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Is Media Relations Dead?

Bianchi Biz Blog

Is media relations dead? In fact, a recent article in the BusinessWire Blog called Media Outlet Availability on PR Efforts , by Christopher S. Penn, Chief Data Scientist with TrustInsights.ai, cites some revealing statistics about the shrinking number of media outlets and the challenge for PR and media relations.

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Media Relations Is Not Dead Nor Is It Dying

Waxing UnLyrical

My public relations career began with media relations. Although I’d never recommend someone go through the “boot camp” experience I had, it did teach me how to secure media opportunities quickly and make them stick. As you can imagine, I’m a big proponent of media relations. Media relations can be tough.

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No, PR’s Not Dead Yet. Doing Just Fine Thanks! But Try Again Next Year

Flack's Revenge

Many wish to continue to write off public relations and kick it to the curb – by coldly saying that the profession and/or its trappings are dead. First it was gripes about the press release, and in the latest example, a report that tech PR is dead, which I just read in Inc. Is the Press Release Truly Dead?

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Will Princess Kate video put an end to royal communications mess?

Mark My Words

The Washington Post Mark Borkowski, a public relations and crisis consultant, told The Post that the palace communications team was “struggling with the age of social media where any news vacuum is filled with the most ridiculous theories … like ‘Kate is dead’ or ‘it’s being covered up’ or that she was ‘abducted by aliens.’

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Five Important PR Lessons Agency Pros Have Learned From Their Mentors

Remote PR Jobs

Originally seen on Forbes The media and public relations field is constantly evolving to meet the demands of the modern digital world. We asked a group of them to share the most important thing a mentor has taught them about PR and media strategy, and why that advice has held up throughout their careers. Anas Ghazi, Kantar 2.

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ICON 2023 Q&A: Talking Crisis Communications With Amazon’s Barbara Agrait

PRSay

Today, she is the s enior PR manager of global media relations at Amazon. I worked for law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security for a long time, so I am accustomed to dealing with crises — from bomb threats to airplane and freighter hijackings and unfortunately, to people washing up ashore dead. Responsiveness.

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The Evolution of Earned Media: Navigating Change

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

With the so-called ‘collapse’ of major digital news outlets like Vice Media and BuzzFeed and the much-hyped decline of traditional news, then earned media no longer matters. Securing earned media is still the highest priority for most public relations professionals. And it’s not just public relations.

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