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Dec 2024
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The PR Week: 12.19.2024 - Ben LaBolt, th...

Steve Barrett, PRWeek
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The PR Week podcast ends 2024 with a big name as White House communications director Ben LaBolt sits for the final interview of the year. He talks about the changing nature of the White House press shop, the evolving media landscape and the challenges it presents for Democrats, the Biden administration’s long-term impacts and much more. 

Plus the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, such as leadership appointments at The Weber Shandwick Collective, President-elect Donald Trump’s lawsuits against media outlets and Michael Gonda’s recap of McDonald’s eventful year. And what’s up with those drones over New Jersey?

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