The games and tech industries have gone through so many layoffs over the past few years, it's hard to keep up. This is a result of many ongoing factors, including inflated numbers post-pandemic, AI, rising development costs, and more. This also impacted journalists. There's fewer outlets with fewer journalists, many of which aren't paid as full-time jobs. Add in corporate restructuring, short-form video content, and the rise of influencers since the the pandemic, working with journalists just isn't the same as it used to be and the industry has to...
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You may be shocked to find out that many (not all!) publishers and studios treat their PR teams well, horribly. There's always been a constant struggle for communications professionals to have a seat at the table because many of them are treated like service providers and not actual business leaders or experts. Which is literally the point of their job. Because they aren't taken seriously, executive teams think that they can do the job themselves because they've reduced the value to activities they can see rather than the judgement they...
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