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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.

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America 250’s Biggest Communications Risk Isn’t External. It’s Internal

June 30th, 2026 by

America 250 arrives at a moment when employees, customers and stakeholders increasingly scrutinize whether organizations actually live the values they promote publicly.

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The Best Conversations at Cannes Weren’t About AI

June 30th, 2026 by

Between the marketing jargon, branded tote bags and exclusive yacht brunches, Cannes conversations around the future of communications gained momentum on some of the biggest stages.

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Five Questions With Kevin Wong: How The Trevor Project Is Keeping Its Mission Visible When Corporate Pride Support Is Uncertain

June 25th, 2026 by

Drawing on his experience leading communications for The Trevor Project, Kevin Wong discusses how to maintain mission visibility amid shifting corporate priorities, including during Pride, what authentic partnership actually looks like and how to turn earned media moments into lasting impact.

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PR Roundup: Apple’s Price Hike Playbook, Social Owns the Crisis Moment, and Starbucks Embraces Employee Storytelling

June 25th, 2026 by

Apple offers a lesson in getting ahead of bad news, new Sprout Social confirms that social media is now the front line of crisis, and Starbucks turns to employee creators.

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Seven Rules for Getting Your Content Cited by AI

June 22nd, 2026 by

Getting your brand noticed comes down to whether your expertise stands out when AI citations pull snippets from your pages—and whether it holds up in a world where people consume content fast.

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PR Roundup: When Culture Moves, Brands Follow—Lessons from Kalshi, the World Cup and Toy Story 5

June 11th, 2026 by

PR Roundup covers how communicators can interpret Kalshi’s compliance move, which brands are actually breaking through the World Cup noise and why “Toy Story 5” is giving brands a nostalgia-fueled engagement boost ahead of its release date.

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PR Roundup: “No Comment” Gets Called Out, Amazon Resets the Retail Calendar, the Pope Appoints a New Head of Comms, and Dolly Hits the Road

June 4th, 2026 by

PR Roundup features Amazon’s Prime Day move, “no comment” doing more harm than good, Pope Leo XIV’s historic hire, and Dolly Parton’s foray into the American highway.

5 Questions With...Michelle Ciciyasvili, Sr. Director of Communications, Betches Media

Five Questions With Michelle Ciciyasvili: Keeping Betches Relevant With Media Relations Patience

June 3rd, 2026 by

Ciciyasvili spent three years cultivating a relationship with a contact at Variety before it resulted in a feature story and podcast appearance for Betches’ CEO.

Private Credit Has a Communications Problem

May 27th, 2026 by

Firms need comms partners who understand the structural complexity of private credit markets and can translate that into clear, credible narratives that build investor confidence over time.