Project and website for the protection of journalists. Media coverage of political parties before the elections - PRnewser - September 9th
How to increase email readership. U.S. Open orders to censor responses to Trump.
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Andrew Davis from TextUs advises PR professionals on how to increase email readership (CulpWrit)
By using strong subject lines, personalization, simplicity, and proper timing, emphasizing that up to 34% of emails remain unread.
How The Economist and Financial Times manage personality-driven newsletters (Media Voices)
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Polish state energy firm Orlen preparing to sell media group purchased under former government (Notes from Poland)
Poland’s state assets minister has confirmed that state energy firm Orlen is preparing to sell off Polska Press, the media group that it controversially purchased under the former Law and Justice (PiS) government.
AI hoaxer, a fake X account and the case of Margaux Blanchard (Press Gazette)
An internet hoaxer connected to fake Margaux Blanchard X account has claimed they were behind scam.
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump (Ben Rothenberg)
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem
Czech Republic (mostly in Czech)
Socialsharks has expanded into five divisions and has a new identity (MediaGuru)
The new organizational structure of the agency Socialsharks is meant to reflect the growing demand from clients for comprehensive marketing services.
A project and website for the protection of journalists has been created in the Czech Republic (Novinky).
Journalists can report attacks, whether physical or mainly verbal from social media and the internet, through a form on the website bezpecnazurnalistika.cz. "They fill out the form and then we call them if they provide contact," said Robert Čásenský, chairman of the board of the Czech Committee of the International Press Institute (CZ IPI) and editor-in-chief of the Seznam Zprávy server.
Advertisement on 'disinformation' websites? According to Stačilo!, it's fine, but most parties avoid such advertising (iRozhlas)
Some follow methodology and codex, while others rely on their own analyses and reject restrictions, citing censorship. The iROZHLAS asked political parties how closely they monitor where their advertisements appear before the elections. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the state has been trying to limit advertising on so-called disinformation and conspiracy websites. However, even those parties that avoid the mentioned sites may not always be able to control their advertising.
Piskáček is launching the podcast platform Vlny, which will feature Fridrichová and Železný (Médiář)
The new platform offers a joint subscription for all its shows, costing 149 CZK per month.
The media coverage of political parties before the elections is monitored by Media Image (MediaGuru).
The Media Image Project provides a real-time overview of the media footprint of political parties and movements running for the Chamber of Deputies. Open data for this year's elections, which can be used by citizens and institutions, is provided by the company Mediaboard.
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