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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: When Culture Moves, Brands Follow—Lessons from Kalshi, the World Cup and Toy Story 5
June 11th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR 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.
The Seasonal PR Mistake Brands Make Every Year (and How to Avoid It)
June 9th, 2026 by Lindsey BradshawConsumer brands often make the same seasonal PR mistake: They start pitching when shoppers begin buying. Editors, however, start planning those stories months earlier. While marketers and communicators focus on summer promotions, Prime Day and… Continued
PRNEWS Celebrates Women in PR, Communications and Marketing at the 2026 Top Women Gala
June 9th, 2026 by PRNEWSPRNEWS celebrated the 2026 Top Women Gala at Current in New York City last week. And for the first time the event brought together two groups of incredible women professionals: the 2026 PRNEWS Top Women in PR and Communications and Chief Marketer’s 2026 Top Women in Marketing.
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 Nicole SchumanPR 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.
PR Roundup: When AI Fakes the Experts, Livestreamers Beat the Algorithm, and Swatch Breaks the Internet
May 28th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanThis 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.
What Gwyneth Paltrow Taught a Room Full of PR Pros
May 27th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanBjertnæs shared that Paltrow’s key message resonated well beyond celebrity: all PR is good PR, as long as integrity leads the way.
LinkedIn Data Reveals the 5 Skills Redefining Communications in the AI Age
May 18th, 2026 by Nicole LeverichOn LinkedIn, job postings that mention “storyteller” have doubled over the last year.
How Lonely Planet Turns Creators Into Long-Term Brand Partners
May 11th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanDeepa 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.
PR Roundup: Ted Turner’s Lasting Lessons, Gas Prices Surge, and Why LinkedIn Is B2B’s New Stage
May 7th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanThis 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.