Social Media
Matt Yglesias: The Post-Vox Slow Boring Template
Matt Yglesias left Vox in 2020 and built Slow Boring into a multi-million-dollar political newsletter, the template other senior journalists copied.
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Public Affairs & Government
Kenya's Public Relations Landscape: M-Pesa to Nairobi
Kenya's global reputation runs on M-Pesa, Nairobi's status as a UN and tech hub, and the Maasai Mara. A profile of the country's media, its 2024 Gen Z protests, and its PR agencies.
Public Affairs & Government
The Podesta Group and the FARA Compliance Failure That Ended a Washington Firm
Their papers should have been filed (one in 2014 and one in 2015), but they just amended the filing status during November 2016.
Entertainment & Media
Glenn Beck Reinvented Himself Three Times. Most Media Operators Can't Do It Once.
Glenn Beck has reinvented himself three full times in eight years. Most media operators can't do it once. What Beck's reinvention discipline teaches every brand operator now facing the same platform shift.
Public Affairs & Government
Crisis PR and the Pentagon's Budget: A, B, and C-Tier Federal Contractor Map
The Pentagon's public affairs budget runs $600M to $1.4B annually. The A-tier contractors (DDB, VMLY&R, Wunderman Thompson), B-tier specialist communications firms (Edelman, Burson, Weber Shandwick, Brunswick, Teneo federal practices), and C-tier defense-specialist boutiques (Sayres, McBee, Cassidy, S-3 Group, Vogel Group).
Crisis Communications
Hillary’s “Nurse” Really a PR Expert from Rubenstein Communications
There have been lots of educated guessing about complications to a concussion she received a few years ago, or a neurological condition.
Financial Services
Chinese Couple Befriended Jeb Bush with $1.3 Million Investment
In politics and business alike, money talks, and many alliances are bought with dollars and cents, as opposed to camaraderie.
Crisis Communications
Koch Brothers Win Case by Comparing Predicament To Civil Rights Movement
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation is a charitable non-profit chaired by billionaire David Koch.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
BerlinRosen: Agency Profile
BerlinRosen is a strategic communications firm co-founded 2005 by Valerie Berlin and Jonathan Rosen. Built to operate with the speed of a political campaign. Flagship of Orchestra (10-agency network, 600+ employees, O2 Investment Partners-backed). Rebranded from BerlinRosen Holdings March 2024.
Public Affairs & Government
The Expanding Role of PR Representing Government Agencies
PR representing government agencies has expanded from one-off contract communications into permanent infrastructure. Federal, state, and municipal agencies now run dedicated comms teams plus outside firms on specialty mandates.