You’ve probably heard about the surge of so-called "fake news" that took over the U.S. election, and that has completely dominated the current news cycle. Companies are also now finding themselves the target of fake news. And as a PR professional, you're likely...
The word "bleak" has been used a lot in recent years to define the state of Canadian media, as more and more communities find themselves underserved by their media outlets, resulting in a condition some are calling "news poverty". And the outlook doesn't seem to be...
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times: Rome bureau chief Jim Yardley replaces Dick Stevenson as Europe editor; Stevenson's new role is unknown. Greg Winter moves to deputy international editor. Wounds: Barbara Drosey leaves position of...
Notable journalist and media industry moves: Medical Design Technology: Lexie Metzler joins as associate editor of online content and e-newsletters. Entrepreneur: former executive editor Jason Feifer replaces Amy Cosper as editor-in-chief; Cosper leaves publication....
Notable journalist and media industry moves: Newsday.com: business editor David Reich-Hale now reporter covering banking/finance, healthcare, and automobiles. Internet news manager John Callegari to manage business coverage for the website. VICE Media: Matt Phillips,...
Notable journalist and media industry moves: Modern Healthcare: Shelby Livingston, formerly staff reporter for Business Insurance, joins as general-assignment reporter in Chicago. Time: former assistant managing editor Sam Jacobs becomes executive editor of Time...
“F*** it”. The headline donning the front page of Gawker in its last days is fitting, given how the outlet ran for nearly fourteen years. Having declared bankruptcy and been sold at auction, the website which crowd-sourced funds to purchase the Rob Ford crack video,...
With the release of Google’s new video calling app, Google Duo, the news media is abuzz with questions on the implications for competitor services such as Apple’s Facetime. But Laurie Sullivan of MediaPost recently posed a different question: “will the images and...
Facebook announced last week it would tweak its timeline algorithms to weed out obnoxious “clickbait” posts. This is long overdue, as no doubt we’ve all become jaundiced from reading those breathless headlines that populate our screens, even if we don’t actually go...
If a well-thought-out strategic plan is in place and an organization has the capabilities to support it, it will allows the organization to adapt both to opportunities and issues that present themselves. But what does all this have to do with Powerball?
I recently conducted a Twitter poll and asked a simple question: “Do you use a wire service for press release distribution?” One hundred percent of the responses replied no. Actually, there was only one response. So we can discard the scientific validity of the poll....
It’s a pretty powerful thing, that ‘like’ button. Especially when you’re an influencer with nearly 400,000 followers. Tampa Bay Lightning superstar forward and upcoming free agent Steven Stamkos discovered this fact -- again -- this week, after liking a TSN tweet...