Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum]
Private “special acquisition vehicle” makes $500m+ bid for Meltwater; Truescope acquires Universal Information Service and Cision acquires Factama to “track narratives online” What a difference a couple of weeks can make. My last PR tech sum went up in early...Read More
Pump and Dump: Fake Press Releases Crossing the Wire [PR Tech Sum]
Fraudulent press releases go out on two major wire services; IR comms platform Q4 has $100M IPO; internal comms tech strives to overcome email deluge; Innodata CEO talks up AI in Agility PR on an earnings call Twenty-nine months ago,...Read More
Competition Among All-in-One PR Software Tools Heats Up [PR Tech Sum]
Onclusive adds features, becomes all-in-one PR software tool; Agility PR Solutions adds AI; Q4 releases IR event hosting tool; an odd rebrand by SocialChorus and Dynamic Signal; Intrado rebrands as Notified; Meltwater Q2 earnings This is a humdinger of a...Read More
PR Tech Recommends Reporters You Should Pitch [PR Tech Sum]
OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequests curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. Why? I...Read More
Free Training: Earned Media Trends and Best Practices [Earned Media Mastery Summit]
In a couple of weeks, I’ll be presenting a session at the Earned Media Mastery Summit by Agility PR Solutions and Bulldog Reporter, alongside, Ned Lundquist, Our session is titled, “Earned Media Trends and Best Practices Revealed in an Analysis...Read More
The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum]
Survey Identifies Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors, Meltwater Adds Signals, TVEyes Spots Logos in Broadcasts, Cision Shows Pageviews of Coverage, Burrelles Names First Women President For years, I have published a new post every Tuesday like clockwork. For the last...Read More
The Updated Media Monitoring Module by Agility PR Solutions is a Solid Tool for the Price Point [Product Review]
A few months back, Agility PR Solutions announced it updated its media monitoring tool. As I noted then, the company indicated the new software release focused on improving the workflow, search and sharing abilities in the platform. Since then, the...Read More
New Tech Products and New Features for PR Pros; PR Tech Sum: Agility, Meltwater, Prezly, Business Wire, Onclusive, Intrado, Cision and TVEyes
The solution providers serving the PR and communications space have been busy. There were more product releases in September than in any other month, since I started tracking a list of 30 or so vendors about six months ago. You...Read More
