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A New York diocese Bishop forced to resign over how he handled allegations of clergy sexual abuse has left questions regarding how the Catholic church will deal with these allegations. (1 reader comment)
NYC comptroller Scott Stringer is "deeply disturbed" by New York Times/ProPublica report that McKinsey & Co. proposed cutting food and medical care to detainees, as part of its work for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. McKinsey rips article for fundamentally misrepresenting its work. (1 reader comment)
A lawsuit that alleges Fiat Chrysler bribed union officials in an effort to get a leg up on rival G.M. now threatens to tarnish the brand’s image as it embarks on merger negotiations with French automaker PSA Group. (1 reader comment)
Fake news accounts for a global loss of about $78 billion a year, according to new research that attempts to determine the total economic and reputational costs of the fake news crisis. (1 reader comment)
Publicis Groupe chairman Maurice Levy, 77, has agreed to become WeWork’s interim chief marketing officer to begin the turnaound of the battered brand.
Jack Deschauer, who spent nearly 20 years at Levick and Qorvis Communications, has joined Omnicom's Mercury unit as senior VP.
LDWW Group, which was founded by PR veteran Ken Luce, is handling the Football Matters campaign sponsored by the National Football League Foundation to push back against the forces that are threatening the sport.
Why Boeing’s handling of the problems surrounding its 737 Max aircraft may go down as the biggest PR disaster of 2019.
Embattled Wells Fargo has named Bill Daley, who was president Obama’s chief of staff and president Clinton’s commerce secretary, vice chairman of public affairs and member of the operating committee effective Nov. 13.
Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general who joined the Sunshine State's Ballard Partners in January, is expected to take a communications post at the White House and work on impeachment messaging. (3 reader comments)
Tony Sayegh, spokesperson for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin who joined Teneo last month as managing director, is expected to return to the Trump administration to handle communications surrounding impeachment. (1 reader comment)
China Telecom’s US unit has hired Levick for a public affairs campaign to advance US-China "techno-relations" and provide crisis communications counsel, support and services on an as-needed basis.
Saudi Arabia crown prince Mohammed bin Salman takes responsibility for the Oct. 2, 2018 torture, murder and dismemberment of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. (1 reader comment)
The International Humanitarian Foundation, which advocates for Pakistan, hired Fenton Communications to educate the US media and public about the human rights crisis in Kashmir, the disputed region controlled by India and Pakistan. (2 reader comments)
KC Crosthwaite, Altria chief growth officer, today joined Juul Labs as CEO, taking over for co-founder Kevin Burns. The parent of Philip Morris USA invested $12.8B in Juul a year ago for a 35 percent stake. Altria also called off merger talks with Philip Morris International.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has established a crisis management unit led by shareholder Mitch Langberg and chief culture & communications officer Lara Day.
The Dominican Republic extended its contract with Rubenstein PR, which was hired in June following the mysterious deaths of nine American tourists on the island.
WPP’s Mark Read, Omnicom’s John Wren and Edelman’s Richard Edelman are the ad/PR firm CEOs among the 145 corporate leaders to sign a letter urging the Senate to pass gun control measures.
Mike Rogers, retired US Navy admiral who served as commander of the US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, has joined Brunswick Group in its Washington office.
Huawei Technologies has signed Squire Patton Boggs for matters concerning economic sanctions, trade and export controls.
CEOs are expected to serve as company spokespersons during a major crisis event, and PR/communications teams must have a plan in place for the company’s leader to address the public and shareholders, whether she/he has had media training or not.
The art of finding a silver lining in the face of disastrous situations.
It’s almost impossible to escape politics these days. And by politics, I mean the kind that’s become less civil and more polarizing. It surrounds us through 24/7 news coverage, social media channels, and… our co-workers.
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