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3 weeks ago | 
campaignlive.com | Julia Walker
InfluencerAlix Earlehas had a busy month. In the past 30 days, she’s bet on Kentucky Derby racehorses and shot aWall Street Journalcover. Hosted a Carl’s Jr. party — an extension of her ’90s supermodel-styleSuper Bowlad with the burger chain — and strutted theSports Illustratedrunway. Presented at the American Music Awards, and announced her upcoming debut onDancing With the Stars.
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3 weeks ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
Agency investments drop amid Meta’s progress toward AI ad automationBy the end of 2026, Meta aims to launch tools for brands to design and target Instagram and Facebook advertisements entirely with Meta AI tools, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday.
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4 weeks ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
Tribeca Festival announces creator lineup, includes Alex Cooper, Tinx and Coco MocoeThis morning, The Tribeca Festival announced Up Next Creators, a showcase of work by 12 content creators on the big screen during the arts festival.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
A recap of this week’s event in New York City recognizing women’s accomplishments. This week’s episode of The PR Week podcast comes to you from PRWeek’s Women of Distinction event at The Lighthouse at Pier 61 in New York City. PRWeek’s associate news editor Diana Bradley and reporter Julia Walker discuss this year’s Women of Distinction and Women to Watch honorees.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
NEW YORK: Melissa Ben-Ishay’s cupcake business, Baked by Melissa, has created a buzz with Tabasco-infused and Squishmallow-inspired cupcakes, “Caked by Melissa” and “Come Hungry” cookbooks and viral recipe moments. But the most valuable moments of Ben-Ishay’s culinary career occurred when she stepped into her own confidence, she told the audience at PRWeek’s Women of Distinction event on Wednesday in New York City.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
Oboist influencer Spencer Rubin is on a mission to "casualize" classical music. The musician has amassed over 1.8 combined TikTok and Instagram followers with “day in the life” videos as a third-year student at the Juilliard School, covering trending songs on his double-reed instrument and playing duets with his oboist and violinist friends.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
Spotify removes 200 podcast-disguised illegal drug advertisementsWhile Spotify removed over 200 fake podcasts advertising opioid and prescription drugs last week, dozens of the podcast-disguised online pharmacy advertisements are still hosted on the platform, according to CNN’s findings.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
It’s been almost a year since Elon Musk warned his 219 million X followers not to trust WhatsApp and, separately, years of ongoing legal battles accusing WhatsApp, Facebook and Meta of violating consumer privacy. So it’s no surprise that the Meta-owned messaging app’s largest campaign to date reassures skeptics — including Musk, who accused WhatsApp of exporting data from its 3 billion users’ private messages “every night” — that no one, Not Even WhatsApp, can see or hear personal messages.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
Advertisers deny Musk’s allegations of an X boycottAdvertisers including Mars, Lego and Nestlé motioned to toss an antitrust lawsuit Elon Musk filed against them for pulling advertising from X (formerly Twitter) after Musk took over the app. Advertisers claimed X “disrupted its own business and alienated many of its customers” when it rolled back community guidelines to allow hate speech, disinformation and brand safety risks.
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1 month ago | 
prweek.com | Julia Walker
NEW YORK CITY — Towing her pink tulle gown’s train in hand, transgender advocate Dylan Mulvaney graced the stage to host Lush’s Resist Ball — a ball created by the vegan cosmetics brand for the changemakers. The discussions of the night focused on transgender rights, persisting impacts of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and gun violence prevention.
