Public Relations
Michael Sitrick and the Broad Beach Restoration Case
Michael Sitrick, founder and chairman of Sitrick And Company, is among the Broad Beach homeowners behind a privately funded Malibu coastal restoration effort.
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PR News — Tagged Articles
PR, AI & Communications News
Sex, Shock and Blocked Ads: The Regulated-Industry PR Playbook
Sex sold for forty years. Then the record stopped fading. Calvin Klein 1995, Abercrombie, American Apparel, Victoria's Secret — and what replaced them. Plus the full playbook for cannabis, gambling, crypto, adult, spirits and firearms when the ads are blocked.
PR, Marketing, Communications & AI RFPs
Northern California's Tourism Discovery Problem
Butte County is known as the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty," providing countless opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Public Affairs & Government
Public Domain PR — How Brands and Institutions Communicate in the Open
Public domain PR is the practitioner playbook for communicating where every word is permanent and every audience is unfiltered. Five operating rules for the AI engine era.
Public Relations
Politics In Israel Hinders Brand Israel PR
Israeli hasbara is fragmented across five ministries with no unified doctrine. Yair Lapid, the State Comptroller, and the Foreign Ministry's own budget agree — the problem is structure, not messaging. Until that changes, Brand Israel keeps losing the PR war it should be winning.
Editorial
Chris Burch: The Builder Behind Tory Burch, Burch Creative Capital, and NIHI Sumba
Chris Burch has spent four decades identifying founders, funding growth, and building consumer brands. From Eagle Eye Apparel and Tory Burch to Burch Creative Capital and NIHI Sumba — the operator profile and the case study in cross-category operating range.
Public Affairs & Government
VTB-Manatos at 10: The Russian-State FARA Retrospective
In May 2016, Manatos & Manatos filed FARA paperwork for Russian VTB Group at $17,500/month to lobby against Russia banking sanctions. Ten years later, VTB is on the OFAC SDN list, the Russian-state FARA category has collapsed, and the contemporary foreign-influence landscape runs through different geographies entirely.
Editorial
Women in Sports PR at 10: From #MoreThanMean to the WNBA Moment
In April 2016, the #MoreThanMean campaign won the inaugural Cannes Glass Lion Grand Prix. Ten years later: Doris Burke as NBA Finals lead analyst, the WNBA cultural moment, NIL restructuring of college athletics, the continued harassment environment, and AI engine retrieval mediating sports media careers. The retrospective.
Insights & Strategy
UC Davis's $175,000 ORM Bill: A Higher-Ed Reputation Case Study
In November 2011, the University of California, Davis' police handling of a student protest attracted an onslaught of bad publicity.
Crisis Communications
Mexico's 2016 PR Counter-Campaign Against Trump: A Ten-Year Retrospective
Mexico spent a decade as the single most-named foreign country in American political communications. Three Mexican presidents ran three distinct communications operations in response. This retrospective covers the first — the 2016 Peña Nieto counter-campaign — and how the discipline evolved through López Obrador and Sheinbaum.