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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. News websites are the next most common source, followed by radio, social media and print newspapers.

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Print newspapers still drive best ad engagement in Canada

Agility PR Solutions

Do newspapers still have ad power? They sure do in the Great White North, according to a new study from News Media Canada, which found that printed newspaper ads engage Canadians more than any other medium, print or digital.

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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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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

Fifty-five years ago, the first “Public Relations Handbook” that I edited was published. Needless to say, a lot has changed in public relations since 1967. Back then, when we first published the “Public Relations Handbook,” reaching out to the media was relatively straightforward for PR professionals.

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Print news media is dying

Stephen Waddington

Print news media under threat is not an exclusive. Jessica Pardoe When did you last read a newspaper? In fact, it’s becoming unusual to pick up a newspaper. Print new media challenge Ad-funded newspapers such as The Evening Standard and The Metro are the exception, not the rule. But you can’t fight digitisation.

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Media trends—which newspapers do readers trust most?

Agility PR Solutions

A new study measuring “trust” among readers of their newspapers-of-choice from Brand Keys found The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal #1 among fifteen papers examined in this wave of research. The post Media trends—which newspapers do readers trust most? appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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What’s Going On With Media – And How Does It Impact Your Public Relations Strategy?

Stern + Associates

But what does all this mean for the media relations component of public relations strategy? And this also means that industry or practice area trade publications are more crucial for public relations strategy, since it’s less about volume these days than it is about hitting the right audience.