Hello! Please enjoy your Friday Daily PR Brief - November 14, 2025
Starbucks & workers’ union spar in statements; Why people-first PR beats all other approaches; Choosing the right press release platform; more!
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Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Starbucks and workers’ union spar in statements; Paramount tells employees the minute details of RTO process (Ragan Communications - November 14, 2025)
How To Build A Social Media Strategy That Actually Stops Thumbs (Forbes - November 14, 2025)
Why People-First PR Beats All Other Approaches (O’Dwyer’s - November 14, 2025)
The Scoop: Sonder goes bust and Marriott is left holding the comms bag (PR Daily - November 12, 2025)
Stunt Watch: Selfridges dons Disney, Daley wins jumper lottery and Heineken’s F1 giveaway (PRmoment (UK) - November 13, 2025)
What communicators can learn from the modern luxury market (Agility PR Solutions - November 13, 2025)
How earned media gets AI to remember your brand (Axia Public Relations - November 14, 2025)
Media Upheaval Reveals the Real Rules of the Creator Economy (CommPRO - November 13, 2025)
PRovokeGlobal: Crisis Is Now A Permanent Operating Environment (PRovoke Media - November 13, 2025)
Getting your news seen: choosing the right press release distribution platform (Muck Rack - November 13, 2025)
8 ways to improve communication with deskless workers (Influence (UK) - November 14, 2025)
Leadership in Your Inbox — The Strategic Rise of Corporate Comms Newsletters (Everything PR News - November 14, 2025)
Summary Section:
Starbucks and workers’ union spar in statements; Paramount tells employees the minute details of RTO process
By Sean Devlin
Ragan Communications - November 14, 2025
Greetings, comms pros! Let’s take a look at few news stories from the past week and see what we can learn from them. Starbucks and workers’ union spar in statements; Paramount tells employees the minute details of RTO process. Plus, a report reveals how managers factor into AI uptake at work.
How To Build A Social Media Strategy That Actually Stops Thumbs
By Sebastian Bondo Petit, Co-Founder at WHY CGI
Forbes - November 14, 2025
To stop the scroll, you don’t need to shout louder. You need to speak in the language of today’s culture.
Why People-First PR Beats All Other Approaches
By Daisy Cabrera
O’Dwyer’s - November 14, 2025
In today’s fast-moving media landscape, brands aren’t just competing for attention - they’re competing for authentic human connection across cultures and communities. That’s why human-centered communications deliver deeper, more inclusive and longer-lasting impact.
The Scoop: Sonder goes bust and Marriott is left holding the comms bag
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - November 12, 2025
Marriott is left holding the comms bag. Plus: CEOs skip climate summit; teens find the media ‘biased,’ ‘boring’ and ‘bad.’
Stunt Watch: Selfridges dons Disney, Daley wins jumper lottery and Heineken’s F1 giveaway
By Lee Sanders
PRmoment (UK) - November 13, 2025
Most Londoners would rather do anything than brave Oxford Street at this time of year, but for those that do, Disney has put itself right in the middle of the action.
What communicators can learn from the modern luxury market
By Anna Zoey
Agility PR Solutions - November 13, 2025
In the luxury world, where emotion and exclusivity meet, experience has become the new currency of connection. The key question for communicators is simple. How can one moment become a lasting emotion?
How earned media gets AI to remember your brand
Axia Public Relations - November 14, 2025
Strengthen your digital presence through smart earned media and boost recognition with SEO for PR in algorithm and AI-driven search results.
Media Upheaval Reveals the Real Rules of the Creator Economy
By Paul Kontonis
CommPRO - November 13, 2025
Sean Atkins’ clear and direct LinkedIn post offers a masterclass in how leaders must adapt now for the creator economy.
PRovokeGlobal: Crisis Is Now A Permanent Operating Environment
By Maja Pawinska Sims
PRovoke Media - November 13, 2025
At the PRovokeGlobal summit in Chicago last week, senior communications leaders from Finn Partners, Bridgestone and Nepenthe Solutions examined how misinformation, cultural volatility and AI are reshaping crisis management.
Getting your news seen: choosing the right press release distribution platform
Muck Rack - November 13, 2025
Visibility today looks different. Communicators aren’t just chasing reach. They’re building relevance, credibility and measurable impact.
8 ways to improve communication with deskless workers
By Jenni Field
Influence (UK) - November 14, 2025
There is a whole army of people out there who are rarely looking at phones or computers as part of their job. How are you communicating with them?
Leadership in Your Inbox — The Strategic Rise of Corporate Comms Newsletters
Everything PR News - November 14, 2025
While flashy campaigns and social media stunts often steal headlines, the quiet power of the email newsletter is rising in the background—this time, not as a B2C marketing tool, but as a serious channel for executive visibility, brand positioning, and leadership discourse.
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The people first PR article really resonates. In a world where everyones chasing attention, brands that focus on genine human connection will always stand out. The Selfridges Disney partnership on Oxford Street is a smart play durng the holiday rush. Its about creatng moments that feel authentic even in high traffic retail.