Jury chair Tom Beckman discusses the winning work at Cannes 2025 and identifies trends PR pros can use to inform creativity and practice over the next 12 months. He also explains why PR firms should step up and do better rather than bemoaning the fact that creative firms almost swept the board this year.
Apr 21
The PR Week: 4.21.2026 - Crisis Conference special
Last week’s PRWeek Crisis Conference in Washington, DC, had a who’s who list of speakers and attendees. On this podcast, hear from Kristin Cabot, who talks about taking back the narrative after the Coldplay KissCam incident went viral. Also hear from attendees and speakers Chuck ... Show More
40m 5s
Apr 15
The PR Week: 4.15.2026 - Adam Sohn, T-Mobile
The latest guest on The PR Week podcast is Adam Sohn, VP of communications at T-Mobile, and a veteran of communications roles at companies including Microsoft, Amazon and Lockheed Martin. He talks about a day in the life of a tech sector PR executive, how his team uses AI and wha ... Show More
40m 16s
Jun 2025
🪩 “Mile High Upgrade” — Pan Am’s comeback. Apple’s Brad Pitt F1 pop. PeaceAI’s war-predictor.
Pan Am Airlines is back after 34 years, but with a hotel, theater, & cafe… Because Brands > Logos.Apple’s Formula1 movie premiers today… Brad Pitt proves how Hollywood powers Wall Street.The newest industry to know is PeaceTech… because AI can predict (and prevent) war.Plus, the ... Show More
20m 19s
Sep 2025
🧈 “Costco Gold Digger” — Gold’s all-time-high. OpenAI’s 1st Cannes film. Black Rock Coffee’s IPO. +NYYankee $$$.
Sam Altman’s newest idea?... OpenAI makes an animated movie to win the Cannes Film Fest.Black Rock Coffee is going public as anti-Starbucks… It’s not “disruption,” it’s “erosion.”One of the 3 top stocks of the year is Numont Mining… because gold just hit an all-time-high.Plus, th ... Show More
22m 3s
May 2023
Jonah Peretti, Nick Denton and Ben Smith on digital news’ past and future
It’s our first four-way pod, featuring BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, Gawker founder Nick Denton, and Semafor founder (and former editor-in-chief of the recently shuttered BuzzFeed News) Ben Smith, who wrote a book about them both. Peter Kafka talks to all of them in conjunction ... Show More
36m 30s
Oct 2025
Paramount Buys the Free Press, Names Bari Weiss CBS News Chief
Paramount Skydance Corp. acquired the online news site the Free Press and named founder Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, a move likely to stir controversy inside and outside of the venerable news organization.Weiss, 41, will report to Paramount Chief Executive Officer Davi ... Show More
7m 9s