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Traditional Media: From Endangered To Extinct

Maxim Behar

In 1999, in an interview with Bulgarian online media expert Justin Toms, I declared that print newspapers would be gone by 2025. Max, you’re going against your livelihood — you started in the press, with the printing press and newspaper ink! And by “press,” I don’t just mean newspapers, but also the actual printing press.

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

Sword and the Script

Acquisitions PR software company Vocus acquired HARO in 2010 for an undisclosed sum. 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.”

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Is Public Relations Management a Technology? [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Around 2010, I worked for a PR software vendor that occasionally rattled the CRM idea, but it never really got traction in the market. In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR. The concept of CRM for PR isn’t new. The announcement seemed to me more of a vision statement than a technology product release.

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Can You Measure PR?

5W PR

Many PR professionals swear by the Barcelona Principles, a set of seven voluntary guidelines created in 2010 by a team of PR practitioners. In terms of the free market, countless billions of dollars are spent on TV, internet and print advertising each year.

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W Bellevue: Where Green Meets Global Glamor, and Where PR Meets Influencers

Barokas

June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. Over the last few months, we have been working with W Bellevue as the team prepares to open its doors to tech business travelers, staycationers, and locals looking for a new place to sip cocktails and unwind.

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W Bellevue: Where Green Meets Global Glamor, and Where PR Meets Influencers

Barokas

June 15 marked a momentous occasion, the Grand Opening of W Bellevue, the newest hotel opening for W since 2010. Over the last few months, we have been working with W Bellevue as the team prepares to open its doors to tech business travelers, staycationers, and locals looking for a new place to sip cocktails and unwind.

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#PR Expanded [Guest Post]: Drawn To The Spotlight, Part 1

Deirdre Breakenridge

I launched my group in May 2010, and with the help of my members we have grown the group into a vibrant and engaged community. In the pre-Internet era, audiences were restricted to a few sources of content — TV, radio, and print — and only a select group of people who were chosen to be heard. My answer was, “No.

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