Digital & Technology

The traditional PR measurement dashboard needs to sit alongside a second, AI-native layer that answers a different question: when someone asks a generative engine about our category, are we in the answer?

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.

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

Now senior leaders’ own conversations with an LLM could be used to argue guilt or innocence. Now not only have lawyers been put on alert, but so should communication professionals.

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

Christina Bennett, Head of Communications at Priceline, sat down with PRNEWS to talk about how the travel brand is rethinking PR ROI in an era where AI answers questions without ever sending users to your website.

From the CDC’s struggle to communicate about hantavirus, to LinkedIn’s rise as a must for AI visibility, to a PR firm that turned a viral internet moment into a People magazine hit—good communications strategy isn’t just about what you say, but when and where you say it.

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.

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.

When it’s good, AI can improve our processes, like how a calculator spares us the need to write out long division. But speeding up your math means nothing if you still can’t balance your checkbook.