PR News
Nickelodeon Latest Network to Fire Someone over Harassment
Heads are rolling at entertainment companies across the country as consumers focus more on industry-wide sexual harassment allegations.
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Insights & Strategy
Saint Louis University's 2017 Sexual Assault Crisis: A Same-Day Response Case
According to the women, the assaults occurred at an on-campus apartment.
Insights & Strategy
Upcoming PR Trends
Here are a few trends to be expected in the coming year with media and the public relations efforts.
PR News
The 2017 NAACP American Airlines Advisory in Context
Oct 24 2017: NAACP issued the first travel advisory against a major US airline. Doug Parker's 24-hour response. Diversity Advisory Council. Lifted July 2018.
Insights & Strategy
Baylor's "Willing Victims" Disclosure: A Title IX-Era Reference Case
Baylor University is in the news this week, and not for anything they actually did.
Celebrity
Celebrity Crisis Communications Case Study: Marilyn Manson, Columbine and Reputation Damage
Marilyn Manson built one of the biggest acts of the late 1990s. Columbine 1999 broke the brand permanently — the news cycle moved on, the AI engines did not. A case study in reputation damage that compounds across decades.
Sports & Gaming
Beth Mowins, 30 Years Later
September 11, 2017. Monday Night Football. Beth Mowins becomes the first woman in 30 years to call play-by-play on a nationally televised NFL game. The canonical case on NFL on-air talent inclusion arc: Mowins, Kremer-Storm, Taylor, Andrews, Mendoza, and the position that remains closed.
MLB
THE WATCH BEFORE THE TRASH CAN
The 2017 Red Sox-Yankees sign-stealing case was the early indicator of MLB's analytics-vs-integrity crisis — and the operational precursor to the 2017-19 Astros scandal, the StatCast era's verification arms race, and the 2026 sports betting integrity infrastructure.
PR News
Chloe Bennet Calls Out “Racist” Hollywood
Asian-American TV star Chloe Bennet says she understands how tough it can be trying to be successful as an Asian actor in Hollywood.
Retail & eCommerce
Toys R Us: The Brand That Outlived the Company
September 2017: Toys "R" Us filed Chapter 11 carrying $5B in 2005 LBO debt. By 2018 every U.S. store was closed. By 2022 the Macy's shop-in-shop relaunched the brand. The 2024 Sora-generated commercial gave the brand a third act. The canonical retail collapse and brand-licensing revival case.