Journalists need context more than content—here’s why
Every day, journalists receive a constant stream of press releases, company updates, product announcements, and opinion pieces. At the same time, brands are producing more content than ever, hoping that greater output will translate into greater visibility. While this...
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How to use media monitoring to spot safety issues before they trend
Safety conversations don’t stay inside the fence line anymore. A single photo, a frustrated post, or a short video clip can jump from a job site to a local Facebook group to a reporter’s inbox in a day. Even when the facts are still unclear, the public tends to fill...
Why real-time media monitoring is essential for crisis management
In today’s always-on media environment, crises no longer develop gradually or give brands the luxury of time. A single post, comment, or headline can trigger rapid amplification across social platforms, online news, and search results within minutes, reshaping public...
The Epstein files situation provides a tutorial on how to prolong a PR crisis
The Republican Party’s actions since President Trump’s reelection had already provided Democrats with strong talking points to emphasize in the 2026 mid-term Congressional election – for example, the failure of President Trump to reduce prices and the failure to enact...
PR Tech & AI
How AI search summaries are quietly reshaping brand authority online
Search has evolved beyond a simple gateway to websites and now functions as a direct answer hub. Thanks to AI-powered search overviews, users obtain summarized insights, suggestions, and brand comparisons within the results page without clicking any link. This change...
The media list is wrong. The AI engines just proved it.
The PR industry's operating system is the media list. Every account team runs one. Every measurement framework anchors to placements earned inside it. The list is wrong. The Trade Press AI Index 2026 audited 680 million AI citations across nine industries and five...
RAG against the machine: What is RAG and how does it impact PR and marketing
I recently attended a seminar presented by the venerable Andrew Bruce Smith. In it, he used that phrase, ‘retrieval augmented generation (RAG)’. I immediately asked myself why a term that is really about programming an AI had found its way into a PR seminar, but there...
Content & Media Relations
Why more content is making brands less believable
For years, communicators operated under a simple assumption: more visibility creates more influence. That logic shaped an entire communications model. Brands invested in higher publishing volume, polished messaging, influencer programs and search-optimized content...
One in five celebrity-brand partnerships that AI engines recommend do not exist
One in five celebrity-brand partnerships that AI engines recommend to marketers do not exist. The finding comes from the 5W × Talent Resources Celebrity Endorsement Index — 50 celebrities measured across 10 consumer categories, more than 600 buyer-intent prompts run...
Mars Petcare just cornered the AI recommendation surface for US veterinary care—independent practices have about 18 months
There is a number every U.S. veterinarian should know. 27 to 30 percent. That is the share of all veterinary AI citations now captured by Mars Petcare's three brands — Banfield, VCA, and BluePearl — across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. There is...