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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. Television remains the most popular way Americans receive news, though its use has fallen since 2016.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

There are thousands upon thousands of web, print, audio and video outlets, and as we’ve all become acutely aware, many of these publishers spread misinformation and extremely polarizing political content. The company might view the coverage as unfair, but it is still grounded in legitimate public concerns.

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2016 – A Year in Traditional Media

Shift Communications

So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. On the day of the woman’s retirement party there were four broadcast stations and a number of print/online reporters on-site.

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PReparing for Rio 2016: The Unique Opportunities & Challenges of an Olympic Year with Octagon Olympic & Action Sports’ Drew Johnson

PRSay

We are just about five months away until the world unites and comes together in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Generally speaking, brands have taken a much more diverse approach as to how and when they announce their Rio 2016 programs as compared to recent Games.

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Behind the Headlines With Sharon Ward Keeble

Cision

I wanted to be a writer from an early age and after I completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course when I was 18, I started working for my local newspaper in Cheshire, England, where I lived. Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report found that 93 percent of journalists prefer to receive pitches via email.

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Pitches That Placed: How to Pitch Travel + Leisure

OnePitch

On this week’s Pitches That Placed, we are highlighting a pitch that landed a print-only placement in Travel + Leisure for a new attraction in the St. In November 2016, the __ property became a National Historic Landmark listed on the national registry, which you can see here (search Century Electric Foundry Complex). Louis area.

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Prediction: 50% of media relations positions will be eliminated in 10 years

Communications Conversations

daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. FACT: Local media continues to struggle as well. The 10 pm local news. Consider the facts: FACT: Mainstream media reach continues to wane. SUPPORT: A Pew Research Center study claims that total weekday circulation for U.S.