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Crisis and financial PR pro Owen Blicksilver represents billionaire real estate developer Tom Barrack, as federal prosecutors probe whether foreign entities contributed to Donald Trump's inaugural committee and a pro-Trump political action committee. (1 reader comment)
The recent arrest of a prominent Huawei executive has plunged the Chinese technology company further into crisis after months of negative press. (1 reader comment)
APCO Worldwide represents Huawei, Chinese telecommunications giant that is at the heart of the US battle with China on the technology and trade fronts. (1 reader comment)
Amazon is expected to hire Democratic firm SKDKnickerbocker to counter growing local opposition to its plan to open a 4M sq. ft. campus in Long Island City, Queens. (6 reader comments)
Juul Labs, which controls the lion's share of the US e-cigarette market, has hired Insight Public Affairs to handle Food & Drug Administration regulatory matters and for a push about the value of vaping products in “harm reduction.”
Mercury Public Affairs is supporting the National Republican Congressional Committee handle the crisis connected to news that it was hacked during the 2018 election cycle. (1 reader comment)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week on allegations of bias by the search engine against conservatives. (1 reader comment)
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg may have known more about recent attempts to link the site's critics to billionaire financier George Soros than previously acknowledged, according to a Nov. 29 New York Times report. (2 reader comments)
Offensive comments made by a CEO are far less likely to impact consumers’ perceptions of a company than any number of other trespasses, according to a report that ranked what public scandals upset consumers most. (2 reader comments)
After a year of PR beatings, many are now openly calling for Facebook to push out and replace some of the company’s leaders. (1 reader comment)
When you find yourself in the midst of a PR crisis, what you do in those early moments goes a long way toward determining whether you’ll make it out, or if the crisis will define your brand going forward. (5 reader comments)
Definers Public Affairs said today that Facebook didn't hire it to do "opposition research," as reported by the New York Times on Nov. 14. The social media giant fired the firm following the NYT article. (5 reader comments)
Five things a company can do to turn a potential disaster into a branding opportunity. (3 reader comments)
Philadelphia's Braithwaite Communications is handling crisis PR chores for the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, where an outbreak of adenovirus beginning in September killed 10 and sickened at least 19 more severely disabled children.
What does success in a crisis look like for brands? If a recent survey is any indication, a consensus among PR pros may prove elusive.
One priest’s calls for the resignation of a cardinal has allegedly made him a target for the Catholic Church, establishing contradictory messaging as the church attempts to handle its ongoing child sexual abuse scandal. (8 reader comments)
Publicis Groupe chairman Maurice Levy says the French ad/PR combine, owner of Qorvis Communications—Saudi Arabia’s go-to PR firm—is monitoring developments in the investigation into the Oct. 2 murder of Washington Post contributor and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. (2 reader comments)
Solid preparation, which can turn a negative event into a positive message about a company, is the key to successful crisis management. (3 reader comments)
Campbell Soup fired VP-government affairs Kelly Johnston for spreading false information that billionaire philanthropist George Soros was funding the caravan of people from Central America heading for the US. (4 reader comments)
Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office today fined Facebook nine minutes of annual revenues for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data of 87M FB users 'harvested' without their consent.
The Secret Service said today that it found two explosive devices in mail sent to the former president Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (3 reader comments)
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal is probing Saudi Arabia's social media activity and ties to Donald Trump in the aftermath of the murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (7 reader comments)
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has decided to skip the so-called "Davos in the Desert" summit in Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the murder, torture, dismemberment and beheading of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (3 reader comments)
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