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PR Roundup: When AI Fakes the Experts, Livestreamers Beat the Algorithm, and Swatch Breaks the Internet

May 28th, 2026 by

This week’s PR Roundup features fake AI-generated academic journals impersonating real professors, Twitch outpacing TikTok and Instagram in producing top-ranked creators and the viral Swatch x Audemars Piguet collaboration that sent shoppers into a frenzy.

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What Gwyneth Paltrow Taught a Room Full of PR Pros

May 27th, 2026 by

Bjertnæs shared that Paltrow’s key message resonated well beyond celebrity: all PR is good PR, as long as integrity leads the way.

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LinkedIn Data Reveals the 5 Skills Redefining Communications in the AI Age

May 18th, 2026 by

On LinkedIn, job postings that mention “storyteller” have doubled over the last year.

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How Lonely Planet Turns Creators Into Long-Term Brand Partners

May 11th, 2026 by

Deepa Lakshmin, Director of Social Media at Lonely Planet, sat down with PRNEWS to talk about the brand’s newly launched creator program—and the unconventional planning process behind it.

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PR Roundup: Ted Turner’s Lasting Lessons, Gas Prices Surge, and Why LinkedIn Is B2B’s New Stage

May 7th, 2026 by

This week’s PR Roundup covers what Ted Turner’s legacy still teaches PR pros, how brands should navigate consumer messaging amid skyrocketing gas prices and a notable platform shift as LinkedIn dethrones YouTube as the top B2B video channel.

Lisa Zlotnick of SHEIN and Nicole Schuman of PRNEWS doing an interview at the 2026 Meltwater Summit

SHEIN’s Lisa Zlotnick on How ‘Festival House’ Cracked the Gen Z Code

May 6th, 2026 by

Hear how SHEIN is rethinking what it means to build with Gen Z, not just market at them.

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PR Roundup: The Devil Wears Prada 2’s Brand Blitz, Meta’s Data Center Transparency Play and a Disinformation Wake-Up Call for Communicators

April 30th, 2026 by

From The Devil Wears Prada 2’s curated brand blitz to Meta’s attempt at community goodwill, and a new national study from IPR shows Americans want PR pros to step up on disinformation, and most don’t think they are.

Networking Redefined: How PR Students (and Others) Can Break Through

April 14th, 2026 by

Most people do not network on an ongoing basis, let alone college students who are not sure what the word networking means.

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PR Roundup: McDonald’s CEO’s McNugget Meltdown, YouTube Dominates Influence and Nutella Goes to Space

April 9th, 2026 by

PR Roundup features the McDonald’s CEO who can’t seem to catch a social media break a new report revealing which brands are most influential, and a jar of Nutella spread that accidentally became the most talked-about brand in the universe.

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PR Roundup: A KitKat Heist, United Responds and the Opinions of 900 Journalists

April 2nd, 2026 by

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.