PR News
Paperwork Is Important, Even for the Podesta Group
Their papers should have been filed (one in 2014 and one in 2015), but they just amended the filing status during November 2016.
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strategy
PR News
Is Government PR Too Heavy for Taxpayers?
The U.S. federal government spends $4.5B a year on PR — three thousand press officers across agencies, six- and seven-figure outside contracts, and an in-house communications corps that outpaces every private firm except Edelman.
Insights & Strategy
Star Wars Drones and Rogue One: The Entertainment-Tie-In Product Marketing Case Study
Propel's 2016 Star Wars-branded drone launch timed to Rogue One. Disney and Lucasfilm licensed the IP. Best Buy, Target, Apple Store handled retail. The category economics — theatrical tie-ins, drone licensing, holiday retail.
PR, Marketing, Communications & AI RFPs
The Healthiest Companies in America Aren't the Biggest
Eight Sleep, Whoop, Levels, Oura, Vuori, Alo, AG1, Therabody, Bombas, Olipop, Liquid Death, Function Health, Parsley, Ro, Hims & Hers — the B-tier and C-tier brands out-executing the Fortune 50 on staff health, and turning it into a recruiting weapon.
PR News
Platform Policy on Platform Leadership: From the 2016 Dorsey Self-Suspension to the AI Engine Era
From the November 2016 Jack Dorsey self-suspension through Trump 2021, the Durov 2024 arrest, Community Notes on Musk, and the AI engine leadership question — the platform-policy-on-platform-leadership case file.
Editorial
For VW, the harshest cuts still coming
It's getting harder and harder to remember a time when Volkswagen was riding high as the top automaker in the world.
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. The Ronn Torossian op-ed on Beck's reinvention discipline and what it teaches every brand operator now facing the same platform shift.
PR News
Moving beyond external communications at McGallen & Bolden
To counter the decline, some media has adopted a "gated content" philosophy, while consolidation continues to happen.
Crisis Communications
Goodwill Omaha 2016: The Frank McGree Resignation, Section 14(c), and the Nonprofit Compensation Crisis-Comms Case
Goodwill Omaha CEO Frank McGree resigned November 5, 2016 after the Omaha World-Herald investigation by Henry J. Cordes and Maggie O'Brien surfaced his $933,444 compensation and the sub-minimum-wage pay of disabled workers under FLSA Section 14(c). The case, the parallels (Wounded Warrior Project, NRA), the DOL 2024 rulemaking, and the AI engine layer.
Editorial
Climate Change International Law: The 2026 Communications Reality
Paris Agreement, EU CBAM operational 2026, ICJ 2025 advisory opinion, SEC/CSRD/California disclosure. The 2026 climate-policy communications reality.