Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Paramount & AGs Settlement Meeting Monday More Show Than Substance As Cable Channel Sell-Offs & Curbing Ellison's Power Put On The Table (Deadline - August 24, 2026)
Bizwomen Leadership Council: The unexpected value of connecting people who work apart (New York Business Journal - August 24, 2026)
'Not what Neutrogena stands for': Beauty brand issues statement after death of Hayden Panettiere (PR Daily - August 21, 2026)
AI Ethics Begins Inside the Organization - Institute for Public Relations (Institute for Public Relations - August 20, 2026)
PR Stunt Watch: Newds, Chicken Wine, silent 'Spoons and an enormous bag (PRmoment (UK) - August 20, 2026)
When everyone has access to AI, original thinking becomes the real PR advantage (Agility PR Solutions - August 21, 2026)
Op-Ed: Why Communicators Should Keep Their Critics Close (CommPRO - August 22, 2026)
Why B2B Tech PR Needs to Stop Chasing Vanity Metrics (Napier - August 21, 2026)
Corporate America's Costly Trust Problem (PRovoke Media - August 20, 2026)
How internal comms can write 'what we heard' recaps for employee surveys (Ragan Communications - August 24, 2026)
The LinkedIn company page is dead. Long live the expert (Influence (UK) - July 31, 2026)
Stop Measuring Everything: What Actually Predicts Growth (Forbes - August 24, 2026)
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Paramount & AGs Settlement Meeting Monday More Show Than Substance As Cable Channel Sell-Offs & Curbing Ellison's Power Put On The Table
Deadline - August 24, 2026
A meeting Monday between Paramount brass and state Attorneys General over sussing out settlement talks between the parties in David Ellison‘s contested $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has turned into a “game of PR chicken,” an industry insider says.
Bizwomen Leadership Council: The unexpected value of connecting people who work apart
New York Business Journal - August 24, 2026
The most impactful business connections are not always the most obvious ones. Members of the Bizwomen Leadership Council share how bringing different people and perspectives together changed the course of their work.
'Not what Neutrogena stands for': Beauty brand issues statement after death of Hayden Panettiere
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - August 21, 2026
'Not what Neutrogena stands for': Beauty brand issues statement after death of Hayden Panettiere. Plus: Google rolls out Preferred Sources to help with traffic declines; how to bulid a profitable social media platform without selling.
AI Ethics Begins Inside the Organization - Institute for Public Relations
By Ishola N. Ayodele
Institute for Public Relations - August 20, 2026
According to the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management (2025), 91% of organizations worldwide now permit the use of AI in communication. Yet only 39% have implemented a responsible framework to govern its use (Wadds, 2025). This gap has significant implications for the profession.
PR Stunt Watch: Newds, Chicken Wine, silent 'Spoons and an enormous bag
By James Gordon-MacIntosh, co-founder at Hope & Glory
PRmoment (UK) - August 20, 2026
I am new to the world of Stunt Watch, so I thought that the most obvious way to make an impression was to include an OnlyFans-adjacent campaign to kick things off. It seemed the obvious first impression I wanted to make.
When everyone has access to AI, original thinking becomes the real PR advantage
By Lucy-Jayne Love
Agility PR Solutions - August 21, 2026
As AI becomes part of almost every team's workflow, another problem is emerging: sameness.
Op-Ed: Why Communicators Should Keep Their Critics Close
By Tom Madden
CommPRO - August 22, 2026
A provocative look at why communicators should resist shutting out their toughest critics and instead recognize the value of keeping dialogue, relationships and trust alive.
Why B2B Tech PR Needs to Stop Chasing Vanity Metrics
By David Cunningham
Napier - August 21, 2026
Understand the importance of measuring metrics in B2B tech PR to evaluate impact rather than just activity.
Corporate America's Costly Trust Problem
By Diana Marszalek
PRovoke Media - August 20, 2026
Research from Marathon Strategies shows companies are getting slammed with record numbers of massive jury awards amid growing public skepticism of big business.
How internal comms can write 'what we heard' recaps for employee surveys
By Sean Devlin
Ragan Communications - August 24, 2026
After taking the time to participate in a survey, employees might wonder whether their answers will actually be acknowledged and acted upon. A strong "what we heard" recap is one of the first chances communicators have to answer that question.
The LinkedIn company page is dead. Long live the expert
By Richard Stone
Influence (UK) - July 31, 2026
LinkedIn's latest algorithm changes have further reduced the reach of company pages while rewarding content from individuals. Brands need to rethink their strategy and realise why subject matter experts have become their most valuable asset.
Stop Measuring Everything: What Actually Predicts Growth
By Mary Kyriakidi, Global Thought Leader at Kantar
Forbes - August 24, 2026
Here is the advice I would actually give to any marketing or communications leader: Stop treating every metric as if it does the same job.
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