Inside PR: Recent Episodes
Martin Waxman, Gini Dietrich, Joe Thornley
Well, it’s that time of year where everyone seems to be doing what they can to wrap up projects and get ready for the holidays. It’s also the time when the Inside PR crew gazes into the into the proverbial communications crystal ball with our prognostications … OK, it’s not that dramatic, really. But Gini,... Continue Reading →
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Communications, by its very nature, is an industry full of thinkers. The work that we do is often the same across disciplines—and other work is unique to every one of us. The work that is unique is our intellectual property, yet it’s pretty rare that we spend our resources on protecting it. On this episode,... Continue Reading →
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In the wake of Facebook’s bad news month, we discuss the communications challenges the company faces. A blip? Or a step on an irreversible path toward becoming the new MySpace? The necessary impetus to increased regulation? And would a company with an army of lobbyists ever see a regulatory regime that actually curbs its freedom... Continue Reading →
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Have your web analytics changed in recent years? That is, despite your best efforts, has your organic traffic gone down? What about SEO for blog posts? Or engagement on social media? Maybe digital media has become even more of a pay-to-play landscape than ever and platforms are expecting a higher price from organizations in order... Continue Reading →
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It’s fall and there’s always a hint of excitement in the air. At least it should be. But so many people still have questions about what their work situation will be like. And companies are grappling with policies around going back to the office, staying remote or some sort of hybrid compromise. That's what we talk about on Inside PR episode 553.
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On episode 551 of Inside PR, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman, and Joe Thornley do a special recording for the Earned Media Mastery Summit with Agility PR Solutions.
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On this bi-weekly episode of Inside PR, Joe Thornley, Martin Waxman, and Gini Dietrich discuss the plumbing of the internet, from Feedburner and its replacements to how marketing automation works in the deep dark areas of the web and how video continues to evolve as we adapt.
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Look. Most communications professionals have the best intentions and behave in an honest and ethical way. But there are some less than scrupulous PR fooks whose approach and choices reflect badly on the industry. Now, it’s not just communicators who are guilty of this. Certain journalists, media outlets, bloggers and influencers are also not as... Continue Reading →
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On this week’s episode of Inside PR, Joe Thornley, Martin Waxman, and I discuss our favorite tools and what has changed—and what has stayed the same—since COVID hit. Before you get into the tools, though, we have an important reminder: it’s not about the tools. It’s about whether or not you’ll actually use them. It’s... Continue Reading →
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Well, it’s been a while since you heard from us … And I wanted to let you know that after a hiatus of around 20 months—and all the things that have happened between then and now—Gini Dietrich, Joe Thornley and I are back recording Inside PR. Why? To be honest we missed talking with each... Continue Reading →
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Summer vacation is over - and it's time to fire up the Inside PR podcast.
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Practical advice for PR practitioners about incorporating SEO in their earned media programs. The Open Government Partnership and the Grand Committee converged on Ottawa to discuss open engagement, privacy, responsibility. Mark Zuckerberg took a pass.
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On this week's Inside PR, we consider the implications of an Algorithmic Accountability Act, rebalancing the freedom of companies to capture and use our data with our right to informed consent. Plus: Protect your privacy against hidden cameras during your next business trip.
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Canada announces a Digital Charter. Our relationship with Google. And Dan York joins the Inside PR team.
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Facebook. Google. FIR Podcast network. Local news deserts. Elections. GarageBand turns fifteen. Lots of talk.
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Is Mark Zuckerberg’s concept of privacy your concept of privacy? Probably not. And this week we discuss Zuckerberg’s ongoing repositioning of Facebook as “private.”
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Google takes a pass on carrying political advertising in Canada. And there are reports that Cision is up for sale.
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This week, we take a deep dive into Roger McNamee's Zucked. McNamee, an early investor in Facebook and an erstwhile advisor to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg has provided us with an insightful consideration of how Facebook and social media have changed over time.
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Radio is fading as younger people move to streaming audio. And as this happens, advertisers look for opportunities on podcasting and podcasters look to monetize their productions. Is this the beginning of the end of podcasting as we know it?
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We have some news to break on this week’s Inside PR. Gini and Martin are going to be working together. Martin has joined the Spin Sucks team. Gini has been building Spin Sucks as a community for a decade – and growth has reached the point in which she needs help leading the content team. Enter Martin.
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This week on Inside PR, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about this first phase of what by late February was unmistakably a concerted effort by Facebook to reframe the issues swirling around it.
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This week on Inside PR, we talk about the creep factor in social media and the need for us to be aware of the use of our data and to demand control back from the social platforms.
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Joseph Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman talk about Gillette's The Best Men Can Be campaign, Facebook's support for local journalism, and Gini's advice for Alexa Flash Briefings.
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If you want to get some insight into what makes Martin, Gini and Joe tick, you'll probably find out this week. And along the way, we hope that you may get some ideas for things you may want to do this year yourself.
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Don't try to cut your way through the downturn. Instead, consider diversifying your business's revenue stream. You'll see the winners emerge and then be able to exit from the losers, coming out the other end stronger and richer.
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Mobile apps share your location in ways you didn't expect. The FAANG members are getting bigger and more dominant. Maybe it's time for a break up.
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Facebook may have more members than any country has population. And Mark Zuckerberg may feel he's too important to accept an invitation from legislators representing eight countries to testify before them. But Mark Zuckerberg definitely isn't bigger than Damian Collins, MP.
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The New York Times answered the question that Gini Dietrich has been asking since the whole Cambridge Analytica fiasco broke - where are Facebook's communications team and what are they advising. Well, as it turns out, the real question should have been, what communications playbook are they using?
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Facebook fails both on transparency and action. Ev Williams reflects on how Twitter could have done it better. PR people ask for links. Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 protects our privacy. And are nanoinfluencers a thing?
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Reflecting on the source of investment in the search and social media giants. Also, has news media's tilt to entertainment logic hobbled their ability to shed light on the underlying issues?
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Several listeners responded to our social media in crisis communications discussion from IPR 523. Plus, we look at the Twitter data for insight into the methods of Trolls. And greater transparency when a tweet is taken down by Twitter.
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Have you ever had a client stop returning your calls? Also, minus Google+, you and algorithms, and a new podcast for PR leaders
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A discussion of new research on the adoption of social media, our online security practices and the reinvention of PR
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Talking about metadata and privacy. And are we realistic in our expectations of how much information organizations should provide to us during a crisis?
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Twitter brings back the chronological feed. Mary Meeker is starting up. And Facebook continues to have trouble holding onto teens.
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This week on Inside PR, we discuss Nike’s recent endorsement of Colin Kaepernick as an example of corporate activism and corporate social responsibility. Gini and Martin see Nike’s Colin Kaepernick endorsement as a laudable example of corporate activism. Joe is not so sure. Also, we share some things we’ve created elsewhere that we hope you will... Continue Reading →
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Let's talk about bias in Google and Facebook. And filtering keywords on Facebook. Finally, the New Yorker's Steve Bannon fiasco.
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This week on Inside PR 518, we talk about the upgrade to the Twitter app that makes creating Tweet Threads as easy as clicking on a plus sign at the bottom of your tweet composition window. Twitter threads are a great way to tell more complex stories over time. And they have the extra value... Continue Reading →
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This week, we look at the decision of the New York Times to stand behind Sarah Jeong following the trolling controversy. Also, Gini Dietrich offers advice on converting your speaking opportunities into business leads. Finally, in our #IPRMustKnow segment, we talk about how Feedly is involving users in the redesign of its iOS app and... Continue Reading →
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Gini Dietrich is back with us this week. And that’s a good thing as we dig into the reactions to James Gunn’s firing and the allegations against Les Moonves. Do the responses of the Guardians of the Galaxy cast and the CBS Films’ President Terry Press signal a turning point in the conversation? Are we ready for learning, reconciliation and forgiveness?
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This week on Inside PR 515 we consider examples of tough issues and crisis points. Is it wise to keep your powder dry and hold off communicating? To avoid feeding the beast? Or should a communicator always look for a way to communicate the core principles and truths that he or she believes in.
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Martin Waxman is in California recording his next course for Lynda.com/LinkedIn. And we took the opportunity to invite Martin’s producer, Hilary White, to give us insight into these and many more questions we have about online courses.
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On this week's episode of the Inside PR podcast: The biggest change to WordPress in ten years; the Guardian decides good enough video really is good enough; and a teachable moment in marketing ethics. It's about disclosure, stupid!
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Six weeks after GDPR came into force, it's clear that many companies haven't really got it right. And now, California has enacted the toughest privacy law in the United States. So, if you thought GDPR and privacy rights were in the rearview mirror, think again.
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Did you hear the news? Apple and Reddit just upgraded their apps with some serious news coverage. And Instagram launched IGTV, a serious competitor in longer videos. But Google can't be serious about the new Google Podcasts app.
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Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley discuss the Privacy Paradox highlighted by Mary Meeker in her Internet Trends 2018 presentation. And we look at WeMo, just one mo' social network.
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Instagram reveals some of the inputs to its algorithm. The loss of traffic to publishers from Facebook is balanced by an increase in traffic from Google Search and direct.
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Gini Dietrich gives a textbook demonstration of how to start a podcast, we look at one important element of success in managing distributed workforces, and we look at the marketing and advertising hangover from the implementation of GDPR. All this, and news from the CPRS Annual Conference.
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GDPR is here. Comments don't have to be toxic. Klout is no more. Gini launches the Spin Sucks podcast. Martin launches a podcasting course.
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You ARE Facebook's product. But you don't have to be. And look at LinkedIn now. 15 years old and going strong.
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A replay of our conversation from Inside PR 464 about the new Trump administration and whether the news media is too weakened to do its job.
And as you listen to it, we think you’ll find that the questions we asked in January 2017 are as apt today as they were then.
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The responsibility for disclosure about the true nature of mat releases is a shared by PR agencies, distributors and publishers. And Facebook Canada does a Faceplant
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Should you use Reddit for your business communications? Will the Reddit community welcome you or even accept you? And Gini, Martin and Joe have very different takes on Zuckerberg’s performance and its impact and potential consequences.
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We CAN change the balance of power between people and the social networks. But to do so, we need to be aware that it is our presence that makes social networks economically viable. And we need to look to government and public interest groups to champion and, if necessary, force the changes that will assert our rights and interests as a precondition to social networks being able to operate in our country.
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Mark Zuckerberg would create his own Senate. And Cloudflare gives us 1.1.1.1 to protect our privacy from our ISP.
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It's episode 500 and, like the World Wide Web, we're not going away.
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Ethics in tech, Facebook skews older and Google AMP embraces stories
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We talk about news on Snapchat and Facebook's Hard Questions, a series of linkworthy posts on Facebook's blog. Nuff said.
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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada looks at de-indexing and takedown notices as tools to provide us with more control over our data. And we take another look at the opacity of Facebook's measures on news in the Newsfeed.
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Our conversation centers on the introduction of survey questions to ask Facebook users about their awareness of and trust in news sources. Also on this week's agenda, payola PR. Does it exist? What does it say about ethics in PR? What should we as an industry and as individual practitioners do to combat it?
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Less news in the newsfeed. More things that my friends share or that I click on. We discuss the implications of this for news outlets, PR people and Facebook users themselves.
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This week, we discuss the approaching deadline to implement the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Pew research on television news consumption, and finding time for creative thinking.
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The limits we should apply to sponsored content, new models for journalism and the possibility that local journalism may be linked to a more traditional blue collar model than it is to the television-fueled celebrity salaries of recent years.
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Artificial intelligence was a hot topic amoung communicators in 2017 and it's something to continue watching and exploring in 2018.
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A Toronto-based marketing firm created a chatbot that led to a partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival. Smart marketing.
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Can Snapchat be fixed? And when isn't an apology good enough?
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Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley and Martin Waxman talk about the dominance of Facebook and Google, their centrality as media platforms and the importance of maintaining the threat of legislative and regulatory action to ensure that they operate in the interest of the public as well as their shareholders.
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Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about transparency and disclosure. Wayne and Schuster anyone?
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When it comes to conferences, is less really more?
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Terry Fallis talks with Joseph Thornley about the importance of storytelling and narrative.
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We offer our take on the James Damore memo on gender diversity and how Google handled it. Will this discussion get us into trouble? Will you unsubscribe? Will you judget us harshly?
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Facebook Watch: Whether you get dreck or something better says a lot about you. And Voice Search should enable you to say a lot.
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Gini Dietrich and Joseph Thornley discuss what the demise of Sean Spicer and the appointment by Donald Trump of Anthony Scaramucci as White House Communications Director says to professional communicators and what it means for professional communicatio
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Tyler Brown, long-time communications exec at the Republican National Committee, shares his experiences and insights with Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley
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Really, we’re not making this stuff up.
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Facebook walks like a news publisher and quacks like a news publisher; must be a news publisher. No surprise here: Venture capitalist research features their portfolio companies. But what of disclosure? Marketing with social bookmarking. Social media innovation is alive and well. And IPR is on iHeartRadio.
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Data Science in the Wild. Danny Sullivan checks out. Snapchat? Snap Maps.And are audiograms the next big promotional tool for podcasters?
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Martin Waxman, Gini Dietrich, and Joseph Thornley are joined by Alex Sevigny, the Executive Director of the McMaster-Syracuse Master of Communications Management Program. Alex talks about the importance of data science to the skillset of the well-rounded PR professional.
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Mary Meeker tells us about the Internet Trends that are shaping our world. Pinterest acquires Delicious and will preserve it as an archive. Martin Waxman provides a primer on social listening for business.
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In this week's Inside PR podcast episode: The NY Times deletes its public editor. Facebook makes a concession to publishers. AVEs be gone. The GIF turns 30. Walt Mossberg retires. Terry Fallis rides again. And USC Annenberg Survey gets too personal.
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Ev Williams reminds us about what the Internet can and should be. Worth considering. Society & Data issues a report on Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online. Worth Reading. Is Pinterest Shazam for Food? Worth sampling. Facebook struggles with community standard and keeps marching forward in video. Worth a time out? And MP3 is dead. Worth debunking.
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Good times for PR at PRSA Counselors Academy. No-slide presentations! Better tools for Facebook Groups. Wordpress joins Hacker One and offers a bounty on bugs. Quartz has an Obsession with propaganda.
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Twitter hooks up with Bloomberg. Feedly features mute filters. Sysomos integrates its services as stacks in a single platform. And Yik Yak throws in the towel.
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The NY Times is on Snapchat Discover. You’re probably not on Mastodon. But is that really important? Consolidation on the Internet. Facebook and augmented reality. Let’s go Inside PR. It’s just Martin Waxman and Joe Thornley this week. But we cover a lot of ground.
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Changes to Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat underline how competitive the social media platforms are. Plus we get onside with changing norms in acceptable language. And Spin Sucks surveys PR pros.
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We celebrate a big award win for Maureen Judge (read on to learn of her connection to the podcast), test Instagram Hyperlapse and struggle with bridging the perspective chasm that seems to support fake news.
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An open Web. Respect for our privacy. Boaty McBoatface, eh? And the communications channels we rely on.
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Escape with us. From fake news. From our filter bubble. From annoying videos that play sound as soon as they scroll into view. From Snapchat hype. Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley are back for another episode of the Inside PR podcast.
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On this week’s Inside PR, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about: Note to Self’s Privacy Paradox series We recommend that you click over to Privacy Paradox, a project of WNYC’s excellent Note to Selfpodcast. Register to participate and each day for five days you will receive and email with links to a special podcast episode, personal challenges... Continue Reading →
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Net neutrality. Fake news. Email etiquette. Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joe Thornley tackle these topics and more.
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Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley are back for another episode of the Inside PR podcast. #IPRMustKnow Distributing content on Facebook and other social platforms hasn’t proven to be the bonanza publishers need A new study, reported by Digiday, reveals that a year into the new Distributed Publishing era, in which news media publish their content on platforms like Facebook,... Continue Reading →
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Does the news media still have the institutional strength to counterbalance a spinning White House?
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On this week’s Inside PR podcast, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley cover: the future of Twitter? Not a social network, but a news feed, the place to see what’s happening. Medium’s pivot away from advertising and their less-than-clear business model reminds us that we should publish the content we care about on our owned space. Then use other platforms... Continue Reading →
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Books that we'd recommend to anyone building a communications business.
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And algorithms can help to stop the spread of fake news. But that won't happen if we don't keep the pressure on social networks to optimize for things other than revenue.
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Facebook, fake news, the news media and us.
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This week we try "speed podcasting." Martin, Gini and Joe triple booked ourselves. So, we only had twelve minutes to record the show. Could we make it in that time? Well we could if we focused on the #IPRMustKnows.
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Michael Smart joins Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman at the PRSA International Conference for a discussion about media relations and promoting your podcast.
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Twitter Moments for all of us. Large publishers' growing dependency on Facebook. Thinking ahead about the implications of AI in our devices and apps. And the ethics of the close-hold embargo.
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Snapchat becomes Snap, with its glasses on. Google says Allo. And Rand Fishkin reminds us that social media is built on the culture of generosity.
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