The PR Week

This fifth podcast of our series devoted to the inaugural Changemakers program, presented by Google in partnership with PRWeek, immediately challenges the notion of intent as it pertains to DE&I. In her conversation with PRWeek’s Gideon Fidelzeid, Shannelle Armstrong Fowler, director of U.S. public affairs at AbbVie and member of the esteemed Changemakers Advisory Board, speaks passionately about...

Patrick Lenihan , a veteran of Google and Goldman Sachs, has served as VP and head of global communications at dating app Grindr since January. He chats about taking the company public and navigating thorny issues. Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, such as:  -Previewing PRDecoded and the Purpose Awards ;  -The latest on the “ Corn Kid ;” - Kim Kardashian’s crypto fine...

In this fourth podcast of our series devoted to the inaugural Changemakers program, presented by Google in partnership with PRWeek, Deisha Barnett, president, global communications and content strategy at UPS and member of the esteemed Changemakers Advisory Board, and PRWeek VP and editorial director Steve Barrett speak about what makes a true DE&I “changemaker.” To shed light on the answer, cruci...

Craig Minassian, longtime communications leader for the Clinton Global Initiative, helped bring the event back for the first time since 2016.  Plus: -Edelman turns 70;  -A profile of Intel’s Tara Smith;  -GM’s RTO policy -And much more   Follow Craig on Twitter: @MinassianMedia Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month...

Featuring: -Jeff Lambert, global chair of PROI Worldwide; chair, Lambert  -Ana Margarida Ximenes, president, ATREVIA (in Portugal) For more than a half-century, PROI Worldwide has created and grown a network of firms all over the world who have found the key to simultaneously helping each other while still thriving as individual agencies. In this podcast, Jeff Lambert, global chair, PROI Worldwide...

In this third podcast of our series devoted to the inaugural Changemakers program, presented by Google in partnership with PRWeek, the focus shifts to PR’s younger talent – the industry’s future. In this conversation between Troy Blackwell, press director at the Peace Corps and member of the esteemed Changemakers Advisory Board, and PRWeek’s Gideon Fidelzeid, numerous challenges preventing younger...

The “ great resignation ” and a plethora of return-to-office issues have been on everyone’s mind throughout the pandemic, so who better to join The PR Week podcast than Lara Vandenberg , founder and CEO of the online talent marketplace Publicist? She talks about launching a company in the first month of lockdown and what the PR talent marketplace is really like .  Vandenberg also chats about the t...

This special edition of The PR Week features Matt Neale, CEO of Golin, and PRWeek U.K. editor John Harrington commenting on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, including her skills as a communicator and the relationship between the U.K. and the U.S. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek   w...

In this second podcast of our series devoted to the inaugural Changemakers program, presented by Google in partnership with PRWeek, PRWeek VP and editorial director Steve Barrett speaks with Rosanna Fiske, global CCO of the Royal Caribbean Group and member of the esteemed Changemakers Advisory Board. During their conversation, Fiske calls on the industry to bring the same forward thinking it does...

This special edition of The PR Week features Matt Neale, CEO of Golin, and PRWeek U.K. editor John Harrington commenting on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, including her skills as a communicator and the relationship between the U.K. and the U.S. PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and spec...

The main goal of the inaugural Changemakers program, presented by Google in partnership with PRWeek, was to inspire the PR industry to build on the intent it already has to achieve true progress on the diversity, equity and inclusion front and inspire needle-moving action toward that crucial objective. In this first of a five-part podcast series, Corey duBrowa, Google’s VP of global communications...

Plus Company burst onto the scene last year and made an even bigger splash this year with new acquisitions. Its CEO, Brett Marchand, sits down with The PR Week podcast and talks about his network’s unique approach, as well as the biggest marketing and communications news of the week.  - Restructuring at Dentsu and the departure of Wendy Clark ;  - 20 years of PRWeek Students of the Year ;  -Anothe...

Bob Gold & Associates is celebrating its 25th year in business. Its owner and CEO, Bob Gold, talks about his experiences at the firm and in sports TV and entertainment PR, and weighs in on the biggest marketing and communications news of the week.  On the list for this week:  -An eBay communications executive becomes the story after an interesting find on vacation;  -The National Football League k...

Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean joined DoorDash just months before the COVID-19 pandemic began and helped to lead the company through a period when food-delivery services were a life-saving part of the economy for many people.  She also talks about working for dynamic leaders at DoorDash, as well as Tesla and the Obama White House.  Plus: -The CDC shakes up its communications function in light of public he...

Former Edelman executive Kathy Krenger joined Kraft Heinz as global CCO in July 2021 from Hyatt Hotels, reporting directly to the company's CEO Miguel Patricio and working directly with him on the business' transformation.   She replaced 23-year Kraft Heinz veteran Michael Mullen, who retired in mid-August last year. On this week's podcast, she talks about doubling down on employee engagement, mov...

Dominic Carr joined Lyft as its VP of communications in mid-2021 and has been driving its comms strategy in new directions ever since, growing its communications team and adding new kinds of roles, all while reevaluating its agency partnerships.  He talks about those processes, Lyft launching a media division and the differences between the U.S. and U.K. media markets in the latest edition of The...

Want insight into the booming podcast market? We have the guest for you: Paul Suchman, chief marketing officer at Audacy, a free broadcast and radio platform. He talks all about audio and the resilient power of local news.  Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week:  -The 2022 class of PRWeek’s 40 Under 40 ;  -A former Weber Shandwick key executive pleads guilty in fraud case...

This week’s guest on The PR Week is an insider in both the political and Washington, DC, public affairs agency circles: Alex Conant , founding partner of Firehouse Strategies .  He talks with PRWeek executive editor Frank Washkuch and associate news editor Diana Bradley about setting up his own shop with business partner Terry Sullivan in 2016 and growing it beyond the Beltway . Plus: why it’s way...

The special guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is Tractable’s PR lead Norval Scott. The former Dow Jones and Globe & Mail journalist discusses the tech media sector, transitioning into PR and the lack of insight his newsroom colleagues have about the comms profession, plus contemporaneous news topics including: - Omnicom PR agency Q2 financial results , Ketchum hires Jim Joseph ; -...

The special guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is none other than Target’s communications leader, chief communications officer, Katie Boylan .  She discusses current economic conditions and how they affect retailers and growing her team by 20%, as well as the top marketing and communications news of the week, including:  -The 2022 edition of the PRWeek U.S. Power List ;  - Uber’s l...

What happens when a brand disagrees so much with its parent company that it decides to sue ? That’s one topic on the agenda on the latest edition of The PR Week with special guest James Wright , global chairman of the Havas PR Global Collective and global CEO of Red Havas Group.  Also on the list of topics:  -Neera Chaudhary exits Ketchum;  -PRWeek and Google launch the Changemakers initiative ; ...

Pretty much every story or narrative these days has to be communicated through a public health lens in some form or fashion, whether that involves coronavirus infection, vaccines, travel, returning to physical work spaces or leisure. But as recent criticism of high-profile Spotify influencer Joe Rogan and the case of Novak Djokovic’s vaccine status show, there is a vast amount of misleading and fa...

The guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is none other than WE’s president of North America and chief client officer, Dawn Beauparlant .  On the agenda:  -Cannes roundup: Why PR’s Lions performance doesn’t tell the whole story ;  -The implications of the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade ;  -General Motors restructures its comms leadership ;  -Julie Hamp returns to Toy...

Comms pros have all watched “Mad Men’s” Don Draper walk into a conference room, deliver a brilliant pitch and save the day. But what if the notion of “the big idea” is as outdated as the three-martini lunch? In this podcast, Josh Budd, Chief Creative Officer, NA, Citizen Relations and Jaime Pescia, VP, Global Creative & Brand engagement, Little Caesars Pizza talked about how the pressure to delive...

The past two plus years have been unprecedentedly challenging for consumer brand comms pros – and even more difficult for those centered around ‘fun.’ From COVID-19, social injustices, political polarization, cancel culture, mass shootings and inflation to a media landscape almost exclusively covering doom, we will discuss the results of a nationwide consumer survey which poses the question: is it...