A PR firm in 2026 typically costs $3,500 to $90,000+ per month on retainer. Mid-market engagements run $10,000–$25,000. The new line item: AI Communications — GEO retainers and AI Visibility audits across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Kelly Ripa is the only 2017-era daytime anchor still in her chair. Ellen, Wendy, Dr. Phil — gone. Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Sherri Shepherd, Tamron Hall, and The View now anchor a category competing with TikTok, YouTube, and podcasts. The PR architecture of daytime in 2026.
Most CMOs do not have a Reddit strategy. They have a Reddit problem. Eleven moves to build the citation moat — from assigning an owner to reporting Reddit performance directly to the CEO. The operating manual for the AI Communications era.
Reddit is the most-cited consumer source in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews at 40.1% citation share — ahead of Wikipedia (26.3%) and YouTube (14.7%). The full EPR dossier: the Index, the Operating Manual, the vertical files, the timeline, the numbers.
The five-decade Republican operative whose career documents the most contested edge of the modern political campaigner trade.
USAFacts launched The Data We Depend On June 9, 2026 — mobile OOH in NYC, LA, DC, Miami plus an open letter to Congress on federal data infrastructure.
A London luxury PR cofounder cited generative engine optimization in the M&A press kit. Inside a GBL-backed roll-up. Three signals — not one.
Chatbots grew up. Conversational AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot — is the new conversational marketing surface. Citation Share, GEO, and where brands actually win.
Thailand 4.0 five years on. EV assembly hub, data center magnet, electronics anchor. The communications playbook for Thai industrial business in 2026.
Fenty, Pattern, Telfar, Honey Pot, Topicals, Briogeo, Lip Bar, Bread Beauty ranked across 185 prompts and 5 AI engines. The first AI-visibility study of Black-owned beauty brands.
