chris_norton
@chris_norton
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Host of the @embracingMM Podcast and Founder of @prohibitionpr, PRCA Grand Prix Award Winner 2023, find me on https://t.co/c5OCeD9edQ
Leeds, UK
Joined February 2008
Half of PR pros thought about quitting last year. 44% actually did. 96% can’t switch off after work. That’s the industry average. Not at Prohibition PR. We’re hiring a PR Account Manager in Leeds. Great work. No burnout. 🔗
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Half of PR professionals actually considered quitting last year. 44% sadly did. 96% can’t switch off after work. That’s our terrible industry average. 😔 Not at Prohibition. We’ve built a place where...
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Following up from being the Number 1 marketing podcast in Bosnia last week, today we are number 2 in Kenya. Thanks for the support. Podcasting is so global, it is bonkers. If you have 1min, pls do give us a review:
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Check out my atest article: The Secret B2B Growth Hack Hiding Inside Your Company via @LinkedIn.
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Hi guys, Well here is September and the kids are finally going back to school - thank the lord for that. It has been a bus week and I was also lucky enough to be invited on the Beyond the Bio podcast...
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Media workflows are getting a brain transplant. From translation to synthetic presenters, AI orchestration is running the whole circus. But can it tell a good story? 🎬.
tvtechnology.com
While many media organizations are still experimenting, the path from assistive AI to truly agentic systems is beginning to take shape
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PR pros are swapping press lists for prompts. AI isn’t coming, it’s already here 🤖.
menafn.com
Measurement Drives Value As Earned Media Gets Harder To SecureMiami, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fifty-nine percent of PR professiona
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Just five IPOs and £160 m raised in H1 2025. London’s listing drought is brutal. Now PR pros are pivoting from deal hype to crisis‑comms, ESG talk and board‑level strategy advice 😉.
londondaily.com
In the first half of 2025, only £160 million was raised through five IPOs, marking the lowest level in three decades.
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Trust is at an all-time low. I was delighted to be invited on the Beyond the Bio Podcast to chat about the power of stories - great fun. Here I am banging on about PMs lol. You can catch the full show here:
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Domino’s sent a robot to fight seagulls and deliver pizza. Is it silly? Yes. Did it work? Absolutely. PR gold 🍕.
theargus.co.uk
Domino's has launched a robot dog to deliver pizza to beachgoers and avoid seagulls
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In the strange world of marketing podcasting, we are first in Bosnia today. We are a big deal in Sri Lanka too. 🤭🙈. We are 28th in the UK this morning, but does Bosnia mean I can claim we are now the top 1? I think my mates Jon Evans and Phill Agnew might have something to say
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If your marketing ends up next to someone selling tanning nasal spray, your brand needs SPF 1000 ☀️.
theguardian.com
Nasal sprays, injections and sunbeds – for many people, the yearning for a tan now outweighs the risks. But why?
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Half of Gen Z wants proper news, the other half thinks political analysis means watching a Minecraft streamer rant about taxes 🗳️.
vox.com
Active and passive news consumers are shifting America’s balance of power.
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RT @spenley: Talking AI with @chris_norton.and Will Ockenden on the @EmbracingMM podcast. Want to talk AI? Give me a shout! https://t.co/….
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No viral hits. No TikTok takeover. Just memes about Coldplay and people pretending to be slugs. What a time to be alive 🧠.
businessinsider.com
No breakout song, no runaway blockbuster: Summer 2025's biggest vibe is the lack of actual vibes
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Great news if you fancy being deepfaked into saying you love crocs and crypto. Less great if you're in PR 🎭.
politico.com
One of the country’s strictest bans on election deepfakes was defeated by a challenge from the tech billionaire.
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Reddit’s letting AI crawl your comments so brands can flog more stuff. It’s like targeted ads with a creepier accent 🤖.
reuters.com
Reddit forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting on growing digital advertising driven by its artificial intelligence-powered marketing tools.
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AI-generated billboards, a pun about "Great Jeans," and suddenly you're being accused of eugenics. What could possibly go wrong? 👖.
adweek.com
The ad was "always about the jeans," the brand said.
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American Eagle’s My Jeans Are Blue campaign went viral for all the wrong reasons bold slogans need better hindsight.
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Delta’s AI pricing has sparked a trust storm turns out people don’t like algorithms messing with their wallets 💸.
forbes.com
Delta Airlines is now using AI to create individualized prices for some flight searches, risking the erosion of customer trust if pricing lacks transparency.
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The UK’s Online Safety Act could protect kids or muzzle the internet and nobody agrees which it is.
theguardian.com
Farage accuses government of being ‘so below the belt’ as right wing doubles down on censorship claims
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TikTok now offers wellness tools and content warnings basically a stress ball for your feed 😌.
axios.com
The app added more parental controls and creator features.
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Spectrum’s new AI media planner makes traditional ad planning look like dial up no instinct just cold clever data.
tvtechnology.com
New media planning platform gives ad buyers real-time data to optimize multichannel campaigns
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