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Omnicom PR agencies undergo layoffs, say outgoing staffers

Marston worked with a range of blue chip companies and nonprofits. (Image used with permission).

Agency founder Robert Marston dies, aged 86

(Image via /Prompt, used with permission).

/Prompt hires Seth Duncan as chief science officer, Kirsty Whelan as strategy head

Inside the ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ marketing bonanza

TimeTo and Cannes Lions launched guidance ahead of this year's festival.

TimeTo launches 'bystander training' for people who witness harassment

Breakfast Briefing: 5 things for PR pros to know on Friday morning

Vivendi set to list Havas on Euronext Amsterdam

Brand sales are the real awards for marcomms agency partners

Publicis Groupe to acquire creator marketing agency Influential

(Photo credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg, via Getty Images).

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron reversal is shifting public affairs

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The election season will affect consumer sentiment — don’t ignore it

Why first-time buyers are driving the PR agency M&A market

Spetner: The value of charting your own trajectory in PR

The PR Week: 7.18.2024 - Matt Neale, Golin

Gen Z seeks escapism not through tech, but from it

Paris 2024: Pressure is on brands to produce in big moments as the games begin

Gail Heimann’s retirement is a big loss for the PR industry

The winners of the 2024 PRWeek Healthcare Awards

By PRWeek staff, 22 May 2024

The third annual ceremony showcased and celebrated the best campaigns, initiatives, agencies, in-house teams and individuals across the expanding healthcare and pharmaceutical PR sectors.

Healthcare

Northwell Health debuts Northwell Studios, inks deal with CAA-backed entity

Nutrafol has worked on several campaigns for Nutrafol. (Image via Nutrafol's blog).

Nutrafol hires Small Girls PR for media relations, brand communications

TikTokers react to ‘toxic tampons’ study

Potter was previously the U.K. ambassador to Panama. (Image via Burson, used with permission).

Burson hires Damion Potter as global chair of public affairs

Jones founded JPA in 2007. (Image via JPA, used with permission).

JPA Health acquires London-based Akt Health

Medical apparel brand FIGS rolls out biggest campaign to date ahead of Paris Olympics

Gen Zers are turning to TikTok for health advice. What should the app's next move be?

The work

Why the monarch butterfly was renamed ‘Catherine butterfly’ for one day

What happened when a coffee shop asked customers to pay for food and drinks with personal data

Genesis House draws 60,000 visitors with immersive floral experience

How Zaxby’s gave brand-influencer trips a ‘humble reset’ — with help from MiriTheSiren

Inside Alibaba’s online trade fair

‘Four Seasons Orlando Baby’: How the luxury resort responded to its ‘sweet new fan’

Inside AstraZeneca’s partnership with the Hockey Fights Cancer initiative

News Analysis

“From the B2B playbook, they ticked all the right boxes. From the corporate perspective, they did all the right things, but this was almost like a run on a bank. It went out into the consumer world … and the playbook was slightly missing on that.”

— Giles Peddy, MD, U.K. and Europe, SourceCode Communications, on CrowdStrike's communication strategy around the multi-industry tech failures caused by a software update it published