SEO Software Company SEMrush Moves into PR with Prowly Acquisition [PR Tech Sum]
SEMrush acquires Prowly; PublicRelay announces predictive alerts; de-Cision: buy Meltwater and spinoff TrendKite? And suddenly we’re in Q4 of 2020. At least that’s what it says on paper. Let’s just hope 2020 ends on December 31st. As I’ve done for...Read More
Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central Duties in Public Relations [PR Tech Briefing]
Few in PR had ever heard of Notified or its parent company. So, it wasn’t surprising that few paid attention when a US-based company acquired Notified last April. Yet if the name rings a bell, the company has been working...Read More
The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Tech Market into One Company
In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary (PR Tech Sum), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even...Read More
How Big is the Market for PR Software? PR Tech Sum: Burton-Taylor, Cision, Muck Rack, Critical Mention, Talkwalker
I’ve started dedicating the first post of every month to summarizing news from vendors developing technology focused on public relations. The PR tech sum is one of three ways I’m working on developing broader exposure of PR software including product...Read More