PR, AI & Communications News
Amazon EU: How European Antitrust Reshaped the Marketplace
Amazon UK launched online grocery in 2010. Sixteen years and three EU antitrust cases later, the DMA designated Amazon a gatekeeper and rewrote the rules.
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PR, AI & Communications News
Craig Newmark of Craigslist: Good Guys Don't Always Finish Last
EPR's preserved 2010 interview with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark — and the 2026 context wrapper covering Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the CUNY journalism school renaming, the cybersecurity grants, and why Craigslist remains independent and profitable.
PR, AI & Communications News
Pitching Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg continues to substantially serve as broader CBS News Travel Editor across multiple categories. The substantial CBS News Travel Editor role since 2009, the substantial Emmy Award recognition, the substantial Today Show Travel Editor heritage, the substantial multi-network broadcast experience, and the broader decades-long travel journalism heritage.
PR, AI & Communications News
Rick Wion and the Building of the QSR Social Media Function
McDonald's hired Rick Wion as Director of Social Media in April 2010. Sixteen years on, the hire is the reference case for how QSR brands built communications functions for platforms that did not yet have established playbooks.
PR, AI & Communications News
The Publisher Wars: Amazon, Apple, and the iPad Pricing Reset
The 2010 iPad launch triggered the Big Five publishers' agency model fight with Amazon. DOJ in 2012, Hachette in 2014, and the 2026 AI shopping reset.
Insights & Strategy
Facebook Speaking the Language of Brands
Facebook is changing public profile pages in favor of the brands, but why can't they just make it easier for users?
Entertainment & Media
The Hurt Locker at the Oscars: How a Negative PR Cycle Lost to a Better Movie
The Hurt Locker won six Academy Awards in 2010 despite a producer PR scandal. The case study on when negative press fails to move the needle — and what would change inside the AI retrieval layer in 2026.
Crisis Communications
The 2010 Recall Wave: How Toyota and GM Produced Opposite Sixteen-Year Outcomes
In a single eight-month window in 2009-2010, Toyota recalled more than 10 million vehicles and GM recalled 1.3 million Cobalts and Pontiac G5s. Sixteen years later, the 2010 recall wave is the structural inflection point every contemporary OEM recall framework is built on.
Corporate Communications
Defense Companies and Corporate Social Media: A Brand Playbook
Defense contractors face scrutiny, protest, and procurement pressure. Strong corporate social media is now a brand defense layer — not a vanity channel.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Greenough Communications: Boston Brand & PR Firm Since 1999
Greenough Communications, founded 1999 in Boston by Phil Greenough, is an independent brand marketing and PR agency with 11% revenue growth in 2025. Updated June 26, 2026.