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Pew Research Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Social Media News Releases Get 3x More Media Coverage

Adam Sherk

They offer a clean, simple format that encourages companies to be clear and succinct. According to research from the UK’s RealWire , they do. After an interview with Shel Holtz on the value of press releases RealWire CEO Adam Parker revisited some previous research to see how SMNRs are faring against traditional press releases.

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PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

Conducted with Don Bates of George Washington University, the study measures the journalists’ use of and attitudes toward social media for researching and reporting stories. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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PRFilter Shows Press Release Buzzword Abuse Still Prevalent

Adam Sherk

It aggregates press releases from 10 wire services and distribution services and pulls them in directly from 60+ technology and media companies. While testing it out I thought I’d revisit the press release buzzwords research I did last year. Press release search engine PRFilter came out of beta last week. It seems to work fairly well.

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Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

Adam Sherk

I do feel compelled to mention that NPR would be #2 on your list in terms of fans, however (disclosure: I work there as an audience research analyst). Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Interesting numbers. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” The company has remade itself into a new era media firm by eliminating a lot of the overhead associated with producing content — via Seed.com — and focusing on topics that are more commercial in nature — travel, finance, auto, etc — rather than news.

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