PRmoment Podcast

In this week's PRmoment News Review, host Ben Smith and guests Mark Borkowski and Angie Moxham covered four PR stories: Earl Spencer's book, Harry and Meghan, Andy Burnham's visit to Trump Land, and Ed Sheeran's tour controversy. Charles Spencer's book Mark said Swan Song: Diana, My Sister had huge publicity, helped by the Mail serialisation and a Laura Kuenssberg interview. Still, he felt it had "a nasty smell" and was "a bit of a bank raid". Harry and Meghan Mark described the couple's late...

With 100 Days of 2026 to go, Warren Johnson founder of W Communications and PRmoment Podcast host Ben Smit discuss 2026 so far, and look ahead to Q4 and 2027. The PRmoment podcast is produced in association with the Markettiers Network Warren Johnson's verdict on 2026 so far is blunt: "Indies up, networks down." He argues independents have had a strong year while the big networks continue their "seemingly endless merging and rebranding." Pushing back on the idea that AI and...

This edition of the PRmoment News Review, hosted by Ben Smith with Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski, worked through four stories that each turned on the same question: what communications can and cannot fix. The Sussexes opened the show, and both guests pushed back hard on the week's dominant narrative. Borkowski said he felt "incredibly sorry" for the couple's comms team and rejected the theory that their PR is incompetent — the problem, he argued, is a client who defines the work and then ca...

Nigel Farage’s latest scandal and Andy Burnham’s six-week report card dominate this PRmoment News Review, as Ben Smith quizzes Angie Moxham and Mark Borkowski on what the fallout means for UK politics and political communications. Here are some quotes from this week's show: "We woke up to the classic investigating journalist scam of trapping Nigel Farage and his two closest aides in a pub garden in Clacton-on-Sea." Mark Borkowski 0:01:10 "It's an absolute blow to Farage and the Reform Party,...

This PRmoment News Review opens with Ben Smith framing three big themes of the week: the return of Harry and Meghan to the UK, Meta’s eye‑watering $18 billion settlement with dozens of US states, and an uneasy communications environment around Russia, Ukraine and NATO. Here are some highlights from this week's episode: “Harry is built for purpose, he’s built for service, and being stuck out under an orange tree in Montecito is hardly fulfilling for someone who still has a lot to give to...