Podcast: Tetsuya Honda on Japan Inc's global comms challenges
The founder of Honda Office and PR Collective Asia on why Japanese companies are under-communicating in Southeast Asia.
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In this edition of Independents’ Day — Earned First’s monthly series in partnership with PROI — Arthur Do talks trust, complexity, and why the regional playbook keeps failing in Vietnam.
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Golin Ketchum takes flight
Omnicom PR's Golin Ketchum launches with a new brand and leadership team.
Japan's domestic playbook is no longer enough
This week's newsletter examines the structural trends reshaping Japan's communications sector, Burson's hire of Jonty Summers, OPR's new A-P lineup, and much more.
Podcast: Burson's Red Surtida on GEO's 'credibility paradox'
Burson's Asia-Pacific head of intelligence and transformation joins the podcast to explore how AI answer engines assess brand content.
Omnicom PR's Asia-Pacific lineup takes shape
A number of agency leaders from FleishmanHillard, Golin and Weber Shandwick have accepted new positions under newly-installed Omnicom PR CEO Joanne Wong.
Leadership lacks credibility in GEO era, Burson study finds
Research shows that corporate brands and leaders can be highly visible in AI-generated answers yet completely fail to win audience trust for lack of proof.
Ex-Sodali leaders establish capital markets advisory firm
Alleato opens with 35 people across three Australian cities, including the acquisition of design agency Rifle Media.
Former Allison affiliates launch new consultancy brands
Jonty Summers to depart Hanover Middle East
Samantha Gregson Donnelly has taken over as MD of Hanover Middle East.
Of cockroaches & credibility🪳
India's Cockroach Janta Party has 22 million Instagram followers, no formal ideology, and many lessons for communicators paying attention to the power of frustrated youth.
KKR expands A-P comms team with new appointments
KKR's latest senior addition is Jinal Parekh as assistant VP in Mumbai.
Cheering at the wake
Earned media is back, they say, but earned from what, and paid for by whom?