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
Washington Stopped Reading Press Releases
Washington stopped reading press releases. The public affairs function — connecting companies with policymakers, regulators, and the political process — is operating in conditions that have shifted meaningfully since 2023. The bipartisan reset, the new playbook, and the firms adjusting.
Entertainment & Media
Trump and Fox News: The Platform Strategy Playbook
The Trump-Fox alignment traces to the 2016 primary and holds through the second term. How selectivity, the phone-in format, and friendly amplification became the template for platform strategy.
Nonprofit
Donald Trump and the Press: The 2016 Playbook and What Transferred
Ten years on, the trade press retrospective on Trump's 2016 media operation reads differently. Four operating principles, two case studies (the veterans-charity fundraiser, the Megyn Kelly cycle), and the honest verdict on what actually transferred into two presidencies.
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.