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• Former CCO Linda Rutherford to retire from Southwest Airlines

  09-01-2025 22:40 via prweek.com
  
  Rutherford was the airline’s chief communications officer for seven years before assuming her current role as chief administration officer. She’s set to retire in April.
  
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• ‘Unless you are here, you really don't understand it’: How Autumn Communications is responding to the LA wildfires

  09-01-2025 22:29 via prweek.com
  
  The Beverly Hills-based agency has partnered with clients and staffers to offer on the ground resources and aid to first responders and displaced individuals.
  
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• California wildfires: LA Tourism launches website to keep residents, visitors informed

  09-01-2025 22:01 via prweek.com
  
  The organization is keeping people in the know about transportation and other resources.
  
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• Hotwire hires ex-Cognito director to lead global fintech division

  09-01-2025 21:30 via prweek.com
  
  Tech PR agency Hotwire has recruited a director from Cognito as its global head of fintech.
  
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• PR at a crossroads

  09-01-2025 20:18 via prweek.com
  
  PRWeek convenes its editorial team for the first podcast of 2025 to look forward to Feb. 4’s critically important PRDecoded conference where the biggest industry issues will come under the microscope.
  
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• Here are 50 AI creators you need to know, according to Edelman

  09-01-2025 20:07 via prweek.com
  
  Edelman released the list to ensure brand safety when working with AI-focused influencers.
  
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• How four brands are aiding California wildfire evacuees

  09-01-2025 19:03 via prweek.com
  
  Airbnb, Planet Fitness, Uber and Lyft are offering free homes, evacuation rides and supplies to Los Angeles residents and first responders affected by the natural disaster.
  
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• What is your comms-related New Year’s resolution?

  09-01-2025 17:16 via prweek.com
  
  Is there a particular word you want to stop using in your comms efforts? Or maybe this is the year you cut down on exclamation points.
  
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• What Meta’s ‘free speech’ moves mean for brands

  09-01-2025 16:09
  
  This is what to start doing now.Meta is following in X’s footsteps.
  The Elon Musk-owned platform was explicitly namechecked in an announcement from Joel Kaplan, Meta’s newly appointed chief public affairs officer with strong Republican ties, unveiling the end to Meta’s 8-year-old independent fact checking program. Meta claims that the program focused on “too much content being fact checked that people would understand to be legitimate political speech and debate,” w
  
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• Premier Resourcing UK: Senior Account Executive / Account Manager – Corporate Comms & Litigation PR

  09-01-2025 14:59
  c.£35-45,000 + Bonus + Benefits:Premier Resourcing UK:
  Love strategic comms but frustrated by rigid progression, limited responsibilities and siloed teams?  Excellent new corporate comms & litigation SAE/A
  London (Central)
  
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• UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death could change corporate comms

  09-01-2025 13:00
  
  It’s important for executives to talk, but it’s just as important that it’s on the right issue.
  The death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson sent shockwaves through the corporate world, raising questions about executive security and leaders’ role as the public face of their organization.
  Investigators reportedly found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” – phrasing used by insurance industry critics – emblazoned on am
  
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• Reuben Sinclair: Account Director (stakeholder relations)

  09-01-2025 12:41
  £50k - 60k per year:Reuben Sinclair:
  ACCOUNT DIRECTOR - STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS - MUST HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPERIENCEI'm working with a boutique comms consultancy that specialises in s
  London
  
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• By the Numbers: What social media marketers fear most

  09-01-2025 12:00
  
  According to new data from Sprout Social.Social media marketers are in a tough position. They’re caught between the whims of a fickle audience to bosses and leadership who sometimes think they know best about what performs well because they have a nephew who’s really popular on Instagram. Add in the constant change and churn on the platforms themselves, and there’s plenty keeping this bunch up at night.
  The 2025 Sprout Social Index surveyed 900 social media professionals across
  
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• Orchestra brings on ex-SKDK CEO Josh Isay as partner

  09-01-2025 11:00 via prweek.com
  
  Isay, who was also a cofounder of the agency, retired from SKDK in 2022.
  
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