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• The Scoop: Apple makes rare apology

  10-05-2024 17:11
  
  Plus: Target pulls back on Pride merch; Baidu’s PR head fired for videos of harsh management style.Apple took the unusual step of apologizing for an ad and pulling it from its TV rotation.
  Gleefully titled “Crush!,” the advertisement hawks the new iPad Pro by showing a hydraulic press compressing a number of artistic tools, including musical instruments, paint, sculptures, fashion mannequins and more. At the end, after all these tools of human creativity are destroyed, the new
  
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• Comms leaders discuss strategy around PGA Tour’s new structure

  01-07-2026 22:33 via prweek.com
  The new two-tiered competitive model was unveiled last week and will go into effect for the 2028 season.
  
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• DoorDash VP joins Instacart to head global comms

  30-06-2026 19:34 via prweek.com
  
  Erin Maslan most recently served as VP of external comms for DoorDash.
  
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• Pinterest snaps up Snap’s chief comms officer

  30-06-2026 18:35 via prweek.com
  
  Julie Henderson joins Pinterest after six years with Snap Inc., replacing former VP of comms Caroline Nolan.
  
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• Generative AI image and video startup Higgsfield names Amanda Coffee head of PR

  30-06-2026 17:00 via prweek.com
  
  Coffee formerly worked at Under Armour and PayPal
  
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• How a $0 earned media campaign honoring Virginia Giuffre won big at Cannes

  30-06-2026 16:04 via prweek.com
  
  Dini von Mueffling discussed her agency’s pro bono, Titanium Lion-winning work to honor the late Epstein survivor’s legacy.
  
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• MikeWorldWide hires its first MD of energy

  30-06-2026 11:00 via prweek.com
  
  Darrin Kayser makes the move over from Edelman.
  
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• Which 2026 Cannes Lions campaign showcased the ultimate PR genius?

  29-06-2026 20:02 via prweek.com
  
  From rebranding a stolen candy bar scandal to saving romance with hearing aids, brands flexed their creativity at this year’s festival of creativity.
  
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• Edelman president, international Ed Williams to depart

  29-06-2026 17:46 via prweek.com
  
  Ed Williams, Edelman’s president, international, is set to leave the global agency after nearly 15 years.
  
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• Olarin Panimo protests against ICE agents at FIFA World Cup 2026

  29-06-2026 17:11 via prweek.com
  
  The Finnish craft brewery partnered with United Imaginations to assert that both beer and soccer are ‘Best Served Without ICE.’
  
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• Arc'teryx appoints PR and media relations AOR

  29-06-2026 16:30 via prweek.com
  
  Praytell is serving as the brand’s U.S. agency partner.
  
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• Former Golin MD joins Clyde

  29-06-2026 11:00 via prweek.com
  
  Beth Engelmann previously headed Golin’s Dallas office and led the firm’s farm and food speciality offering.
  
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• Cannes day 5: PR firms win Glass and Titanium Lions

  26-06-2026 21:30 via prweek.com
  
  Two PR firms took home awards on Friday.
  
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• How 10 brands are celebrating America’s 250th birthday

  26-06-2026 17:00 via prweek.com
  
  Walmart, Hilton and Coca-Cola are rolling out charity initiatives, deals and social campaigns for the nation's semiquincentennial anniversary.
  
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• Loewe Technology selects US PR AOR

  26-06-2026 16:00 via prweek.com
  
  The company has expanded its relationship with LIttle Red Rooster.
  
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• The Social Skinny: TikTok and Tinder’s dating show; ChatGPT reports 2,000 brand advertisers

  26-06-2026 12:00 via prweek.com
  
  A weekly roundup of app and tech news.
  
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• We. Communications hit with layoffs

  25-06-2026 23:24 via prweek.com
  
  The layoffs come one year after We. Communications laid off 2% of its global workforce.
  
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• Cannes day 4: One PR firm wins Gold Lion in Creative Strategy category

  25-06-2026 18:57 via prweek.com
  
  Prime Weber Shandwick Stockholm took home another award on Thursday.
  
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• What Pope Leo's AI encyclical confirms about purpose and the future of business

  25-06-2026 17:18 via prweek.com
  
  The future of technology must begin — and end — with humanity, says Carol Cone.
  
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• March for Our Lives designs World Cup jersey to raise gun violence awareness

  25-06-2026 17:01 via prweek.com
  
  The nonprofit will distribute America’s #1 jerseys in New York City to spark conversations about gun violence prevention during the tournament.
  
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• Ex-soccer player linked to insider trading scheme using Joele Frank employee’s laptop

  25-06-2026 16:39 via prweek.com
  
  Justin Jennings allegedly raked in $2.7 million by accessing confidential M&A data.
  
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• Healthcare comms platform Assembled Intelligence names chief business, AI officer

  25-06-2026 15:00 via prweek.com
  
  Chuck Hemann steps into the expanded role, effective immediately.
  
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• DoorDash and T-Pain’s ‘Payne-ful’ mix-up was all a marketing stunt

  24-06-2026 20:52 via prweek.com
  
  DoorDash seemingly mistook the rapper for a FIFA New Zealand player.
  
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• Here’s who won this year’s Cannes Lions PR Grand Prix

  24-06-2026 20:30 via prweek.com
  
  Six PR firms took home awards in the PR Lions category on Wednesday.
  
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• Polymarket brings on new PR AOR

  24-06-2026 18:48 via prweek.com
  
  Hiltzik Strategies started working with the company at the beginning of May.
  
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• Pickle smoothies? The strategy behind Smoothie King’s collaboration with Grillo’s Pickles

  24-06-2026 18:21 via prweek.com
  
  Smoothie King’s SVP of brand marketing wanted consumers to think, ‘Hmm, I gotta try this.’
  
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• Cannes PR Lions: Golin Ketchum, Weber, Edelman among early winners

  24-06-2026 16:37 via prweek.com
  
  Golin Ketchum, Weber Shandwick and Edelman all won awards today (24 June), as the first batch of winners in the PR Lions were revealed on the third day of the International Festival of Creativity.
  
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• Bed Bath & Beyond launches nationwide search for the ‘oldest coupon in America’

  23-06-2026 22:28 via prweek.com
  
  The home goods chain is making a post-bankruptcy return and offering a $100,000 grand prize to drive shoppers back to brick-and-mortar stores.
  
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• Etsy takes jab at Amazon Prime Day with 'Shop Other Jeffs' ad in Washington Post

  23-06-2026 22:13 via prweek.com
  
  DKC provided earned media support for this campaign.
  
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• Golin Ketchum, Weber, Edelman: See which PR firms made early Cannes Lions shortlists

  21-06-2026 16:38 via prweek.com
  
  The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity gets underway this week, with the first shortlists published this weekend.
  
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