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• Journalists relay what is expected from an online newsroom: Meaningful trends revealed in 2006 survey, PR Tactics and The Strategist Online, July 17, 2006, Ibrey Woodall.
  http://tinyurl.com/h3rrr
• Newspapers confront woes; Will the Web provide hope?, Associated Press, July 14, 2006, Seth Sutel.
  http://tinyurl.com/fk4uw
• Press releases go the DTC route: Once written just for news outlets, many releases are now created with consumers in mind, PR Week US, July 11, 2006, Lisa LaMotta. *(Subscription required)*
  http://tinyurl.com/kl3af
• Web news: Still fresh after a day and a half, International Herald Tribune, July 17, 2006, Noam Cohen.
  http://tinyurl.com/gchtr
• DHL To Salute Baseball's Hometown Heroes: Each of 30 teams to nominate fan favorites, Brandweek, July 10, 2006, Barry Janoff.
  http://tinyurl.com/z9rbo
• Bad news? Just keep on smiling, Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2006, Christi Parsons. *(Free registration)*
  http://tinyurl.com/gvjl2
• The award for Goofy Press Kit goes to ..., Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 10, 2006.
  http://tinyurl.com/z7hpm
• Don't turn your boss into a Devil; Set the right tone with your wardrobe by dressing to impress, not to distress, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 30, 2006, Shila Nieves Burney. *(Free registration)*
  http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/stories/0630lvcorporatedress.html
• Getting to the Top of Online Searches [Search Engine Optimization] , Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2006, Karen E. Klein. *(Free registration)*
  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-inbox5jul05,1,733571.column?track=rss
• Ignore media at your own risk: Businesses benefit most when making themselves available to the media, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 4, 2006 Tuesday, Marc Jampole.
  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06185/703162-28.stm

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