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PR Roundup: Employee Conduct, AXE Creator Collaborations and Social News and Trust

October 16th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup explores the high stakes of personal conduct in a hyperconnected world, how AXE’s tongue-in-cheek TikTok collaboration proves the power of creator partnerships, and why new research shows PR pros must rebuild trust as young audiences turn to (but doubt) social media for news.

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PR Roundup: American Eagle CMO Speaks, PR Not Sold on AI, Repicturing Rural America

October 10th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup reviews the first public appearance of the American Eagle CMO since this summer’s Sydney Sweeney jeans debacle, a new study showing not everyone in PR is into AI, and how Getty learned what its audience needed through reading data.

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How to Make Press Releases Work for Journalists and AI Algorithms

October 8th, 2025 by

In this exclusive Q&A, Reinoso explains that press releases are no longer just for journalists—they’re now built for search engines, social platforms and even AI aggregators.

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Not If, But When: Data Breaches Threaten Brand Trust

October 7th, 2025 by

Liv Allen, VP at Codeword, and Chelsea Korman, Brand and Communications Director at Demandbase, discuss the growing threat of cyberattacks and data breaches, noting 93% of company networks are vulnerable.

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PR Roundup: AI Workslop Emerges, PR Loses Credibility and “Reading Rainbow” Returns

October 2nd, 2025 by

PR Roundup explores AI workslop invading productivity for communicators, a new study showing journalist dissatisfaction with public relations professionals using AI for media relations and how the new host of “Reading Rainbow” was chosen via social media.

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How to Launch a Successful LinkedIn Newsletter

September 29th, 2025 by

Dorianne Ciccarelli, the VP of Digital at MikeWorldWide, shares best practices for launching a LinkedIn newsletter that grows your audience.

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PR Roundup: PR Lessons from Kimmel’s Monologue, Pitching Podcasts and Debuting “BrutalGPT”

September 25th, 2025 by

In this PR Roundup we look at the PR world’s reaction to Jimmy Kimmel’s critical monologue messaging, encouraging numbers surrounding podcasts and a cheeky campaign surrounding ChatGPT.

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PR Roundup: Kimmel Free Speech Fallout, Comscore Launches Scoreboard, Gen Alpha Drives Family Purchases

September 18th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the chilling effect of employer retribution for triggering Charlie Kirk remarks on social media, how a new Comscore tool can inspire brand creativity and a new study that shows how Gen Alpha controls many purchasing decisions in the household.

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PR Roundup: U.S. Open Brand Wins, CEO Reveals Price Increases, Humans Prefer Human Content

September 11th, 2025 by

In this week’s PR Roundup new data shows us which brands won the U.S. Open, we learn how CEOs should communicate price increases, and new a Sprout Social study reveals that consumers prefer human-generated content rather than AI.

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PR Roundup: Nestlé CEO Crisis, Age Demos and the News, NFL is Back

September 4th, 2025 by

PR Roundup examines the current company instability at Nestlé—which dropped another CEO, a new Pew study on news sources and demographics, and football is back!