Plus: OpenAI announces AI-powered search engine; MrBeast responds to allegations against ex-collaborator. Paris will welcome the world on Friday with the formal opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics. As planned, this year’s ceremony is truly one-of-a-kind: A flotilla of vessels will carry 10,000 athletes down the Seine River past iconic Parisian landmarks, such as the […] The post The Scoop: Paris braces for grand, precarious Olympics opening night appeared first on PR Daily ..read more

A new episode of The Friday Reporter podcast. Allison Taylor Levine is the founder and CEO of the Local Journalism Initiative and Spotlight Delaware. She has dedicated herself to reinventing local journalism in Delaware, and other states are taking note. Allison talks about local news and information — as opposed to just news — because […] The post The Friday Reporter: Allison Taylor Levine appeared first on PR Daily ..read more

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Lindsay Nahmiache shares how adjusting her habits increased her happiness and performance. Lindsay Nahmiache, co-founder and CEO of Jive PR and Digital, established the Manhattan Beach-based public relations, social media and influencer marketing agency in 2009. Before she was a founder, Nahmiache spent several years working at E! Entertainment in London, UK and Contiloe Films […] The post How I Got Here: Jive PR CEO Lindsay Nahmiache leads with big ideas in business and life appeared first on PR Daily ..read more

College athletes expected to have major influence on Paris Games. Companies across the globe are banking on the prestige of the Olympics and the stories of thousands of competing athletes to elevate their brands. Forbes reported that 15 global sponsors have invested more than $3 billion in the Olympics, and many others are spending considerable […] The post NIL rules give brands new Olympics approach appeared first on PR Daily ..read more

Plus: Kamala Harris deepfakes rack up millions of views; Wall Street AI bubble could be set to pop. For the past four years, marketers have been preparing for a cookie-pocalypse, if you will. Google said it would slowly end the use of the popular bits of tracking code that advertisers use to follow users across the web. Marketers spent years figuring out their next plans. But now, Google is changing course. Cookies won’t be eliminated entirely, according to the Wall Street Journal, but consumers will be given a choice to keep the cookies in place or opt out. The impact of this change depends o ..read more

When the story is big, you need to be organized. When you have a big story coming — a really big story — you probably spend months prepping the pitch, video and photo assets, and all the other bells and whistles you need to make your story shine. But once you have them all assembled, what do you do with them? Just chuck them into a Dropbox or a Google Drive? There’s a better way. In PR Daily’s Media Relations Conference, held in June, Matthew Libassi, public relations and speakers bureau manager with Northwell Health,  and Lisa Arledge Powell, founder and CEO of MediaSource, shared their ..read more

Schoch shares lessons learned from a storied career in government ahead of her Ragan panel in Nashville next month. Developing relationships with a learning mindset is the first step toward communicating across departments and functions, a crucial component of any integrated strategy.   While comms leaders struggle to gain the foothold that gives them that omniscience and influence, a willingness to learn new skills during moments of uncertainty can tactically guide your career. Amanda Schoch, Chief Communications Officer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), understands t ..read more

Updates from Instagram and more. There’s a little bit of something for everyone in this week’s social media update. Fans of Instagram will soon explore new user experience elements, and X is offering a little something for everyone. Without further ado, let’s get into it. Instagram Instagram has made new enhancements to its Notes feature, giving users the ability to add short, temporary messages to both Reels and feed posts. Notes, which are accessible through the messaging menu, are available to mutual followers only. Notes are fun tools meant to promote immediate engagement. The Post-It-like ..read more

Make your mark. Mia Roginson is senior account executive at Method Communications.  Every PR person has been there: you’re the new hire, the latest addition to a team, heck – you graduated college 6 months ago and have no idea what you’re doing!  Then it happens.  That first client call starts with awkward silence until your funny colleague cracks a joke about your client’s new Zoom background that puts everyone at ease. How do they do it? Is this client a childhood friend? Doubtful. More likely, your colleagues found that special spark within their own set of social skills that ..read more