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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Some have taken to Twitter to complain about the most egregious phone calls and emails.

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Maxim Behar: Social media is the realm of free speech, which makes our world better

Maxim Behar

Maxim: First, I'm surprised there's such a day because every day should be a day of freedom of speech, especially now that we have social media. Everything has changed in the last twenty years, mostly thanks to social media. Now we have 4 billion publishers worldwide, which means 4 billion people who own media.

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Journalists Love Twitter, and if Your Job is Media Relations, You Should too

Sword and the Script

If you work in PR and have responsibility for media relations , then you have in a sense, a professional obligation to be on Twitter. Ways to use Twitter to Earn Media Coverage Later this month, I’ll be part of a roundup of PechaKucha presentations for the Social Media Club of Atlanta.

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What's to Like about Twitter's Rebrand

Mindful Marketing

Many have similarly berated Twitter’s unexpected rebranding, which won’t be as easy as the unappealing patio shade to retract, but are there actually things to like about “X”? Regardless the timing or the reason, to say the response to Twitter’s rebrand has been critical is certainly an understatement.

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The #PRStudChat Community Discusses PR, Twitter & Politics on Tuesday, October 11th

Deirdre Breakenridge

With the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign being coined “The Twitter Election” there is no question that Twitter is topical. Together, we’ll be diving into Twitter and whether social media is altering or impacting the messages we receive. How many different ways can Twitter work as a political “platform”?

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How Has Social Media Disrupted Public Relations

5W PR

For several years now, the mainstream news channels, including newspapers and TV broadcasts, are no longer the main industries for breaking news stories – especially if it means keeping up with any new developments to those stories in real-time. This is no longer the case. Disruption in Relationships. Deadlines in the Blink of an Eye.

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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. Check out which social media platforms journalists are turning to, how they’re using them and why: 1.