In this week’s episode, PRWeek senior reporter Jess Ruderman takes you inside PRWeek’s inaugural Sports Conference, featuring highlights from Wednesday’s event in New York City and off-stage insight from industry leaders. You’ll hear from our opening keynote presentation, plus exclusive conversations with communications pros from national athletic organizations and clients about what to expect in sports PR in 2025 and beyond.  

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The latest guest on The PR Week podcast is Beth M. Foley, VP and chief communications officer for Edison International and Southern California Edison. 

She talks about Southern California’s recovery from wildfires that ravaged the region early this year, and how authorities can ensure their messages remain front and center amid a hectic news cycle. She also discusses the importance of internal comms and reaching different audiences. 

Plus, PRWeek senior reporter Jess Ruderman on the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including the death — or not — of Duolingo’s mascot, Edelman’s new predictive intelligence lead and the ongoing dispute between President Donald Trump and the Associated Press. 

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Super Bowl LIX has come and gone, and amazingly the city of Philadelphia is still standing after the Eagles won the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the second time. 

But on to the real main event: the ads. For this special edition of The PR Week, Steve Barrett and Frank Washkuch are joined by the top editors at Campaign US and MM+M, Luz Carona and Jameson Fleming, respectively, for their takes on the top ads and flops during the Big Game and the halftime show. 

Also on the agenda: the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including job cuts at Omnicom Group ahead of its acquisition of Interpublic Group and the Dashboard 25 edition for 2025. 

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In today’s episode, we take you inside PRWeek’s big day in New York City, featuring highlights from PRDecoded, the PRWeek Healthcare Conference and the PRWeek Healthcare Awards. You’ll hear from our two keynote presentations, plus exclusive off-stage conversations with industry leaders, hosted by PRWeek’s Frank Washkuch, Diana Bradley and Julia Walker.

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Even with a new president, the future of TikTok is still uncertain. 

One bidder for the app is Project Liberty, which is mounting what it calls a “people’s bid” for the ByteDance-owned video-based social media network. If the organization, which was founded by businessman Frank McCourt, is successful, it could place the platform under U.S.-based ownership, satisfying the law that banned TikTok in its current structure. 

Joining The PR Week podcast this week is Tomicah Tillemann, president of Project Liberty, who explains how a deal could take place, what a new version of TikTok would look like and how his organization wants to get rid of the “neo-feudal framework” of the internet. 

Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including the first briefing from new 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

, a Super Bowl marketing preview, Target’s decision to pull back diversity, equity and inclusion programs, recent 

deals and people moves at Shake Shack and Lyft. 

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Chris Foster is ready to be bullish about 2025. In conversation with PRWeek VP, editorial director Steve Barrett at the World Economic Forum, the CEO of OPRG discusses a new U.S. administration, AI advancement, the rise of “local” and how PR has been getting ready for the huge change this year will bring — and how the discipline will benefit because of it. 

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Join PRWeek VP, editorial director Steve Barrett as he sits down with Weber Shandwick global president and North America CEO Jim O’Leary in Davos to discuss the modern agenda for corporate leaders — and how they can navigate the volatility of 2025.

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PRWeek VP, editorial director, Steve Barrett is in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum. For this special edition of The PR Week podcast, he talks with Edelman CEO Richard Edelman, GLAAD president Sarah Kate Ellis, Omnicom PR Group CEO Chris Foster, Weber Shandwick Collective North America CEO Jim O’Leary and Infosys CMO Sumit Virmani. 

Plus PRWeek’s Frank Washkuch and Diana Bradley bring you the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, from the inauguration of President Donald Trump to the changing fortunes of TikTok.

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The first guest on The PR Week podcast for 2025 is Rochelle Ford, long one of the most prominent academic voices in PR and now the CEO of Page, the industry group supporting chief communications officers and other top comms executives. 

Ford talks about her plans for the organization and discusses the top marketing and communications news of the week, including President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the possible end of TikTok and the tragic California wildfires. 

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The incredibly busy news year of 2024, punctuated by a major agency holding company acquisition in December, has turned the page to 2025. And with Donald Trump returning to the White House, Elon Musk somewhere nearby and emerging technologies like AI everywhere, 2025 promises to be no less hectic. 

PRWeek’s team of journalists joins the first edition of The PR Week of 2025 to talk about their expectations for the next 12 months, and to recap the biggest news of the first week of the year. 

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