WPP shareholders approved £11.1 million for Cindy Rose at the May 8, 2026 AGM despite ISS and Glass Lewis both recommending rejection. The 24.16% dissent is the largest holdco pay revolt of the cycle.
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.
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. WPP is also fighting a GroupM whistleblower suit that escalated into an August 2026 sanctions motion. The full arc of WPP's PR empire, from Burson-Marsteller to the modern holding company.
A PR firm's website is the deliverable. The 2015 Cohn & Wolfe banner — autoplay audio, no proof points, novelty over substance — is the negative-example case study every agency should still study.
