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Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum]

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31 Jan 2023
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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...
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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

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03 Jan 2023
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public...
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Another PR Tech Startup Gets Venture Funding [PR Tech Sum]

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12 Apr 2022
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Propel raises $4.5 million seed round while Vetted is acquired by ITK Information Services There’s a lot of private equity money sloshing around PR, but venture funding for a PR tech startup is rare. But then, last month, TrueScope, which...
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truescope opens a U.S. office in New York

A Look at the Media Monitoring Tool Truescope is Bringing to the U.S. [PR Tech Briefing]

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15 Mar 2022
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Truescope is a new media monitoring tool that just raised $6.2 million in funding and opened a New York office; here’s a detailed look at the product Truescope is a new media monitoring technology that’s launching in the U.S. This...
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Can a PR Software Vendor Provide “Guaranteed” Editorial Placements? [PR Tech Sum]

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01 Mar 2022
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 Million and Eyes the U.S. Market One thing that separates PR, and specifically media relations, from marketing and advertising is...
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Pump and Dump: Fake Press Releases Crossing the Wire [PR Tech Sum]

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09 Nov 2021
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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,...
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Competition Among All-in-One PR Software Tools Heats Up [PR Tech Sum]

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05 Oct 2021
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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...
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Geek Out with Meltwater on NLP and Sentiment Analysis for PR and Marketing

Geek Out with Meltwater on NLP and Sentiment Analysis for PR and Marketing; Off Script No. 48: Dr. Tim Furche

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13 Apr 2021
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An expert at Meltwater says natural language processing (NLP) is getting better at understanding  context, which can help PR assess large volumes of content Sometimes bad words can mean good things. For example, the word “bomb” might have different connotations...
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8 Innovations in Public Relations Technology to Watch

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19 Jan 2021
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Vendors are giving us reason to be optimistic about public relations technology – from AI that will predict your pitching success to more tangible PR measurement and attribution Years ago, I had the opportunity to be a PR director for...
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Seeking Signals, Spotting Logos and Measuring Journalist Influence

The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum]

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03 Jun 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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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...
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