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PR Roundup: Lucky Charms Wins RushTok, AI Search Rewards Relevance Over Scale, and eos Shows What Community Engagement Looks Like

August 20th, 2026 by

PR roundup covers Lucky Charms’s sorority partnership, what new data on AI search visibility means for GEO, and why eos’s U.S. Open activation is a case study in letting community lead the way.

What ESPN’s Layoff Memo Reveals About the Plan Behind It

August 19th, 2026 by

Last month ESPN cut staff as part of a round of layoffs tied to its takeover of NFL Network. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro sent employees a memo explaining the move, but there was some criticism.

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PR Roundup: Claude’s Watermark Debate, the Say-Do Gap Is Killing Culture, and a Giant Hairball Rolls Through NYC

August 13th, 2026 by

PR roundup covers what Anthropic’s new AI watermarking feature means for communicators navigating transparency questions, new research confirming that leadership behavior—not messaging—is the real driver of workplace culture, and how a car-sized hairball rolling through… Continued

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Five Questions With Dini von Mueffling: What Six Years Representing an Epstein Survivor Taught Her About Social Impact PR

August 11th, 2026 by

In this episode of “Five Questions With…,” Dini von Mueffling discusses her PR work with the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the most prominent Epstein survivor and her family.

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PR Roundup: Olive Garden’s Accidental Politics, Gen Z’s New Rules of Fandom and Why Kraft Heinz Is Betting on Disney Magic

July 23rd, 2026 by

PR roundup covers an Olive Garden pasta promotion becomes a political flashpoint, new research on how Gen Z is rewriting the path to sports fandom and why the Kraft Heinz and Disney alliance is one of the best brand partnerships.

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Why Energy Companies Are Abandoning Reactive Communications During the Iran Crisis

July 23rd, 2026 by

Geopolitical conflict often places energy companies into the spotlight and the Iran crisis is no exception. New analysis shows nearly a third of all media mentions related to the crisis referenced the energy sector.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - July 15 2026: Wildfire Smoke in Toronto shows the city covered in an orange haze as Health Advisory Looms

PR Roundup: Wildfire Season Tests Crisis Readiness, Twitter Turns 20, and Nearly 1 in 3 PR Teams Have No One Owning GEO

July 16th, 2026 by

Roundup covers what the Canadian wildfire smoke crisis means for communicators navigating real-time emergencies, how Twitter’s 20-year legacy changed communications, and why GEO is becoming one of the most important—and least-owned—priorities in PR.

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Apple’s AI Problem Isn’t Siri. It’s the Story Apple Can No Longer Tell.

July 13th, 2026 by

Siri became the place where Apple’s mythology cracked, following the launch of the Apple Intelligence initiative.

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PR Roundup: Threads Finds Its People, World Cup Builds a New U.S. Fanbase, and Local News Decline Reshapes CSR

July 9th, 2026 by

What Threads’ third birthday tells us about the platform’s evolving identity, record World Cup viewership, and new research on how the disappearance of local newspapers is changing CSR.

The family of Duck Merlin received a ticket to the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup outside the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.

Fandom FOMO: What It Is and How to Catch the Fun Before It Waddles Away

June 30th, 2026 by

PR and communications leaders have historically been trapped in a reactive loop. We build strategies around what we already know to watch, measuring keyword volumes after a trend has already spiked, instead of following fandom.