Rolling Stone The Disinformation Vaccine: Is There a Cure for Conspiracy Theories?
Inside one massive company’s plan to test whether the laws of public health can fight fake news
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Sander van der Linden was working in his office at the University of Cambridge a few years ago when he received a strange phone call. A professor of social psychology and director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Laboratory, van der Linden is one of the world’s leading researchers on how to combat the scourge of disinformation and misinformation. He receives requests all the time about his work from government agencies, media organizations, and civil-society groups. But the person who called that day was not a bureaucrat or a diplomat. It was a representative from L’Oréal, the multi-billion-dollar global beauty product company. L’Oréal had what it called a “scientific disinformation” problem related to some of its products. Could va
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One of the pillars of our democracy has become dangerously weakened. If we are to move forward as a nation, unified and functioning, that pillar must be strengthened and strengthened quickly. The pillar in danger is the media.
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Edelman Appoints Four New Regional US Leaders
Diana Marszalek
Edelman Appoints Four New Regional US Leaders
Edelman has promoted four of its own to Washington, Los Angeles, Bay Area and Pacific Northwest office leads.
Diana Marszalek
12 Feb 2021 // 8:36AM GMT
NEW YORK Edelman has named new Washington, Los Angeles, Bay Area and Pacific Northwest leads, all of whom have risen to the roles through the agency ranks.
Most significant, perhaps, is that Margot Edelman will serve as GM of the Bay Area, following a stint as Bay Area COO and tech lead. The daughter of CEO Richard Edelman has been with the firm for a decade now, focusing on tech, venture capital, and private equity. Vice chairman of corporate affairs and former Chevron comms leader Dave Samson has been overseeing the office Kristine Boyden left last year to lead comms for Cruise, a self-driving car service.
Richard Edelman Edelman’s organic global revenue dropped 5.7% in 2020 to $840 million, not including the effect of currency fluctuations. When you include those fluctuations and the impact of acquisitions, Edelman s global revenue dropped 5.8%. Those numbers include the revenue of United Entertainment Group but not sister DJE Holdings agency Zeno Group. U.S. organic revenue shrank 4.2% to $531 million. The largest drop occurred in the Asia-Pacific region, where organic revenue fell 9.6% to $96 million. Canada was next, with a 9.3% decrease to $26.2 million. In EMEA, revenue fell 8.4% to $170 million. Organic revenue in Latin America increased by 5.1%, but only after correcting for currency fluctuations. Without those corrections, Latin American revenue dropped 10.7% to $17.2 million.