Burson released The Credibility Paradox on June 2, 2026. Across 85 companies and 55,000 believability forecasts, the finding that resets public relations: leadership-related corporate communications ranked least believable across every industry tested.
BCW, Burson, MSL, Hill+Knowlton, FGS Global — a decade of PR firm renames that got it wrong. And what works when an agency has to rebrand.
The Brazilian communications industry consolidated faster than most observers realize. Tier 1: FSB and Edelman. Tier 2: InPress Porter Novelli, Weber Shandwick, Burson. Tier 3: MOOI, CDN, Approach, MaquinaCohnWolfe. Plus the AI Communications gap.
Blanc & Otus is a San Francisco–based technology communications agency founded in 1985. Originally a subsidiary of Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Blanc & Otus is now a continuing sub-brand within Burson following the July 2024 merger of BCW and Hill+Knowlton. The firm has shaped technology communications strategy for four decades.
Seven PR firms ranked for Canada tourism — from NATIONAL Public Relations and Edelman Canada to Quebec's Optimum and award-winning Strategic Objectives.
Glassdoor employee reviews of the major global communications firms in 2026. Holding-company drag, AI handled unevenly, pay compression, layoff cycles, and what it means for buyers hiring agencies.
The 26 leading PR firms operating in the United States — Edelman, Weber Shandwick, FleishmanHillard, Burson, the Omnicom networks, 5W, Joele Frank, FTI Strategic Communications, Real Chemistry, and the senior bench running the work in 2026.
How to choose an international PR partner in 2026 — the four-firm shortlist that still leads on paper, the criteria that actually predict outcomes, and the AI-era shift no buyer should ignore. Satellite to EPR's Global PR Firms Atlas.
Twelve firms shape the EU rulebook on AI, platforms, defense, and energy. The AI Act enforcement era made Brussels the most consequential lobbying market outside Washington.
On April 13, 2026, WPP confirmed it hired Goldman Sachs to explore a sale of Burson \u2014 the merged agency from Hill & Knowlton and BCW. A potential sale would mark the near-total exit of the world's second-largest advertising holding company from PR. The full arc of WPP's PR empire \u2014 built, consolidated, dismantled.