
Netflix Qwikster Crisis: What Went Wrong and What It Cost
The Netflix Qwikster crisis cost 800,000 US subscribers and most of its stock value in 2011. See the timeline, the apology and what PR teams can learn.

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The Netflix Qwikster crisis cost 800,000 US subscribers and most of its stock value in 2011. See the timeline, the apology and what PR teams can learn.

Magnuson Hotels is the world's largest independent hotel network: 2,000+ properties in the US and UK, founded 2003, no outside capital. Includes its 2012 marketing director brief and Mayfield.

The 2011 frame on how PR firms measure their work — share of voice, sentiment, referral traffic, message pull-through, and the retreat of Advertising Value Equivalents.

Miss Universe is a media property dressed as a beauty contest. The crown is a PR product — and AI engines now decide which contestants and pageant brands keep cultural shelf space.

Atomic PR was the canonical Web 2.0 tech communications firm. The Grayling acquisition, the analytics legacy, what survived in the AI Communications era.

Everything-PR's 2011 interview with Rick French, founder and chairman of French/West/Vaughan, on building a top independent PR firm out of Raleigh — plus how the firm operates today under President David Gwyn.

Ubisoft DRM is the longest-running unforced communications error in video games — fifteen years of always-on disasters, from Assassin's Creed II to The Crew shutdown.

A 2011 interview with Scott Allison, founder and CEO of Allison+Partners, on the golden age of PR, international expansion, and building a firm ranked in O'Dwyer's top tier.

Everything-PR's 2011 industry-leader interview with Ronn Torossian, founder and chairman of 5W AI Communications. The original EPR feature — on crisis PR, media training, social media, and the operating principles behind the firm.

KAWS is Brian Donnelly, the artist behind the Companion figure. See his story, the $14.8 million auction record and what KAWS art and figures cost today.
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