 percent of traffic to media sites, beating out search engine giant Google.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

The Charitable Journalism Project studied seven regional communities in England and Wales through a mix of interviews and focus groups. Advertising has shifted to internet mediated platforms such as Google and Facebook, and print sales have declined. Neither has been replaced by a sustainable model. Rumours are commonplace.

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Modern Journalism: What You Need To Know To Keep Up In Today’s World

Masters in Communications

Today's journalism is a far cry from what it used to be. In the past, you received the majority of your news and information from your local newspaper published every morning. Add in a few national newspapers, and that was it. Newspapers are still around today, but we have so much more to go along with them.

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Will quality journalism become extinct?

PR in High Definition

This week, the News Media Association (NMA) wrote to ministers to say that it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to fund quality journalism, and the diversion of advertising revenues is to blame. Marketing spend going to the likes of Facebook and Google doesn’t cease to increase whilst newspaper advertising revenue plummets.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

The Charitable Journalism Project studied seven regional communities in England and Wales through a mix of interviews and focus groups. Advertising has shifted to internet mediated platforms such as Google and Facebook, and print sales have declined. Neither has been replaced by a sustainable model. Rumours are commonplace.

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Is Media Relations Dead?

Bianchi Biz Blog

the number of media outlets has dropped by almost 60 percent since 2015, with the lion’s share of the decline coming from the daily newspaper ranks; The number of reporters has dropped significantly as well, with U.S. Bona fide, respected, independent media outlets carry a much higher authority ranking with Google.