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• When press releases still matter

  29-08-2024 12:00
  
  Press releases are still part of the PR toolkit – but not always for getting press.
  Once the preeminent tool in every PR toolbox, the press release has fallen out of favor in recent years due to its perceived overuse – indiscriminately spamming reporters’ inboxes with every hiring update and piece of organizational information.
  Despite that criticism, there’s still a significant place for a well-crafted, timely press release, especially if it’s sent to the right aud
  
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• The Shipyard hires Boden Agency president Sara Garibaldi

  27-10-2026 20:32 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Garibaldi is the agency’s first chief communications and client officer.
  
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• Lyft’s Terra Carmichael joins Levi Strauss & Co. as chief corporate affairs officer

  27-10-2026 19:39 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  For the past two years, Carmichael has served as Lyft’s comms head.
  
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• Teneo supports Anthropic on IPO financial comms

  27-10-2026 18:50 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Anthropic said it intends to go public the week of November 16.
  
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• ServiceNow hires Cheryl Sanclemente as chief communications officer

  27-10-2026 18:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  She replaces Heather Graubard, who departed the company in April.
  
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• Inside NYRR’s immersive marathon course activation in Grand Central

  27-10-2026 17:28 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The four-day activation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the TCS New York City Marathon’s five-borough course.
  
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• Kyne leaders launch Common Thread Advisors

  27-10-2026 12:30 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  At the independent consultancy, David Kyne is executive chair, Wendy Woods-Williams is managing partner and the firm’s partners include Maureen Byrne, Michael Grela and Julie O’Donnell.
  
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• Asics hires CTP to elevate its SportsStyle category

  26-10-2026 19:04 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The Boston-based agency is supporting Asics with creator relations, media outreach and product seeding.
  
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• Why pharma brands still have a shine for Reddit

  26-10-2026 18:08 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  If 2025 was the year in which Reddit popped for pharma, 2026 is when Reddit sustained its success and built off that foundation.
  
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• NordicTrack parent company iFit names Taylor as PR AOR

  26-10-2026 18:03 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The agency will ‘redefine the fitness experience’ for iFit, which recently launched an AI-powered fitness app and Prime Video series.
  
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• McDonald’s walks away from 32-year FIFA World Cup sponsorship

  26-10-2026 15:58 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  After three decades, McDonald’s ends FIFA World Cup sponsorship amid marketing strategy reset.
  
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• Dog Chow celebrates 100th anniversary with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float

  26-10-2026 14:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The Purina brand is celebrating its Salute to Service Dogs program and 100 years of advertising next month. Golin Ketchum is working on the campaign.
  
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• John Wren calls merger headwinds ‘substantially done’ as Omnicom posts 7.2% growth

  23-10-2026 20:22 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Group's CEO outlined growth opportunities, competition and his plan to control talent turnover.
  
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• Crying in public? Visit DoorDash’s Crash Out Corner

  23-10-2026 18:21 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The delivery platform activated a Crash Out Corner in Madison Square Park, the No. 4 ranked location for crashouts in New York City.
  
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• Autodesk films ‘The Cat in the Hat’ animation process for ‘Made to Make’ social series

  23-10-2026 11:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
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• Omnicom PR reports Q3 revenue of $678.3 million

  22-10-2026 22:56 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  PR comprised 11.3% of Omnicom’s core operations, which saw 7.2% organic revenue growth over Q3 2025.
  
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• SharkNinja offers commissions to content creator applicants

  22-10-2026 20:21 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The home appliance and kitchenware brand launched a Shark Storytellers program to widen its partnered content creator network.
  
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• Study: The seat at the leadership table is ready — now CCOs need the infrastructure to match

  22-10-2026 18:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Key findings from The Grossman Group’s Communications Modernization Index, a survey of 50 comms heads at companies including Honeywell Technologies and Kenvue.
  
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• Publicis names first CEO of Marcel as it becomes client-facing tool

  22-10-2026 16:41 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Marcel is now used by clients for agentic AI, anchored in Publicis’ identity data.
  
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• Mission North strengthens event and thought leadership capabilities with Cred acquisition

  22-10-2026 11:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Driven by the rise of AI, the partnership banks on in-person convenings as a crucial counterweight to automated digital content.
  
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• Away appoints DJ John Summit to ‘chief destruction officer’ for its aluminum luggage line

  21-10-2026 20:29 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  A viral suitcase meltdown becomes a full-blown brand partnership and Away’s latest culture-forward play.
  
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• FTC puts conditions on Publicis' $2.2 billion LiveRamp acquisition

  21-10-2026 20:25 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The proposed settlement requires Publicis to preserve LiveRamp’s neutrality and protect customer data, addressing concerns the group could use the platform to disadvantage rival agencies.
  
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• Due diligence nonexistent in White House press secretary fiasco

  21-10-2026 20:10 via PR Week Global 2014 Blogs RSS Feed
  Katie Zacharia was described as looking like a ‘baby giraffe taking its first steps’ in what turned out to be her one and only press briefing.
  
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• Prosek Partners appoints James Isola as MD in New York

  21-10-2026 20:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Most recently, Isola was head of communications for private equity firm Oakley Capital.
  
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• Boehringer Ingelheim hires Frances Devlin as global head of public, government affairs

  21-10-2026 18:06 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Devlin previously spent more than 18 years at Pfizer.
  
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• Penta Group hires Weber Shandwick Collective’s Joseph Kingsbury

  21-10-2026 13:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The firm has also promoted Max Mallory to senior partner, Tia Nowack to partner and Joe Abbey to partner.
  
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• Meta global affairs leader Joel Kaplan to exit

  20-10-2026 22:23 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Kaplan has worked at the company for 15 years.
  
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• Former IBM and Heineken comms leaders launch Equalls advisory firm

  20-10-2026 20:56 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  The US firm will focus on peer-to-peer senior advisory and has six cofounders including Jon Iwata and Stacey Tank.
  
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• One Strategy Group acquires Fuller Impact Group

  20-10-2026 20:37 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  As part of the deal, agency founder David Fuller has joined One Strategy Group as an EVP.
  
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• Block by block: How ‘Minecraft’ built a 1M TikTok following

  20-10-2026 19:00 via PR Week Global 2014 News RSS Feed
  Gaming strategist Martin Stenberg discussed chocolate panda creator collabs, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ and how comms pros can scale digital communities.
  
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