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• The Scoop: TikTok could face its moment of truth as soon as next week April 19, 2024
  Plus: Colleges crack down on student protests; how Taylor Swift’s publicist A Senate vote on TikTok’s future could come soon after a bill to force the app’s sale or face a ban was bundled with other foreign policy priorities, including additional aid for Ukraine and sanctions against Iran. The House, which has already passed a […]
• What a potential U.S. TikTok ban means for your social media strategy April 19, 2024
  Speakers from PR Daily’s upcoming Social Media Conference offer predictions and discuss implications. This story was originally published on March 13, 2023.  TikTok faces yet another potential challenge from the U.S. government. The House today passed a bill, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which seeks to force TikTok parent company ByteDance […]
• The future of video storytelling in an AI-driven world April 19, 2024
  Ready or not, we’re hurtling toward a world replete with AI-generated video. AI-generated video often ignites more trepidation about misinformation and deepfakes than optimism about its potential applications, but in either case, communicators will need to familiarize themselves with this medium to prepare for the future. After all, there’s a great deal of potential to […]
• Ragan honors the 2024 Employee Communications and Top Places to Work Awards in Chicago: list of winners April 18, 2024
  Winners were celebrated at a special awards luncheon in Chicago on Thursday. The 2024 Employee Communications and Top Places to Work Awards highlighted an impressive cohort of internal communicators who, during another year where the only constant was change, were once again central to cultivating culture and engaging employees. We celebrate the campaigns, content, people […]
• Inside Papa Johns sometimes controversial ‘Better Get You Some’ tagline April 18, 2024
  When brands make a bold pivot, the initial reactions from the public — whether good, bad or indifferent— rarely tell the full story. Kennyatta Collins is a freelance brand strategist. Follow him on LinkedIn. Recent quotes from Papa John’s leadership in a story focusing on the grammar of their new tagline, “Better Get You Some,” put […]
• By the Numbers: What drives TikTok’s biggest users April 18, 2024
  Constant connection, impulsivity and trend setting keep them scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. TikTok is the darling social media network of the moment, despite the persistent risk that it might face bans in the United States. But the microvideo network has millions of people endlessly scrolling for the next “get ready with me,” restaurant review […]
• AI for communicators: What’s new and what’s next April 18, 2024
  What the latest news in AI means for you. How fast is AI evolving? It’s now reached parity with humans on a variety of tasks, including image identification, basic reading, visual reasoning and English-language understanding, according to an AI Index published by the Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence program. That’s impressive progress in just a […]