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PR and Wikipedia – let’s push for a better relationship

Danny WhatMough

As part of my work with the PRCA’s Digital Steering Committee, I’m part of a consultation process that is trying to create a set of guidelines for the PR industry to help it better understand and interact with Wikipedia. PR people shouldn’t touch Wikipedia. This is a common viewpoint amongst Wikipedians.

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Open Letter To The Advertising Industry: Let's Not Mess Up Ads For Voice - Strategy Column

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Let's be clear: This is an area that the ad industry won't be able to resist. This triggered many consumer's Google Home devices to suddenly start reading off the Wikipedia entry for the Whopper. Wikipedia has to lock the entry, so only authorized Wikipedia editors could change it. . advertising industry.

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Customer Satisfaction: Social Media Websites Rank Among The Worst

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Facebook and LinkedIn generated higher satisfaction this year, but according to their own users, these platforms are still worst in the industry. After leading the category for four consecutive years, Wikipedia is the only major site to experience a decrease in user satisfaction, falling 5% for a score of 74 (and now ranking below Pinterest).

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Why can’t the news be about news?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sun News Network (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Yes, I know, I’ve been spoiled by the BBC which does a pretty good job of TV news, but with a 20-year career in the media industry, I have a solid understanding of how news rooms operate, the skills and talents of news professionals and the actual business of reporting the news.

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

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Wikipedia posted its three millionth article. Sadly, efficiency will also devastate those industries and professions that thrived on media’s historical inefficiency. Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run? million blog entries every day. Reader’s Digest declared bankruptcy.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Michael Geist (Photo credit: Wikipedia). It heard about many contentious issues from industry representatives but when the report was published, the public interest was entirely absent. Lobbyists from the film, music and video games industries even hosted a fund-raising dinner for Bulte in advance of the election.

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Interesting Facts About the Forex Market

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Those new to this industry can try trading with a service such as Rakuten Securities Australia. According to Wikipedia, in November 2008 inflation, Zimbabwe surpassed an estimation of 79.6 Among the respected traders, 5% of them are retail traders , 11% of them are female, and 44% of them are aged between 25 to 34 years.