Beyond the Noise - the PRWeek podcast

In this week’s episode PRWeek editor-in-chief Danny Rogers is joined by Paul Charles, former Virgin Atlantic comms director and founder of The PC Agency, and Jules Ugo, former boss of Lotus and now founder of Palma & Partners, to discuss the changing ways in which travel and tourism are communicated and marketed.

Beyond the Noise examines some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

There has been a spate of high-level departures from generalist PR consultancies with travel divisions, and some new start-ups such as Ugo’s Palma & Partners, which means the face of classic travel comms now looks different.

Why is it that only specialist travel consultancies such as The PC Agency and luxury hospitality specialists such as Bacchus or Perowne International seem to thriving in this new environment?

The podcast discusses trends in agency business models, the growing need to be international, which sectors of the travel sector are currently buoyant and the huge impact of AI.

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FleishmanHillard UK CEO Marshall Manson discusses his plans for the Omnicom agency and challenges the industry on how it must change, in PRWeek’s latest podcast.

Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

In this week’s episode, Marshall Manson speaks to PRWeek UK editor John Harrington shortly after sister agency Porter Novelli integrated into FleishmanHillard amid wider changes at owner Omnicom, following its merger with IPG late last year.

The FleishmanHillard UK chief executive discusses the background to the Porter Novelli move, how he’s been “blown away” by the agency, and how the teams have been working together.

Manson reveals his three-year vision for FleishmanHillard in the UK, including how the agency has been using AI.

He discusses how agencies need to change in the “fragmented” media landscape, and why they should adapt their commercial models. The comms leader also explains how FleishmanHillard has been transforming its approach to creativity.

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PRWeek runs the rule over more of your confessions in the latest episode of the ‘Am I the PR A***hole?’ (AITPRA) podcast.

In each episode of AITPRA, PRWeek will read out your anonymous confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed.

Confessions can be submitted via this link.

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This week’s confessions include:

Permanently blacklisting a rude journalist
Blanking the person who effectively replaced their job after returning from maternity leave
(Almost) outing their agency employer for threatening to freeze staff pay over baseless claims of stealing electronic equipment.

The episode is hosted by PRWeek UK editor John Harrington.

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How has corporate affairs been changing, and what’s the future for the function? A new podcast from PRWeek and In.Comms takes a look.

Our guests this week are Mark Hutcheon, a director in Deloitte who leads the firm's Corporate Affairs Advisory practice, and Leslie McGibbon, chief corporate affairs and brand officer at BT.

Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

This week’s podcast follows the publication last month of a report from Deloitte that looks at the main changes in corporate affairs in recent years and what we can expect by 2030.

The duo discuss the “structural reset” of the function, looking at how remits and expectations have shifted.

They talk about the impact of AI on team structures and requirements, and agency relationships. ESG and measurement are also discussed, and our guests examine the ‘two futures’ for corporate affairs.

This is the first joint podcast between PRWeek and In.Comms. Its hosts are PRWeek UK editor John Harrington and In.Comms editor Claire Warren.

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How has the Golin-Ketchum merger fared in the UK? We hear first-hand in PRWeek’s latest podcast, which features our guest Ondine Whittington, president of Golin Ketchum and Virgo Health London.

Beyond the Noise looks at some of the biggest communications and PR issues. Download the podcast via Apple, Spotify, or listen on your favourite platform.

On the latest episode, Ondine Whittington discusses the challenges of merging Golin and Ketchum to form the new agency, including helping to create a unified culture.

She describes how clients have responded to the merger and addresses questions of client conflicts, redundancies and her priorities for the months ahead.

Speaking to PRWeek UK editor John Harrington, the former Golin London chief talks about the reasons behind bringing back creative shop Brooklyn Brothers in London, and speaks about how it will work alongside Golin Ketchum in the UK.

Whittington also reflects on the biggest lessons from Cannes Lions this year. And she gives her take on major industry issues, including current trading, shifting client needs and pitching.

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