The PR Week

Dominic Carr joined Lyft as its VP of communications in mid-2021 and has been driving its comms strategy in new directions ever since, growing its communications team and adding new kinds of roles, all while reevaluating its agency partnerships. He talks about those processes, Lyft launching a media division and the differences between the U.S. and U.K. media markets in the latest edition of The PR Week. Plus: -The end — or maybe not — of the Choco Taco; -ICF Next winding down some services; -Tazo’s regenerative campaignAnd much more. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek www.prweek.com PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Want insight into the booming podcast market? We have the guest for you: Paul Suchman, chief marketing officer at Audacy, a free broadcast and radio platform. He talks all about audio and the resilient power of local news. Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week: -The 2022 class of PRWeek’s 40 Under 40; -A former Weber Shandwick key executive pleads guilty in fraud case; -A new top communications executive at Boeing; -Good momentum in Havas’ Q2 earnings; -The end — or is it? — of the Choco Taco; Hot wing lip gloss at Applebee’s, and much more.  Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeekhttps://forms.haymarketsubscribe.com/loading.do?omedasite=PRWeek_Land_Trial&pk=PODCAST22D PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week’s guest on The PR Week is an insider in both the political and Washington, DC, public affairs agency circles: Alex Conant, founding partner of Firehouse Strategies. He talks with PRWeek executive editor Frank Washkuch and associate news editor Diana Bradley about setting up his own shop with business partner Terry Sullivan in 2016 and growing it beyond the Beltway. Plus: why it’s way too early to predict the 2024 presidential race. Also on this week’s episode: -Instagram’s CEO responds to Kardashian criticism; -PR firms’ disappointment in the NIL market; -Jay Carney’s move from Amazon to Airbnb; -The comms reorganization at Macy’s Inc.;-Edelman Smithfield going global; -And much more. Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeekhttps://forms.haymarketsubscribe.com/loading.do?omedasite=PRWeek_Land_Trial&pk=PODCAST22D PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The special guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is Tractable’s PR lead Norval Scott.The former Dow Jones and Globe & Mail journalist discusses the tech media sector, transitioning into PR and the lack of insight his newsroom colleagues have about the comms profession, plus contemporaneous news topics including:- Omnicom PR agency Q2 financial results, Ketchum hires Jim Joseph;- Dxtra firms move under IPG CEO Philippe Krakowsky following Andy Polansky retirement;- Minions reminds consumers Tupperware is still around;- Saudi Arabia chooses Edelman to help transform its global perception;- PRWeek Awards 2023 launches for entries; Corey duBrowa is chair of jury; - Nancy Elder moves to the New York Mets from Dazn;- And much more.Follow us on Twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek  PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The special guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is none other than Target’s communications leader, chief communications officer, Katie Boylan. She discusses current economic conditions and how they affect retailers and growing her team by 20%, as well as the top marketing and communications news of the week, including: -The 2022 edition of the PRWeek U.S. Power List; -Uber’s lobbying scandal;-Firehouse Strategies secures a major investment as it plans growth;  -Twitter’s new global comms leader; -The amazing photographs from the Webb telescope, and their rollout; -And much more. Follow us on twitter: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeekhttps://forms.haymarketsubscribe.com/loading.do?omedasite=PRWeek_Land_Trial&pk=PODCAST22D PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What happens when a brand disagrees so much with its parent company that it decides to sue? That’s one topic on the agenda on the latest edition of The PR Week with special guest James Wright, global chairman of the Havas PR Global Collective and global CEO of Red Havas Group. Also on the list of topics: -Neera Chaudhary exits Ketchum; -PRWeek and Google launch the Changemakers initiative; -BerlinRosen acquires DEI specialist Onward; -Two RFPs from the LGBTQ Task Force; -Travel chaos.  Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeekhttps://forms.haymarketsubscribe.com/loading.do?omedasite=PRWeek_Land_Trial&pk=PODCAST22D PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pretty much every story or narrative these days has to be communicated through a public health lens in some form or fashion, whether that involves coronavirus infection, vaccines, travel, returning to physical work spaces or leisure. But as recent criticism of high-profile Spotify influencer Joe Rogan and the case of Novak Djokovic’s vaccine status show, there is a vast amount of misleading and false information out there. This podcast explores why trusted brands have a crucial role to play in promoting credible, science-based healthcare information, illustrated by effective examples of how they are going about this. The responsibility and opportunity lies not just with brands operating in the heavily regulated pure health/pharma space, but also mainstream brands where health is one lens through which they communicate. PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The guest on the latest edition of The PR Week Podcast is none other than WE’s president of North America and chief client officer, Dawn Beauparlant. On the agenda: -Cannes roundup: Why PR’s Lions performance doesn’t tell the whole story; -The implications of the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade; -General Motors restructures its comms leadership; -Julie Hamp returns to Toyota; -WPP sticks with energy clients. PRWeek.comTheme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSICJaymes - First One Follow us: @PRWeekUSReceive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Comms pros have all watched “Mad Men’s” Don Draper walk into a conference room, deliver a brilliant pitch and save the day. But what if the notion of “the big idea” is as outdated as the three-martini lunch? In this podcast, Josh Budd, Chief Creative Officer, NA, Citizen Relations and Jaime Pescia, VP, Global Creative & Brand engagement, Little Caesars Pizza talked about how the pressure to deliver “the big idea” can hinder creativity and harm the collaborative process. PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The past two plus years have been unprecedentedly challenging for consumer brand comms pros – and even more difficult for those centered around ‘fun.’ From COVID-19, social injustices, political polarization, cancel culture, mass shootings and inflation to a media landscape almost exclusively covering doom, we will discuss the results of a nationwide consumer survey which poses the question: is it time for fun to return to brand marketing campaigns? PRWeek.com Theme music provided by TRIPLE SCOOP MUSIC Jaymes - First One   Follow us: @PRWeekUS Receive the latest industry news, insights, and special reports. Start Your Free 1-Month Trial Subscription To PRWeek Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.