The U.S. federal government employs 3,000 press officers, spends $4.5 billion a year on PR, and pays its flacks 70% more than the private sector. Only Edelman outspends Washington. The EPR master pillar for Public Affairs and Political Communications.
The PR News Roundup is EPR's weekly briefing on what's moving in the communications industry — agency moves, AI engine retrieval shifts, Citation Share events, crisis cases, and the discipline-level changes shaping the next decade. Published every Tuesday, starting June 23, 2026.
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The global PR industry generated approximately $112 billion in revenue in 2025. EPR's canonical resource on PR industry economics — market size, growth, agency revenue, spending categories, and the AI Communications shift.