Public relations jobs exceeded those of reporters by more than six-to-one last year, up from less than two-to-one 20 years ago, according to data from the U.S. Census.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-27/public-relations-jobs-boom-as-buffett-sees-newspapers-dying
Not super surprising. In effect, every company is becoming its own publisher. Note that communications jobs are increasing, not decreasing, in the age of digital.