Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
The Scoop: Pabst Blue Ribbon offers 'no questions asked' deal for stolen beer (PR Daily - August 31, 2026)
Smart Brands Turn Publicity Stunts into Memorable Stories (Inc. Magazine - August 13, 2026)
How Early Experience Shapes Communications Careers (PRsay - September 1, 2026)
The CCO's Top Priorities For 2027 (Forbes - September 1, 2026)
AI Is Using Your Press Release (The Colab Brief - September 1, 2026)
Why business acumen is critical for PR professionals today | On Top of PR (Axia Public Relations - September 1, 2026) [PODCAST]
Fred Garcia on What It Really Takes to Become a Trusted Advisor (CommPRO - September 1, 2026)
Heard on the Streets: Journalist Simon Owens on the Fight for Attention in Modern Media (EIN Presswire - September 1, 2026) [VIDEO]
The Modern Comms Person Is a Builder, an Architect, and a Reflection Expert (PR@ctical - August 31, 2026)
AI Promised Efficiency. Now Communicators Have to Clean Up the Mess. (PRNEWS - August 31, 2026)
Weber Shandwick and Its Clients Lead Latin America SABRE Winners (PRovoke Media - September 1, 2026)
4 ways to get more from AI writing and editing, without losing your voice (Ragan Communications - September 1, 2026)
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The Scoop: Pabst Blue Ribbon offers 'no questions asked' deal for stolen beer
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - August 31, 2026
Pabst Blue Ribbon offers 'no questions asked' deal for stolen beer. Plus: Instagram changes how it labels AI-generated influencers; using tariff refunds as PR.
Smart Brands Turn Publicity Stunts into Memorable Stories
By Ronica Cleary
Inc. Magazine - August 13, 2026
When you hear the phrase "publicity stunt," chances are it doesn't spark confidence or positive feelings. It often conjures memories of brands desperately grasping for attention. Yet the best publicity stunts aren't gimmicks at all.
How Early Experience Shapes Communications Careers
PRsay - September 1, 2026
For new professionals looking to start communications careers, early experience goes a long way.
The CCO's Top Priorities For 2027
By Bob Pearson, Chair, Pearson Advisory Group
Forbes - September 1, 2026
AI gives us unprecedented power to communicate wider, faster and cheaper. That doesn't mean we should.
AI Is Using Your Press Release
By Ash + Lizzy
The Colab Brief - September 1, 2026
Remember when everyone poured one out for the dead press release? Gone but not forgotten. RIP. Except plot twist: the press release has risen from the dead. And apparently, the robots are fans.
Why business acumen is critical for PR professionals today | On Top of PR [PODCAST]
By Jason Mudd
Axia Public Relations - September 1, 2026
In this episode, Ron Culp joins host Jason Mudd to discuss why business acumen now outweighs writing skills in PR hiring, the three stages of a corporate PR career, and five practical ways to build business acumen at any career stage.
Fred Garcia on What It Really Takes to Become a Trusted Advisor
By Fay Shapiro
CommPRO - September 1, 2026
In the first of a two-part CommPRO conversation, Helio Fred Garcia reflects on his 43-year relationship with James E. Lukaszewski, the lessons behind Influencing Leaders and why real influence has far less to do with getting a seat at the table than with becoming someone a leader trusts when the stakes are high.
Heard on the Streets: Journalist Simon Owens on the Fight for Attention in Modern Media [VIDEO]
By Issac Morgan
EIN Presswire - September 1, 2026
"Attention is harder to capture than ever, even though distribution has never been easier," journalist and content marketing expert Simon Owens tells us in the third episode of our Heard on the Streets video podcast.
The Modern Comms Person Is a Builder, an Architect, and a Reflection Expert
By Sarah Evans
PR@ctical - August 31, 2026
Every strategic instinct we have still holds but we now need to incorporate it into EVERYTHING: know the audience, know the intent, get the story in front of the right person.
AI Promised Efficiency. Now Communicators Have to Clean Up the Mess.
By Nicole Yelland
PRNEWS - August 31, 2026
The AI correction phase is a moment for communicators, but only if the industry stops treating it like a siloed IT initiative happening somewhere else in the building.
Weber Shandwick and Its Clients Lead Latin America SABRE Winners
By Paul Holmes
PRovoke Media - September 1, 2026
Weber Shandwick and its clients will receive five trophies—more than any other agency—at our Latin American SABRE Awards ceremony, which takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil on October 21, in partnership with the Brazilian public relations trade association ABRACOM.
4 ways to get more from AI writing and editing, without losing your voice
By Lorra M. Brown
Ragan Communications - September 1, 2026
At Ragan's AI Communications Virtual Conference, I talked about using AI as a co-writer, editor and strategic partner. Here's how to turn that into a practical workflow.
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