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In a recent PRWeek  10th anniversary media roundtable discussion, Trylon SMR President Lloyd Trufelman was joined by top PR execs from CNN, MSNBC, Discovery, and others. During the conversation, Trufelman echoed a tenet from this issue's "Day in the Life": "There's really no difference anymore between 'traditional' and 'new' media - look at the Pew [Resource Center] studies - the media diets of consumers and professionals are now a mix of newspapers, blogs, podcasts, e-newsletters online video, and broadcast and cable TV and radio. So the line between "reporters" and "bloggers" has become blurred." For full transcript click here (subscription required) or contact Trylon SMR.  

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