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Print news media is dying

Stephen Waddington

Print news media under threat is not an exclusive. We consume news through TV, mobile apps, PC and social media. Print new media challenge Ad-funded newspapers such as The Evening Standard and The Metro are the exception, not the rule. The print is dying debacle is an issue for people working in media relations.

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Digital Newsrooms: USA Today Talks Mobile & Social

Cision

In a world where people rely more and more on their mobile devices to get them through the day, newsrooms are reinventing themselves to keep readers informed. Jeff Dionise, Beryl Love , Patty Michalski and Susan Page provided attendees insightful pitching tips. Q: What’s the current role of mobile and social on newsrooms?

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

Sword and the Script

However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. The feature “enables organizations to gather on-the-fly insights from global print, broadcast and social media platforms, contextually analyze specific brand mentions or trends, and perform language translations.” It was a very humbling experience. Reddit data.

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Is Your Press Release or Media Pitch Guilty of Information Overload?

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Media relations and PR pros must heed Godin’s advice or suffer the consequences of being ignored, or worse, getting blocked by a journalist when trying to pitch them. Journalists already have to juggle and master information management – especially when you consider that many are receiving over 100 pitches a day. Watch word counts.

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USA Today’s Tips for Pitching to Get News Coverage

Cision

Gannett’s flagship brand, USA Today, has reinvented itself over the past five years to stay relevant to its increasingly mobile-focused readers. Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world. — Beryl Love.

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Can Print Still Flourish in The Age of Digital? An Interview with Star Tribune Magazine’s Sue Campbell

MaccaPR

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Recent headlines provide brutal evidence: Condé Nast announced last December it was shutting down the print version of Self magazine to go online-only. Long Live Print”!

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Meet the Media: Mary Gannon, Editor-in-Chief of Fluid Power World & Senior Editor at Design World

Bianchi Biz Blog

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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