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# Podcast: Geopolitics, Mastercard & OpenAI's CCO search
- URL: https://www.earned-first.com/podcast-geopolitics-mastercard-openais-cco-search/
- Published: 2026-09-29T10:10:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T10:10:24.000Z
- Description: A business story becomes a national one in Singapore, Mastercard looks beyond the big networks, and OpenAI's CCO search drags on.
- Author: Arun Sudhaman
- Tags: Earned First Podcast

Earned First's David Blecken and Arun Sudhaman look at the backlash over Singapore Airlines' stake in Air India, Chinese brands going global, and Mastercard's global PR pitch. They also discuss OpenAI's nine-month CCO search, and why only just over half of CCOs report to the CEO, according to Earned First's PR 2030 research.

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