Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek UK journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.

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This week’s edition is hosted by PRWeek UK news editor Siobhan Holt and features reporter Evie Barrett and PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.

The trio discuss the major talking points behind recent industry hires, departures and promotions.

They analyse promotions and departures at Burson (the new agency being formed from the merger of Hill & Knowlton and BCW) and Brunswick; and discuss whether law firm-owned agency Schillings Communications poses a real threat to big advisory firms.

There’s also a look at the Super Bowl 2024 campaigns, and the team asks if purpose marketing has entered a new era.

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A special edition of PRWeek UK's Beyond the Noise podcast looks at the general election and what it means for the communications industry.

Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.

This week's episode, recorded on Friday shortly after Keir Starmer was confirmed as the UK next Prime Minister, features PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers, UK editor John Harrington and senior reporter Evie Barrett.

The trio analyse the election campaigns and discuss which parties and individuals got their strategies right and which faltered.

They also look ahead to what a Labour government might mean for the comms industry.

Click here to read about what PR professionals think will happen under the Starmer administration.

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A special edition of PRWeek's Beyond the Noise podcast, recorded live at the Crisis Communications Summit last week, looks at how Premiership Rugby has been overcoming its recent crises.

The session features Jonny Fordham, head of communications at Premiership Rugby, speaking to Lee Cain, the founder of Charlesbye and a former comms director at Downing Street.

Beyond the Noise, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen in the browser above or on your favourite platform.

Fordham discussed how he and his colleagues coped with recent crises at the league, not least the administration of three clubs last year, alongside reports of racism in rugby, and some players leaving for a rival league in France.

The head of comms spoke about how Premiership Rugby "flipped the narrative" to "talk about the rebuild" of the league.

The importance of speaking with your critics and of countering misinformation were emphasised. And Fordham offered advice to anyone facing similar crises.

He added: "The more open and honest you were the better our coverage started to become."

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Big themes and stories in comms from the past week or so are put under the microscope in the latest edition of Noise in Brief, PRWeek UK’s bite-sized podcast.

Noise in Brief – a shorter offshoot of PRWeek’s Beyond the Noise podcast – is released fortnightly and features PRWeek journalists discussing major issues from the previous seven days or so.

Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

This week’s episode features PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and reporters Evie Barrett and Eliza Wiredu.

The past couple of weeks have seen a series of controversies surrounding football, from the extraordinary developments with the Spanish national team to the Manchester United/Mason Greenwood row. We ask: why is the beautiful game getting its comms so badly wrong?

The team discusses the future of ESG after the recent backlash in some quarters. And they examine some of the main findings from more in-house leaders in PRWeek’s series looking at what clients like and don’t like from agencies.

After some recent ‘fake’ campaigns, the trio also debate whether real-life PR stunts have a future in an AI world.

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The Beyond the Noise podcast this week features regular host Frankie Oliver alongside PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers and co-founder of Purpose Disruptors Lisa Merrick-Lawless.

PRWeek UK’s Beyond the Noise podcast, which is published on alternate weeks, looks at some of the biggest issues affecting comms and PR. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

The trio discuss the climate emergency and the work of Purpose Directors – which is a non profit that launched in 2019 to help the advertising and communications industries . transition towards having emission by 2030, in line with the Paris Treaty.

The trio discuss the climate emergency and the work of Purpose Directors – a non-profit that launched in 2019 to help the advertising and communications industries transition toward lowering emissions by 2030, in line with the Paris Treaty.

The three experts discuss what the work of the non-profit could mean for the PR industry and its role in addressing the climate emergency.

Responding to a question on what those working in agencies could do to affect change, Merrick-Lawless says people need to find their own purpose in relation to the climate emergency and to use their own sense of agency to push for change.

Asked about the response to the climate emergency at Cannes, she said: “It’s a misstep by leaders at Cannes to think they’re a bit bored with purpose.

“There is a new generation coming through, and there is a massive talent drain from our industry, and that’s why.

“People don’t want to work in an industry whose only purpose is to sell people shit they don’t need,” she said, adding that 2023 was a “really interesting” moment for PR and its response to climate change.

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