Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum No. 41]
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
A Fairly Comprehensive List of PR and Comms Technology Vendors for 2023 [PR Tech Sum No. 40]
If you are striving to build your short list of PR and communications technology vendors, this long but neatly organized list of companies and resources might prove helpful My last PR tech sum went up in November of last year...Read More
An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?
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...Read More
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Corporate PR Index: Two Cool New Indices Track Corporate Reputations and Risk Exposure to Misinformation [PR Tech Sum No. 39]
Two different PR tech vendors have launched Corporate PR indices; one tracks corporate reputations and the other tracks risk exposure to misinformation An index is defined as “an indicator, sign, or measure of something.” For example, in finance, the Dow...Read More
Muck Rack Lands a Whopping $180 million in Funding [PR Tech Sum No. 38]
Summary of PR tech news for this month: Muck Rack’s big raise, Meltwater reviews “strategic alternatives”; PR tech mentions include Onclusive and Semrush The PR technology space can be in some respects, divided into Davids and Goliaths. On one side,...Read More
CommsTech versus PR Tech in the Court of Public Opinion [PR Tech Sum No. 37]
New York, California, Texas and Florida don’t seem to agree on anything these days except they are more likely to use the term “PR Tech” as opposed to “CommTech” Recently I’ve noticed an article discussing “CommsTech” as opposed to PR...Read More
What PR Technology Vendors Don’t Understand about Spreadsheets [PR Tech Sum No. 36]
The principle of social proof suggests most people use the best solution – and 57% of PR people use spreadsheets for media lists It’s almost cliche to say, “I can’t believe it’s July” – so here’s another way to look...Read More
Spending on PR Software Growing Again, Study Finds [PR Tech Sum]
Annual spending on PR software grew 14.7% to approximately $5.5 billion in 2021 Ask 10 people to define PR and you’ll get 10 different answers. Some of this is a matter of nurturing – where and how people “grow up”...Read More
Another PR Tech Startup Gets Venture Funding [PR Tech Sum No. 34]
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...Read More
A Look at the Media Monitoring Tool Truescope is Bringing to the U.S. [PR Tech Briefing]
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...Read More
