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Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
'The problem is the execution': The role of comms in the data center controversy (PR Daily - September 10, 2026)
Perspective: The Future of Truth Isn't What It Used to Be (PRovoke Media - September 10, 2026)
PR Stunt Watch: Hot dogs, actual dogs, and: is Killer AI actually killer PR? (PRmoment (UK) - September 10, 2026)
Branded Merchandise Shows Its Power (O'Dwyer's - September 11, 2026)
PR Roundup: Anthropic Researcher Sounds an Apocalyptic Alarm, Communicators Are Burned Out, and TEMPTATIONS Nails the Bodega Cat Moment (PRNEWS - September 10, 2026)
Americans See Gaps in Their News Knowledge (Institute for Public Relations - September 8, 2026)
What Your Marketing and Communications Measurement is Missing (Spin Sucks - September 10, 2026)
Why Is Curiosity an Important PR Skill? (HMA PR - September 9, 2026)
How to build a reputational risk radar your CEO can trust (Axia Public Relations - September 11, 2026)
Four Ways of Reining in Rogue AI (CommPRO - September 9, 2026)
Social Listening for Crisis Communications: What Should Trigger Escalation? (Everything-PR - September 11, 2026)
Product Pages Beat Reddit 6:1 in New AI Citation Study (CMO Mag - September 4, 2026)
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Summary Section:
'The problem is the execution': The role of comms in the data center controversy
By Courtney Blackann
PR Daily - September 10, 2026
As companies race to build data centers, communities are asking tougher questions about the resources those facilities require and what the tradeoff is for residents.
Perspective: The Future of Truth Isn't What It Used to Be
By Jennifer Risi
PRovoke Media - September 10, 2026
The Sway Effect founder and president Jennifer Risi writes that the controversy surrounding The Future of Truth is a cautionary tale for communicators about the risks of surrendering accuracy and accountability to AI.
PR Stunt Watch: Hot dogs, actual dogs, and: is Killer AI actually killer PR?
By Greg Double, Creative Director at Burson
PRmoment (UK) - September 10, 2026
Hot dogs cause more food-related, choking deaths than any other food in the world. Dogs kill 25,000-30,000 people a year, and AI, well, AI could kill us all. But, rather than just objects of human destruction, they are all subjects of this week’s Stunt Watch.
Branded Merchandise Shows Its Power
By Steve Barnes
O'Dwyer's - September 11, 2026
Americans spent more than $174 billion on branded merchandise in 2025, according to a newly released study from Promotional Products Association International.
PR Roundup: Anthropic Researcher Sounds an Apocalyptic Alarm, Communicators Are Burned Out, and TEMPTATIONS Nails the Bodega Cat Moment
By Nicole Schuman
PRNEWS - September 10, 2026
PR roundup covers what happens when Anthropic employees publicly confirm its risks, new research showing that communicators are increasingly burned out and eyeing the door, and how TEMPTATIONS turned the beloved “bodega cat” into a textbook experiential PR campaign.
Americans See Gaps in Their News Knowledge
Institute for Public Relations - September 8, 2026
Pew Research Center examined Americans’ knowledge of major news topics and the importance they place on staying informed.
What Your Marketing and Communications Measurement is Missing
By Travis Claytor
Spin Sucks - September 10, 2026
Marketing and communications measurement has a value problem. We've gotten better at collecting data and connecting efforts to business outcomes, but we still tend to define value too narrowly, either by what's easiest to measure or by what happens at the very end of the journey.
Why Is Curiosity an Important PR Skill?
By Abbie Fink
HMA PR - September 9, 2026
Yes, writing, media relations and strategic thinking are all very important skills for public relations, but have you thought about curiosity?
How to build a reputational risk radar your CEO can trust
Axia Public Relations - September 11, 2026
Build a 30-day dashboard for social media and reputation management with social listening, SERP monitoring, KPIs, alert thresholds, and exec reporting cadence.
Four Ways of Reining in Rogue AI
By Dr. David Hagenbuch
CommPRO - September 9, 2026
CommPRO contributor David Hagenbuch examines troubling examples of autonomous AI behavior and argues that stronger values, guardrails and human oversight are becoming increasingly critical.
Social Listening for Crisis Communications: What Should Trigger Escalation?
Everything-PR - September 11, 2026
A spike in negative mentions is not automatically a crisis. A single credible safety allegation can be.
Product Pages Beat Reddit 6:1 in New AI Citation Study
By Hannah Whitfield
CMO Mag - September 4, 2026
A Ten Speed study of 7,387 AI citation appearances finds product pages earn nearly six times more B2B mentions than Reddit, with brand-owned content capturing 88.3% of everything ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini cite.
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