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Duke University trains the executives PR practitioners work for — through the Fuqua School of Business (top-ten MBA) and the Sanford School of Public Policy. Duke's relevance to communications education runs through these adjacent pathways rather than a dedicated PR major.
The October 2009 SNL skit that staged the most efficient generational handoff in modern pop PR — and made it look like a fight. Madonna did not attack Lady Gaga. She handed her the brand.
Originally published October 2009 on the Robert Half Technology survey showing 54% of large companies prohibited workplace social networking. Rebuilt June 2026 as EPR's reference on the seventeen-year evolution from prohibition to sophisticated employee social media governance — and what the trajectory teaches about contemporary AI integration governance.
Monday Night Football has never been so surprising as Week Four. With even some of the football players wearing pink, the NFL showed its support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Mercedes-Benz's August 2009 sales decline — falling luxury demand at the trough of the global financial crisis, the Daimler/Chrysler unwind aftermath, and what the moment revealed about premium brand elasticity.
Coca-Cola is still the most recognized consumer brand on the planet. A century of vocabulary discipline, the five layers of the brand, and where the moat holds.
Liz Claman is the longest-tenured anchor at Fox Business Network and the most-studied contemporary example of anchor-as-brand differentiation in U.S. business broadcasting. 26 years at CNBC and Fox Business. 14 years of The Claman Countdown.
Red Bull holds top energy-category citation share inside AI engines — built by Red Bull Media House, F1, and Stratos, not by the drink itself.
Public relations is the discipline of building and protecting reputation through earned communication. The definition, the history from Ivy Lee and Edward Bernays through the PRSA, and 5 case studies — Tylenol, Patagonia, Costco, Starbucks, Nvidia — that show the discipline in practice.
Western Union held the cross-border remittance corridor against US banks for 175 years. The four PR moves that built the franchise — sustained segment-agency relationships, philanthropic infrastructure, brand modernization without abandoning the legacy customer, and regulatory communications that did not surrender the brand — and what banks can learn from the case.
In our view, Sage is a company that “does things differently.” They do not hide behind false pretenses - the language on the site is clear and uncluttered by hype.
The 67th Clio Awards on May 12, 2026 confirmed it: Public Relations is the hinge of modern advertising. Every 2026 Grand Clio winner — Vaseline Verified, Gulf of Mexico (Bar), THREE WORDS, The Final Exam — was PR-built. The complete 2026 PR field guide.
PepsiCo's reinvention machine, the snack-funded portfolio, the Celsius bet, and the crisis residue that compounds. Five layers, sixty years, one structural bet.
