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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

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These are the local publishers getting engagement in the U.S. and U.K.

NewsWhip

We looked back at the local publishers that are seeing significant engagement in two different countries, looking at both the United States and the United Kingdom. . So we decided to analyze the local stories and publishers that are getting the most public interest. Local-national publishers. The top local U.S.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Tokyo, Japan – Premier Destination for Business

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are pleased to share the first in a series of in-depth profiles of a key international market written by one of our PRGN partners. The tourism sector significantly boosts the economy, with millions of international visitors supporting hospitality, retail, and entertainment sectors.

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How an underground high school newspaper led to a 10+ year blog

Communications Conversations

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. And second, school newspapers are in my blood. when I was 17.

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Newspaper Licensing Agency beaten to a pulp by PRCA and Meltwater

Stuart Bruce

Today the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled in favour of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) and Meltwater in their five-year battle with the UK’s Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA). This is a victory for common sense and the CJEU ruling is another great example of why the UK is better off in Europe than out.

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. Later that year I moved to Smyrna, Delaware, for my first full-time journalism job at a local newspaper that was part of a small family-owned chain at the time.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

The traditional notion of “bad press” is negative coverage in a reputable journalism outlet that exposes legitimate complaints about a company — for example, coverage of a shareholder lawsuit, or a scandal about workplace conditions in a local or national newspaper. PR teams have been handling these kinds of events for years.