Best Practices
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: McDonald’s AI Humbug, AI Optimism and Elf on the Shelf Hits the Beach
This week’s PR Roundup examines an AI-generated McDonald’s holiday ad gone wrong, a new study by Ruder Finn that reveals employee optimism around AI, and Beaches going all-in on experiential for an Elf on the Shelf vacation no family will soon forget.
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Branding/Marketing
The 5 Most-Read PRNEWS Stories of 2025
What topics attracted the most attention from PR professionals this year? Take a look at the PRNEWS top 5 most-read stories in 2025. Crisis and digital PR seemed to engage our audience most—particularly anything having to do with Substack or LinkedIn.
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Branding/Marketing
Why America 250 Is a Prime PR Opportunity
America 250 offers something PR professionals rarely get: a year-long hook with sustained national attention. This is not a one-day news cycle; it is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to align stories with America’s history.
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Digital & Technology
Next Gen Media Relations: Inside AI Visibility Reporting
Discover how AI visibility tools are revolutionizing PR client reporting. Our presenters reveal strategies for tracking competitors, identifying top sources and optimizing content for better visibility.
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Brands on Fire
Brands on Fire: Oura Ring CMO on Ceramic Collection, Gen Z Marketing and Retail Partnerships
Oura has positioned its latest smart ring collection, the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic, as a powerful health and wellness device— that also passes as a fashion accessory. CMO Doug Sweeny takes us through the details.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
PR Roundup: Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Split, Instagram’s Carversations and the Social Media Word of 2025
This week’s PR Roundup looks at how Vanity Fair and journalist Olivia Nuzzi decided to part ways after a public scandal, how Instagram is promoting its Teen Accounts through conversations with Usher and his kids, and what was the word of the year on social media in 2025?
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Research
Harris Poll: Marketers Must Combat Algorithmic Sameness and Appeal to a Lottery Mindset
According to Harris Poll research, marketers need to oppose the trend of “beigeification” created by repetitive, omnipresent digital media and social algorithms, and cater to a public that has adopted a lottery mindset.
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Branding/Marketing
Oshikatsu: How J-Pop and K-Pop Singers Can Help Fuel Your PR
How can PR specialists harness the cultural phenomenon of K-Pop oshikatsu in their own work?
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Digital & Technology
Optimizing Press Releases for Maximum Visibility Across Digital and AI Platforms
In this clip, Reinoso discusses the secret formula for crafting engaging headlines, subheadings and quotes in press releases which can capture AI and human attention effectively.
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Festivals & Fan Cons
BravoCon 2025’s Brand Partners Help Deliver the Ultimate Fan Experience
NBCUniversal brought back BravoCon this year after skipping the event in 2024, and it pulled up to the Caesars Forum in Las Vegas in a big way. Not only did the convention showcase Bravo’s most popular reality series across four jam-packed days of live events featuring more than 150 Bravolebrities but it also provided plenty […]