Authority Erosion

The slow loss of a brand or executive's category-authority signal across earned media, owned channels, and AI-engine retrieval — typically driven by reduced thought-leadership cadence, executive turnover, or category disruption that erodes the entity's claim to expertise. Distinct from acute reputational damage: authority erosion compounds gradually and is often unrecognized until competitive AI-engine retrieval shifts visibly.

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