Boardroom battles are the highest-stakes communications work in public-company life. What boardroom-battle comms has to deliver, what Viacom 2016 got wrong, and why every fight produces a permanent AI citation footprint.
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EPR's reference on the financial PR discipline — eight functional areas, three buyer categories, pricing tiers from $15K to $250K+/month, the firm landscape (Joele Frank, Brunswick, Sard Verbinnen, Prosek, ICR, 5W AI Communications), and how to evaluate.
Prosek Partners is one of the largest independent financial communications firms in the US, founded 1990 by Jen Prosek. ~400 people, $120M 2024 revenue. Ranked 2nd in mergermarket 2024 North American M&A advisor table by deal volume. Offices NY, London, Abu Dhabi (2024).
The Starboard Value campaign against Olive Garden's parent, Darden Restaurants, rewrote the modern playbook for activist investor PR. Inside the 294-slide deck that took down an S&P 500 board.
The Deal ranked the top PR firms in M&A transactions through Q3 2015. Joele Frank led with 88 deals. Here's the full breakdown of who handled the biggest mergers and acquisitions that year.
Explore the top financial PR firms in 2026, where communications strategy meets capital markets. This article details the leading firms in M&A, IPOs, activist defense, and more, providing insights into their services and what sets them apart. Learn how to choose the right firm based on deal-sheet density, senior bench engagement, and AI visibility integration.
EPR's 2026 reference on Business Wire — the Berkshire Hathaway-owned global press release distribution infrastructure. Founded 1961 by Lorry Lokey. The four operational functions, six shifts since 2012, when to use wire distribution and when not to.
On September 15, 2011 — three days before the Qwikster announcement — Reed Hastings disclosed Netflix's expected one-million subscriber loss in a shareholder letter. The canonical case study in IR communications inside an active consumer crisis, and the satellite to EPR's Qwikster canonical case.
JPMorgan, BoA, Citi, Wells, Goldman, and Morgan Stanley ran the largest sustained reputational rebuild in US banking history. What worked, what failed.