Public Relations M360° takes its PR-plus-GEO model toward Singapore The Philippines agency is preparing a Singapore expansion built around integrated PR, live activations and GEO, but the operating details still matter more than the label.
Public Relations WPP Media loses two senior APAC leaders within the same week WPP Media is losing two senior APAC leaders within the same week, putting succession and client continuity in focus across the region.
Public Relations Microsoft moves communications under Brad Smith Microsoft is moving communications under Brad Smith, putting corporate messaging closer to legal, regulatory and public affairs.
Public Relations Paramount-Warner settlement puts newsroom governance inside the merger terms The settlement does more than clear an antitrust obstacle: it puts editorial independence and newsroom dispute handling into the combined company's operating rules.
Public Relations Converse's Karina backlash exposes the campaign-vetting gap Converse removed a Karina campaign image after backlash. The bigger PR question is how the visual passed review before publication.
Public Relations ONE Campaign puts Phoenix Ricks over PR, digital and partnerships The notable part of Phoenix Ricks' appointment is the remit: ONE is putting media relations, digital, creative, partnerships and events under one CCO.
Public Relations Amazon's dark patterns bill keeps growing: what $845 million buys in cancellation UX Amazon's Prime redress now tops $845 million as the FTC expands refunds, giving marketers a concrete benchmark for subscription and cancellation UX.
Public Relations VidCon is leaving Anaheim and becoming a marketing festival VidCon is leaving Anaheim for Nashville and joining LIONS, moving creator culture closer to the marketing industry's commercial core.
Public Relations Dentsu puts its APAC client chief in charge of Singapore Prerna Mehrotra will lead Dentsu Singapore while retaining her APAC chief client remit, bringing regional client strategy closer to a key market hub.
Public Relations Spikes Asia is becoming LIONS Asia LIONS is turning a long-running APAC awards brand into a year-round regional platform, but the operational impact depends on details still to come.
Public Relations Microsoft published its AI rulebook as a draft and asked the internet to attack it Microsoft made the unfinished format part of the message: invite criticism, name the weak spots, and promise to show what changed.
Public Relations How Apple raised iPhone prices without the backlash The strongest price increase message starts before the number arrives. Apple's 2026 iPhone sequence shows how timing, options and messenger choice can change the reaction.
Public Relations Burson innovation chief Chad Latz exits after 17 years The departure matters less as a personnel story than as a test of whether Burson's AI operating model can outlast the executive who helped build it.
Public Relations When the community objects to your sponsorship: lessons from OpenAI's exit from Caltech's Mathathon When a sponsor's industry is itself the community's debate, goodwill can read as influence. OpenAI's Mathathon exit shows why sponsorship fit needs stakeholder testing before launch.
Public Relations Before the NFL played in Melbourne, it spent four years building the market The NFL's Melbourne spectacle was the visible payoff of years of local fan-building, partnerships and sponsor planning, not a substitute for them.
Public Relations How to announce an increase people won't like: lessons from Singapore's ministerial pay review Singapore's ministerial pay review shows a disciplined sequence for explaining an unpopular increase: independent validation, phasing, personal commitment and direct publishing.
Public Relations Apple didn't just change CEOs. It staged the handover. Apple's handover worked because the succession announcement, internal messages and first keynote were treated as one communications sequence.
Public Relations One resignation, 115 million views, and a Senate briefing: how Anthropic lost control of its own safety story When Jacob Coxon quit Anthropic, the bigger communications problem wasn't the critic who left. It was the colleagues who publicly agreed with him. Here's how the story escaped the company in 48 hours, and what comms teams should prepare before it's their turn.
Public Relations Praytell expands influence team with two senior hires Praytell adds Catherine O'Neill and Paige Weber as it brings media, creators and social under one Influence Department.
Public Relations Relevance International adds Freddie Gilbey to London leadership Relevance International appoints Freddie Gilbey as London director, adding senior luxury communications capacity across its UK and European work.
Public Relations Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove chief communications officer Stellantis names Stephanie Hartgrove CCO as it reshapes communications around its global brand portfolio and FaSTLAne 2030.
Public Relations Motion buys Vehr to deepen its Midwest agency footprint Motion's acquisition of Vehr deepens its Cincinnati presence and expands its integrated communications bench.
Public Relations Feel Good Network buys Lengua to deepen Indonesia social offer Feel Good Network's Lengua acquisition adds social-first and creator capabilities, but the commercial test will be how well its agencies integrate.
Public Relations Hightouch hires Google agency veteran to lead advertising growth Hightouch appoints Google agency veteran Jitendra Kumar to lead commercial advertising relationships across agencies, brands, and platforms.
Public Relations Publicis and Travis Kelce launch Tekta for fragmented NIL market Tekta gives Publicis clients a single route into NIL activation, but its speed and measurement promises still need live proof.
