PE Firm Buys 3 PR Tech Vendors and Combines Them into One [PR Tech Sum]
PE firm closes on deals for Kantar Reputation Intelligence, PRgloo and Onclusive; will merge all three companies under a single PR tech company I don’t get too excited about private equity money in PR technology. The industry track record in this...Read More
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
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 Software Pricing Estimates [PR Tech Sum]
Prowly estimates (rival) PR software pricing; Access Intelligence acquires Isentia; Talkwalker acquires Reviewbox; plus mentions and content picks Every month I struggle to avoid starting these roundups with “Wow, another month has gone by.” And yet here we are. Labor...Read More
LexisNexis Launches White Label Press Release Service [PR Tech Sum]
PR Tech Sum: LexisNexis launches press release service; Talkwalker filters out automated accounts; Forrester released its “Wave” report for consumer intelligence; OnePitch allows you to rate your reporter matches There are a whole lot of gates going up around publications...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
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
Here we Go Again, Cision to Acquire Brandwatch; Top Reasons Why One Company Acquires Another [PR Tech Sum]
Cision announces plans to acquire Brandwatch; BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles; Forbes contributor compares PR tech tools; PR tech vendor posts supporting Black History Month There are several reasons why one business would acquire another. The first reason is to acquire...Read More
