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WPP's Glover Park Group and BGR Group have quit their Saudi Arabia accounts following the alleged torture, murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist, by Saudi agents in the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Glover Park's $150K per-month pact was for counsel regarding foreign policy, as well as legislative, public policy and media-related activities, according to Justice Dept. filings. It also agreed to conduct specific advocacy programs selected by the client.
BGR Government Affairs received $80K monthly for strategic counsel on issues of concern to Saudi Arabia and advice on US policies. It also maintained contact with Members of Congress and their staffers.
If you’re like a lot of people, you have been obsessed with “Love Story,” the FX series that has been airing for the past eight weeks about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. But why didn’t Kennedy use crisis PR to deal with the paparazzi, the news media and the tabloids?
Much is made of the importance of proper planning to anticipate and manage a crisis—but what matters most is understanding how decisions will be made once the crisis is underway.
Slow and procedural messaging without emotional resonance, fragmented leadership communication, overwhelming policy‑heavy language and a pervasive gap between words and observable action have repeatedly undermined corporate credibility.
New York Magazine profiles 78-year-old Peggy Siegal, who was once among the most powerful publicists in the Big Apple, in an article headlined: "The Grand Dame of the Epstein Files.”
