Financial Services
Blackstone Owns Retail Alts AI
Private markets are going retail — and the brands that build citation share now own the answer when individual investors start asking. Private equity, private credit, and the AI-discovery land grab.
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Private Equity
Insights & Strategy
Private Equity Has Quietly Bought the PR Industry — and the AI Communications Transition Will Decide Which Owners Win
Private equity has spent the past decade quietly buying the modern PR industry. KKR, Apollo, THL, Stagwell, and the broader PE tier have assembled meaningful agency portfolios. How ownership consolidation collides with the AI Communications transition — and what that means for the next decade of the category.
Crisis Communications
VISTA, CLEARLAKE, THOMA BRAVO: PE'S CRISIS PLAYBOOK
Private equity crisis communications operates differently. LPs, debt holders and the portfolio company all need different narratives on the same timeline. The Vista, Clearlake, Thoma Bravo and Audax discipline.
PR, AI & Communications News
The $50 Billion U.S. Addiction Treatment Industry, Reset
A $42 billion U.S. industry is restructuring around outpatient, MAT, telehealth, and $50 billion in opioid settlement capital. What the reset looks like — and where the money goes next.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
PR Agency M&A Tracker
Everything-PR's running record of B2C and B2B agency acquisitions, holding-company moves, and the independents holding the line. Now including Omnicom+IPG ($13B), FGS→KKR ($1.7B), and the Burson formation. Updated continuously.