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PR Masters Series Podcast
Written By Rich Jachetti

The PR Masters Series Podcast is entering its next phase at a defining moment for the industry.

Public relations is being reshaped by rising expectations around ROI and the accelerating impact of AI. What was once measured through impressions and share of voice is no longer enough. Today, communications is expected to connect directly to brand objectives and business performance, influencing growth, positioning and competitive advantage.

This next version of the series will focus squarely on that shift. Each conversation will move beyond campaigns and channels to examine how agencies and in-house teams are evolving to meet performance-based expectations, how leaders are redefining value in an AI-driven environment, and how PR is aligning more closely with brand strategy to deliver measurable outcomes.

The pace of change is not incremental. It is structural. Business models are shifting at the same time that client expectations are being rewritten. The velocity of information and the fragmentation of media and audiences are creating both new risks and new opportunities. At the same time, AI is beginning to reshape how communications is created, distributed and evaluated.

What I am hearing from leaders across the industry is clear. This moment feels different. Faster, more complex and less predictable. Clients are asking new questions, and in many cases, the answers are still being defined.

That is exactly why this next chapter of the PR Masters Series matters.

The PR Masters Series Podcast will bring forward candid perspectives from PR agency CEOs, senior management and practice area leaders who are not just adapting, but actively redefining the role public relations can and will play in a results-driven, AI-powered world.

What topics should PR Masters explore next, and whose voices would you like to hear them from?

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Rich Jachetti

Rich joined the firm as Senior Associate in January 2015 and in October of the same year was named Senior Partner. Rich owned his own public relations agency for eight years and in 1987 merged his firm with LobsenzStevens. For nearly a decade, Jachetti served as an executive vice president and group manager of LobsenzStevens where he worked side-by-side with agency founder and CEO Art Stevens on, among other things, the selection and due diligence of L-S’s subsequent multiple PR agency acquisitions.

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