It’s Friday! Here is your Daily PR Brief - March 21, 2025
Comms implications of the Ben & Jerry's-Unilever CEO ouster; A mindful approach To using AI; How the 'Oscar bump' affects media mentions; and more!
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
The comms implications of the Ben & Jerry's-Unilever CEO ouster saga (PR Daily - March 20, 2025)
Can the 'Oscar Bump' Affect Media Mentions? Media Analysis of Anora's Coverage Before and After Its Academy Awards Win (Agility PR Solutions - March 20, 2025)
PR Roundup: Journos Pick Bluesky, Frontier Pokes Southwest Air, Forever 21 Bankruptcy Lessons (PRNEWS - March 20, 2025)
How Are DEI Efforts Changing in 2025? (Institute for Public Relations - March 18, 2025)
'Can You Just…' — 6 Ways to Set Boundaries Without Popping Any Balloons (PRsay - March 20, 2025)
A Mindful Approach To Using AI While Putting People First (Forbes - March 20, 2025)
How Chewy activates employees to tell its brand story (Ragan Communications - March 20, 2025)
Cancelled? There's cover for that (Influence (UK) - March 21, 2025)
This PR Life: Blurred's Nik Govier (PRovoke - March 21, 2025) [PODCAST]
3 Types of Silos That Stifle Collaboration—and How to Dismantle Them (Harvard Business Review - March 17, 2025)
Women's History Month: Betsy Plank, a PR Powerhouse Who Paved the Way for Generations (PRNEWS - March 18, 2025)
Summary Section:
The comms implications of the Ben & Jerry's-Unilever CEO ouster saga
By Casey WeldonSean Devlin
PR Daily - March 20, 2025
One of America's most popular ice cream brands found itself in the news for a not-so-sweet reason earlier this week. According to a report from ABC News, a court filing from Ben & Jerry's with the Southern District of New York alleged that parent company Unilever removed CEO Dave Stever for his liberal political stances without consulting the brand's independent board.
Can the 'Oscar Bump' Affect Media Mentions? Media Analysis of Anora's Coverage Before and After Its Academy Awards Win
By Evan Webb
Agility PR Solutions - March 20, 2025
The 97th Academy Awards took place on March 2nd, celebrating a new slate of films, actors, and industry professionals. Ten films were nominated for Best Picture, with the honor going to the independent film Anora.
PR Roundup: Journos Pick Bluesky, Frontier Pokes Southwest Air, Forever 21 Bankruptcy Lessons
By Nicole Schuman
PRNEWS - March 20, 2025
This week's PR Roundup explores the growth of journalists on Bluesky, bankruptcy communications in light of Forever 21 closing, and how brands like Frontier Airlines and Polestar are taking advantage of market changes with messaging.
How Are DEI Efforts Changing in 2025?
Institute for Public Relations - March 18, 2025
Littler conducted surveys before and after the U.S. presidential inauguration to explore how U.S. organizations are adjusting their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and what C-Suite executives expect in the year ahead.
'Can You Just…' — 6 Ways to Set Boundaries Without Popping Any Balloons
By Lindsey Bradshaw
PRsay - March 20, 2025
Clients have a lot of good ideas. They sometimes have bad ones, too. That’s the heart of what makes a good communicator. It’s about refining ideas and turning them into strategic successes.
A Mindful Approach To Using AI While Putting People First
By Isadora Marlow-Morgan
Forbes - March 20, 2025
If your business isn’t using AI in some way, it may already be behind the curve. Of course, that doesn’t have to mean leaving the human side of your business behind.
How Chewy activates employees to tell its brand story
By Allison Carter
Ragan Communications - March 20, 2025
During preconference workshops for Ragan and PR Daily's Social Media Conference at Walt Disney World, Chewy.com associate director of employer branding and employee engagement Kara Hendrick shared deep insights on putting employee storytelling at the heart of employer brand building.
Cancelled? There's cover for that
By Alexandra Kourakis
Influence (UK) - March 21, 2025
Has the time come for PR agencies and insurance companies to join forces to offer 60 days of crisis comms support (hotline included)?
This PR Life: Blurred's Nik Govier [PODCAST]
By Camillia Dass
PRovoke - March 21, 2025
This PR Life is a new series by PRovoke Media where we profile people in and around communications as an industry and find out more about what they do and what makes them tick. Today, we are chatting with Nik Govier, founder and CEO of communications firm Blurred.
3 Types of Silos That Stifle Collaboration—and How to Dismantle Them
By Piyush Shah, Thomas Kull, Elias Kirche and Daniel J. Finkenstadt
Harvard Business Review - March 17, 2025
The silo effect, characterized by limited communication between specialized business departments, can negatively impact communication and collaboration in organizations. In particular, there are three types of silos: systemic, elitist, and protectionist, each requiring specific strategies for resolution.
Women's History Month: Betsy Plank, a PR Powerhouse Who Paved the Way for Generations
By Jared Meade
PRNEWS - March 18, 2025
Betsy Ann Plank, APR, Fellow PRSA, known as the "first lady of public relations," dedicated more than 60 years of her life to the industry. She devoted much of that time to advancing PR education by passionately advocating for students of the profession.
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