The PR Week

By Steve Barrett, PRWeek

PRWeek's regular weekly roundup of everything that matters in the worlds of PR and communications.... more

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August 10, 2023 The PR Week: 8.10.2023 - Dave Samson, Edelman
The latest edition of The PR Week podcast has a very special guest: industry veteran and Edelman executive Dave Samson. The former top communications executive at Levi Strauss and Chevron talks about balancing work and family life and highlights from his career.
Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including Porter Novelli’s CEO , ICF Next spinning off its brand marketing group , the Union Square influencer riot and much more.

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42min
August 03, 2023 The PR Week: 8.3.2023 - Shankar Narayanan, Real Chemistry
Shankar Narayanan has been at the helm of one of the fastest-growing firms in the world, healthcare specialist Real Chemistry, since the start of the last year.
The network has grown into one of the top three firms in the U.S. and six largest globally on the strength of its unique services.
Narayanan talks about those, the economic environment, recent pitches and how his firm is embracing artificial intelligence.
Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including:
- Dave Samson’s retirement
- Real Chemistry hiring Steve Behm
- The Women’s World Cup
- agencies’ AI offerings
and much more.

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48min
July 27, 2023 The PR Week: 7.27.2023 - Ed Hammond, Collected Strategies
It’s been a busy few weeks for Ed Hammond.
The former Bloomberg reporter was part of the group that this month launched Collected Strategies, a strategic communications firm that helps clients navigate mergers and acquisitions, corporate crises, restructurings, bankruptcies and other issues.
He talks about getting the firm off the ground, as well as the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including:

- Twitter’s rebranding as X;
- Microsoft updating its comms team for the age of AI;
- Chipotle’s contest on Threads;
- And much more.

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43min
July 20, 2023 The PR Week: 7.20.2023 - Jennifer Temple, HPE
This week’s guest on The PR Week podcast is none other than Jennifer Temple, EVP and chief communications officer of HPE.
She talks about how her comms team functions now, post-COVID national emergency, compared to when she joined the company in 2018, as well as mentoring other employees and agency life versus careers in-house.
Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week:
- Walmart’s new chief communications officer;
- Omnicom’s Q2 results;
- Ulta Beauty’s top communications exec steps down;
- And much more.

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29min
July 13, 2023 The PR Week: 7.13.2023 - Doug Thornell, SKDK
The latest guest on the PR Week Podcast is one of the 50 most powerful in PR.
Doug Thornell, CEO of SKDK and a member of the 2023 edition of PRWeek’s Power List, joins the podcast to talk about his public affairs and political shop, the current political environment, the 2022 midterm election cycle and much more.
Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including:
- The 2023 Power List, and whether AI itself is ready for the list
- A new top communications executive at Royal Caribbean Group
- Craig Buchholz’s move to Hill+Knowlton Strategies
- The latest on Threads
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49min
June 30, 2023 AI and PR: A new take on creativity, a podcast presented by WE Communications
AI can help PR pros with so much more than efficiency. The pair of industry leaders featured on this podcast, presented by WE Communications, share myriad ideas and tactics that will truly enlighten you on the creative potential AI can unlock.Follow us: @PRWeekUS
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33min
June 29, 2023 AI: An ethical conversation, a podcast presented by WE Communications
Proper and effective AI implementation must include a strict adherence to ethical standards. During this podcast, presented by WE Communications, a pair of industry leaders underscore communicators’ key role in meeting this mandate.Follow us: @PRWeekUS
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June 29, 2023 The PR Week: 6.29.2023 - Olga Fleming, Marina Maher Communications
It’s been a few months since Olga Fleming took over for agency founder — and industry legend — Marina Maher as CEO of her eponymous firm. Fleming stops by The PR Week podcast to talk about the transition, what she learned from Maher, industry trends and how she expects agencies to change in the coming decades.
Plus:
- Wrapping up the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity;
- Major people moves at General Motors, Pitney Bowes and TikTok;
- Layoffs at Edelman;
- And much more.

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38min
June 23, 2023 Day One Agency & USC Annenberg on reaching Gen Z consumers
Day One Agency, Campaign US’ Independent Agency of the Year and PRWeek’s Outstanding Midsize Agency of the Year 2023, is hyperinterested in reaching and influencing the next generation: Gen Z. In wanting to delve deeper into how (and why) Gen Z consumes media, the agency recently partnered with USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations on a mobile ethnographic “Ask Gen Z: A Deep Dive into Gen Z’s Scrolls” study that provides how brands can reach Gen Z, whose attention is increasingly fragmented across different corners of the internet, at all hours of the day. Recorded from Cannes Lions, Day One Agency CEO Josh Rosenberg; its director of creative strategy Eli Williams; and USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations director Fred Cook discuss the generation’s changing media diets, their complex relationship with their feeds and how actively they’re reshaping the media landscape, along with happenings from the Croisette.
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25min
June 23, 2023 Comms hiring trends for the next 6 months … and beyond., a podcast presented by PR Talent
In a year that’s been a challenge to navigate for comms hiring managers and candidates alike, what’s hot and what’s not for the rest of 2023 according to Jim Delulio, founder of PR Talent, the largest comms specialist recruiting firm in the country. Delulio will talk hiring trends, layoff trends, search strategies and what talent is hottest in a topsy-turvy economic environment.
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29min

FAQs about The PR Week:

How many episodes does The PR Week have?

The podcast currently has 441 episodes available.