Voice Interface for Public Relations? Meltwater Wants to Build its Own Siri [PR Tech Sum]
Years ago, when my daughter was small, I watched her walk up to my old plasma TV and try to use it as a touch interface. At the ripe old age of 3 or 4, her experience with technology up...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
Another Acquisition and More Podcast Monitoring Tools [PR Tech Sum]
Meltwater acquires Klear; Muck Rack enhances reporting; Talkwalker adds podcast monitoring; TVEyes partners for podcast audience data About this time last year, I was slowly coming to grips with the fact we were just at the very beginning of this...Read More
Geek Out with Meltwater on NLP and Sentiment Analysis for PR and Marketing; Off Script No. 48: Dr. Tim Furche
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...Read More
One IPO, One M&A and the Best Media Monitoring Solutions for 2021 [PR Tech Sum]
SEMrush goes IPO; Meltwater acquires Linkfluence; G2 names best media monitoring solutions; Critical Mention adds GA integration; Vetted is generally availability This time last year was the first PR Tech Sum published after the Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic....Read More
Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]
Meltwater lists on a Swedish stock exchange; startup Propel hits 50 customers; Vetted launches – it’s like HARO or ProfNet with no pitching Welcome to 2021! For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community...Read More
Is Public Relations Management a Technology? [PR Tech Sum]
Summary of monthly PR tech news: Muck Rack focuses on public relations management; Prowly enhances media database; new execs at Meltwater and Signal AI The term “public relations management” sounds like an advanced college class but it’s shaping up as...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
PR Tech Vendors Pitch Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Integrations and Podcast Monitoring [PR Tech Sum]
The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows This is your monthly summary of all the news out of the PR technology community. The PR Tech...Read More
