Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 22, 2025]

Hey,

This week’s group chat is filled with industry news ICYMIs. What did I miss?

🎙 Worlds collide: My favorite comms journalist joined my favorite comms podcast. Don’t miss Axios’ Eleanor Hawkins with The Katies on Smart in Public.

🧅 Not the Onion (but also, The Onion): The Onion is now the 13th largest print newspaper in the U.S. You read that right. (Also, do they accept pitches?!)

📺 Binge-worthy: I laughed, I cried, I was inspired to be a better human. Brian Sozzi’s life deserves a Netflix series. Until then, catch him on Meredith & The Media’s An Interview.

📰 New internal comms pub: PRWeek is getting an internal comms “sister”. In.Comms from Haymarket launches next month. (But why does the press release have zero URL or CTA to subscribe/join a newsletter/get notified?!)

📣 ALL CAPS: OK comms friends… what do we think of G Newsom’s press office’s new X vibe? The intern must be having lots of fun.

Chat soon,
Gab Ferree
Founder & Your Comms BFF, Off the Record

PS: Last week’s most-clicked was Cori Kendrick’s comms must-subscribes. Worth a peek.