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Jan 2024
44m 28s

1.25.2024 - AJ Jones, Starbucks

Steve Barrett, PRWeek
About this episode

There have been big changes in communications at Starbucks. Just this month, the company named AJ Jones as chief corporate affairs officer and hired Lyft and Microsoft alum Dominic Carr to replace him as chief communications officer. 

Jones joins the PR Week podcast to talk about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, labor relations and how to navigate social-media-driven corporate crises. Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, such as executive moves at Yum Brands and Meta, the Kyte Baby crisis and Havas’ B Corp status review

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