Sherrilynne Starkie

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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The agreement sees the two national organizations exchange ownership of 41 community and commuter newspapers and then shutter most of them, but it’s the fault of industry disruption according to the news release announcing the deal. They even like to see the local advertisements. But there’s the rub. Where’s the reader value?

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

Google will soon shelve Reader and this has created a lot of panicky online noise from ardent fans. But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Eighty-three per cent of Canadians are on Facebook and almost 77 per cent use it daily. No matter the communications challenge–marketing, advocacy, community relations, employee engagement–the best solutions have pieces from all four quarters of the digital media landscape. We also recommended Google AdWords.

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Top Five: Happy 15th Birthday to GMail

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top news this week from the world of social media includes the death of Google+, Facebook’s war on hate, LinkedIn’s lookalike audiences, GMail’s 15th birthday and a primer on using TikTok. Google+ died yesterday. It’s Gmail’s 15 th birthday, so Google is launching two new features.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Eighty-three per cent of Canadians are on Facebook and almost 77 per cent use it daily. No matter the communications challenge–marketing, advocacy, community relations, employee engagement–the best solutions have pieces from all four quarters of the digital media landscape. We also recommended Google AdWords.

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Top Five: Finally some good news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top 5 must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals see a lot of good work by both Google and Facebook in the effort to improve the quality of news and reporting. Google to tell us the good news for once. A new feature is rolling out on Google Assistant. Not so much.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. Glad to see these priorities.