Media Relations
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Amid Crisis, Banana Ball Benefits from Uncharacteristic Serenity
Banana Ball’s handling of one recent story holds just as many lessons about the value of restraint and discipline in communicating through a crisis.
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Digital & Technology
Why X (formerly Twitter) Remains the Ultimate Public Affairs Radar
Social platform X is still ‘upstream’ for the news that communicators need to know, flag and contextualize for relevant clients and principals. But implementing certain best practices and personalizing use of the site to specific clients and workflows is optimal.
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: A KitKat Heist, United Responds and the Opinions of 900 Journalists
It’s been a week where a stolen truck full of KitKats became a brand-response masterclass, United Airlines turned government dysfunction into a customer feature, and Muck Rack dropped the data every PR pro needs to bookmark.
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Crisis Management
What Wartime Press Attacks Mean for PR Professionals
In periods when political pressure, press attacks and media volatility rise together, communications strategy becomes an exercise in protecting trust.
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Branding/Marketing
Why the Startup Label Is Losing Its Meaning (And What to Say Instead)
Today the startup label appears everywhere: a two-person consultancy calls itself a startup; a local retail brand with an online store adopts the label; a profitable, bootstrapped business with no ambition to scale beyond a niche still uses the term.
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Branding/Marketing
PRNEWS Unveils the Winners of the 2026 Content Marketing Awards
PRNEWS has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Content Marketing Awards, which recognize the campaigns, creators and communicators redefining what public relations can achieve through content.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: AI Mistakes, Bush on Substack, ANTM Resurrects Feelings
PR Roundup explores how trust and accountability are being tested across communications, from AI hallucinations landing in public-facing content to former President George W. Bush’s Substack debut and renewed backlash against Tyra Banks.
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Shopper/Retail
How Sprouts Farmers Market Ended Up in the Biggest TV Show of 2025
When “Pluribus” showrunner Vince Gilligan expressed a desire to film several scenes of his new Apple TV show within an Albuquerque location of Sprouts Farmers Market, the regional grocery store chain had a choice to make.
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CES 2026
CES 2026: AI, Robotics and ROI: Edelman’s Take on What’s Next for Tech PR
Margot Edelman, lead of the global tech practice at Edelman, discusses the differences between tech cultures in San Francisco and New York, and Edelman’s unique value proposition in the tech public relations space.
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Branding/Marketing
CES 2026: How the Yahoo Comms Team Helps Build AI Tools
PRNEWS spoke with Sona Iliffe-Moon, Chief Communications Officer at Yahoo, at CES 2026. They discussed the brand’s renaissance, AI credibility and trust and getting the comms team involved in the backend of AI for PR.