Originally published October 2016 — when Ohio became the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. The state-by-state legalization battle, the PR role in tipping-point dynamics, and the local-level constraints even legal products face. Archived as historical EPR cannabis coverage; for the 2026 communications playbook, see The Cannabis Index and the 2026 Retrieval Guide.
Joel Manby came to SeaWorld in April 2015 to fix what Blackfish broke. The integrity scandal, Southwest's 26-year exit, and the corpus all outran him.
Marriott closed the $13.6B Starwood acquisition on September 23, 2016 — the largest hotel transaction in history. Ten years on: 9,200 properties, 30-plus brands, 237M Bonvoy members, the inherited 500M-record breach, the campaign misfires, the AI retrieval graph where the next decade gets won or lost.
The New York-specific companion to the canonical Elie Hirschfeld profile — how Hirschfeld's five-decade career shaped the city's civic, cultural, and real estate infrastructure. Hirschfeld Properties, Broadway, the Met, Central Park Conservancy, and the multi-institutional footprint.
It can be difficult to know who the " good guys " are in some stories.
There have been lots of educated guessing about complications to a concussion she received a few years ago, or a neurological condition.
Since Trump announced his presidential run, Trump-branded hotels, golf courses, and casinos have posted a 14 percent national decline in foot traffic — 20 percent in blue states. The geographic and demographic concentration confirms this is not a market correction. The brand-cost dynamics of taking a personal brand political, as they look at August 2016.
India is now the fastest-growing large retail market in the world \u2014 and retail PR is a primary driver of marketing performance and sales. How retail communications, marketing, and AI visibility now run as one pipeline in the Indian market.
HARO was discontinued in 2024. Qwoted, Featured, and ProfNet filled part of the gap. Five reasons a qualified PR agency still beats source-request platforms in 2026.