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Walmart’s suspension of advertising on X became last month’s biggest brand story

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Regardless of whether or not Musk believed his comments were responsible for these decisions, companies kept leaving, and soon a flood of articles were published reporting that Walmart was next in line, with Reuters having the top story about the retailer overall.

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Feel-good stories won brand coverage in December 2022 with Walmart, UPS, and Amazon

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In mid-December a TikTok creator’s video of an 82-year-old Walmart employee went viral, resulting in almost $100k being raised through GoFundMe, allowing the man to retire. The story about the 82-year-old employee accounted for 11 of those articles and together earned over 213k engagements.

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Barbie dominates August brand coverage

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The article referred to Barbie getting near a billion dollars in ticket sales heading into its third weekend, making it one of the biggest movies of 2023 at the time, and in fact it has only continued to grow since then to become the biggest release of the year at the end of August.

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday bring Target the most brand coverage in November

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This year, Target CEO Brian Cornell released a statement reflecting on the decision to keep stores closed every Thanksgiving Day, naming employees and their families as the key reason. Disney and Apple are the two top brands being mentioned in articles about the issue. But what else made a splash in November?

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Facebook dominates the headlines among Kantar’s most valuable brands in 2022

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Below are the most popular brands, ranked by engagements to articles about them. The top article was about a siberian husky that was reunited with its owner thanks to a Ukrainian serviceman who posted an appeal on Facebook. The article from NPR received over 289k engagements. .

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

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Media monitoring involves systematically tracking and analyzing media content (such as news articles, social media posts, and broadcast segments) related to a specific brand, industry, or topic. news articles). Brand advocates include customers, employees, and influencers. What is Viral Marketing? sponsored posts).

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Burger King ate up the headlines in June after retirement faux pas

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In June, Burger King made headlines for the wrong reasons after the restaurant chain was dragged into a crisis based on a retirement gift given to an employee at a Las Vegas location. . Kevin Ford — the employee in question — had been working at the chain for 27 years and never missed a day of work.

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