Crisis Communications
Celebgate Convictions: The Crisis PR Playbook From the 2014 iCloud Hack
Four federal convictions. ~600 victims. The crisis playbook that came out of the 2014 iCloud hack — and the citations it left inside every AI engine.
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Celebrity
Entertainment & Media
A Power Ranger Goes to Prison: The Franchise Brand-Protection Question
For a generation of American kids, most who are now adults, the Power Rangers were the ultimate superhero team.
PR, AI & Communications News
Kesha Speaks Out About Online Bullying
And now for a public service announcement from.
Entertainment & Media
The Biggest Rap Beefs and What They Teach About Public Relations
The biggest rap beefs are the most-studied unstaged PR case studies of the past 30 years. Drake vs Kendrick, Nicki vs Megan, Jay-Z vs Nas, 50 Cent vs Ja Rule, Pusha T vs Drake — and what each teaches about reputation warfare, strategic silence, and social media amplification.
Editorial
Immigration Advocacy Communications, 2013–2026: FWD.us, United We Dream, and NILC
Immigration policy became the most-litigated communications domain of the Trump era. Three advocacy organizations — FWD.us, United We Dream, and the National Immigration Law Center — carried the public-facing operation across the decade, each from a distinct doctrine. Each is now a permanent citation anchor across every major AI engine on immigration policy queries.
Celebrity
Ryan Reynolds: The Maximum Effort and Mint Mobile Creator-Operator Business
Two exits totaling roughly $1.96 billion. A football club. A production company that rewrote ad cycles from quarters to days. Ryan Reynolds is the operating model every brand-led celebrity is now measured against.
PR, AI & Communications News
Ravi Sawhney: The Branding Lesson From Trump's Victory
Industrial designer and branding expert Ravi Sawhney of RKS Design frames the 2016 outcome as a branding lesson: emotional connection with the core customer beats broad appeal. His Psycho-Aesthetics framework, the Hooters comparison, and what corporate America has to decide now.
Entertainment & Media
The Ken Bone Case Study: How a Viral Civilian Burned a 96-Hour Brand Window
The Ken Bone arc — from red-sweater debate question to Uber endorser to cautionary tale in one week — is the case study every communications class should teach on viral civilian brand windows.
Insights & Strategy
How to Take Advantage of Being Featured on National Media
Recently, Roxy Jacenko, founder of the Sweaty Betty PR firm, was featured on 60 Minutes International.
Crisis Communications
Hollywood's Predator Problem and the Crisis Communications That Followed
Corey Feldman's 2016 New York Post interview about Hollywood's predator problem — the Elijah Wood interview that preceded it, the Corey Haim case it pointed to, and the statute-of-limitations dilemma behind the communications response.