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The battle for GEO

The battle for GEO

As search becomes a reputation environment, questions about GEO ownership risk diminishing the full communications remit.
Arun Sudhaman 31 Jul 2026
The government dividend 🇮🇳

The government dividend 🇮🇳

As 'cockroach' protests erode the state's credibility, new data reveals the PR sector's growing proximity to power.
Arun Sudhaman 24 Jul 2026
Resilience is Africa's competitive advantage 🌍

Resilience is Africa's competitive advantage 🌍

The continent's strongest consultancies are pairing sustained commercial performance with more sophisticated advisory, measurement and AI capabilities.
David Blecken 16 Jul 2026
Cannes learns context 🦁

Cannes learns context 🦁

As someone who has chronicled the PR sector's uneven emergence at Cannes since 2009, there are good reasons for optimism.
Arun Sudhaman 01 Jul 2026
Cannes bubbles rise again 🫧

Cannes bubbles rise again 🫧

Creativity helps us make sense of larger truths, but the line between myth-making and fabrication is a thin one.
Arun Sudhaman 18 Jun 2026
Japan's domestic playbook is no longer enough

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.
Arun Sudhaman, David Blecken 10 Jun 2026
Of cockroaches & credibility🪳

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.
Arun Sudhaman 01 Jun 2026

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