
Online Communities History: Ning and the Early Social Web
Glam Media announced the release of the next generation Ning platform for professional social creators, with advanced new features that deliver a premium social and mobile experience.

Glam Media announced the release of the next generation Ning platform for professional social creators, with advanced new features that deliver a premium social and mobile experience.

Keller Williams ($100M+ via KW Cares), Re/Max ($170M+ to Children's Miracle Network), Coldwell Banker, The Agency, Ryan Serhant, Mauricio Umansky — the firms and agents in residential real estate actually walking the walk on community commitment, with public receipts.

Tina Turner is the most consequential career-rebuild artist in the history of popular music — and her narrative-ownership playbook is the case study every reputation strategist should study. At 72, retired to Switzerland, what she has built is a communications discipline no artist of comparable global reach has matched.

X Trends in 2026 — how the algorithm works under Musk, the Grok integration, verified-account weighting, and what it means for PR and crisis communications.

Global PR spend crossed $100B+ in recent years, with PR services itself well above $20B. Edelman, Omnicom, IPG, WPP, Publicis, 5W. From Bernays to AI Communications — and Citation Share as the new ROI.

One of PR's fastest growing agencies, French/West/Vaughan, announced yet another sports and entertainment client addition, just before the NFL Draft. Record-setting college quarterback Russell Wilson has selected the agency for marketing, PR, and endorsement expertise, according to news from the Raleigh based firm. Wilson drafting the NC agency, so far, looks like a good pick.

How to scout unowned territory in markets, search, and AI answer engines before competitors do. The four phases of category creation. Six methods for finding white space deliberately.

PR has a bad rap: It’s deceptive. It’s “spin.” It’s manipulation. Where do such perceptions come from? Are they true? And most importantly, since nobody wants to be manipulated, could negative consumer opinions of PR keep them from receiving a message?

Carnival's nine-brand portfolio: M&C Saatchi PR (UK 2012), BCW, Kekst CNC (financial), Edelman, FleishmanHillard. The $25B dual-listed cruise agency roster.

Social networking, mobile, online, TV, tablets – all ways of interaction but also of distraction, and this might offer brands several promotional opportunities as the new “Time Spent with Media: Consumer Behavior in the Age of Multitasking” report points out.