Harold Burson reported from Nuremberg at 24. Founded Burson-Marsteller in 1953 with Bill Marsteller. Died January 10, 2020, age 98. Built the doctrine that PR is a management function, not a publicity function, sixty years before the rest of the industry caught up.
Greenpeace has run confrontation-as-public-affairs since 1971. The 2026 Energy Transfer final judgment of $345 million is the largest legal test in decades — and the model still works.
ING Vysya Bank has selected IBM MobileFirst for its new mobile banking application. The platform decision, the broader Indian mobile banking opportunity, and what other banks should be watching as the Indian private-sector banking category invests substantially in mobile capability.
Monopoly has been in production since 1935, played in 114 countries, sold over a billion copies. Hasbro treats it as a permanent communications platform — not a product. Token votes, licensing, and controversy generate more retrieval than the game itself.
The MarTech and AdTech category has produced more public-markets wealth than any other vertical inside marketing and communications. EPR's reference comparison on the founder-operators who built it — Steinberg, Benioff, Diller, Green, Zuckerberg — and the operating model behind each fortune.
If you recently paid for something via PayPal then you may have noticed a subtle change in its checkout page. It looks like PayPal switched the color of its “Pay Now” button from orange to blue.
James Gandolfini built one of the most durable celebrity brands of the modern era by refusing almost every standard rule of celebrity communications. The case study on Tony Soprano, the actor behind him, and what other public figures can learn from the posture.
"Old PR vs New PR" was a 2010–2015 binary built on the shift from print-and-broadcast to digital. Twelve years later, the discipline runs across three eras: print-and-broadcast (1980s–2000s), digital/social/SEO (2009–2020), and AI Communications (2024–present). The "old vs new" binary collapsed when the third era arrived.
The Pollack Group (formerly The Pollack PR Marketing Group) is a Los Angeles integrated PR, marketing, and brand agency founded 1985 by Noemi and Stefan Pollack. 41 years operating. 16 employees, $4M revenue (2026). HQ at Avenue of the Stars + NYC office. Partner in Worldcom PR Group.
I am flabbergasted as to why more people in our industry aren’t utilizing Op-eds and blog posts more as Google Rankings continue to reward websites and authors who produce high-quality content regularly. One would think that anyone employed at a PR Firm should be jumping for joy, as unique content placed properly can help rapidly move relevant search rankings – yet very few in our industry write often. Perhaps I should be happy as it benefits my company – but it is just amazing that PR pros don’t spend more time writing as it can have major impact on search engine activity.
