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Shaping Media and Advertising in 2025: Key Shifts on the Horizon 

5W PR

The media and advertising industries are poised for significant transformation in 2025, driven by evolving privacy regulations, advancements in artificial intelligence, and the rise of new media channels. As brands increasingly adopt RMNs to meet consumers where they’re ready to buy, the opportunity for innovative storytelling is vast.

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Advertising is Dead—Exploring the Future of Paid, Owned and Earned Media

Cision

If advertising as we know it is truly dead, what’s next for paid, earned & owned media? The study, The End of Advertising As We Know It , warned marketers that billions of dollars were going to be moved out of traditional advertising in 2017. Owned Media Requires Great Storytelling.

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How Storytelling Connects Paid, Earned, and Owned Media

Onclusive

Breaking down silos between Paid, Earned & Owned media through continuous storytelling. Today, advertising, corporate content, and social content is often separated,” Owyang wrote, “but tomorrow, we expect these circles to converge and overlap, with little or no separation.”. The new continuous storytelling cycle.

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4 Reasons To Add Customer Storytelling to Your Marketing Mix

Contently - Strategy

But fear not; there’s a secret weapon that can lift your brand above the noise: customer storytelling. While there are countless reasons why customers should be at the center of your marketing strategy, here are the top four reasons customer storytelling will help your business.

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The Art of Emotional Storytelling in PR: Building Lasting Brand Connections

5W PR

This emotional resonance doesn’t happen by accident; it results from carefully crafted storytelling strategies that put human experiences at the center of brand communications. Creating Characters That Connect Strong emotional storytelling needs characters audiences can relate to and root for. Consistency matters.

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Why Advertising Isn’t Dead

Cision

Therein, James McQuivey, a principal analyst at Forrester drilled into a report which explored that CMOs will reduce their spend, on display advertising by as much as $2.9 Opposed to counter that agreement directly, I want to take you down the road of history to see how advertising continuously renews itself.

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Does Data-Driven Storytelling Threaten the Role of the Communicator? #CisionWorldTour Toronto

Cision

While technology continues changing every industry I can think of, many communications and public relations professionals hold tight to the more poetic side of storytelling. There’s nothing wrong with holding on to the art of storytelling. Connecting Data and Storytelling. Who saw it? How much time did they spend on the story?