Here’s another hundred-million-dollar PE deal in the comms space [PR tech sum no. 50]
Investor relations platform Q4 enters reported $257 million acquisition deal with Sumeru Equity Partners; PR tech startup Handraise hauls in $6.3 million seed round Twice in my career, I’ve worked for companies that acquired several software companies with the intent...Read More
Press Releases Might Soon be Displayed in an Office Elevator Near You [PR Tech Sum No. 42]
This month’s PR technology summary includes: Cision partners with video ad network Captivate; Q4 enhances investor relations CRM software; Updates from Notified, and Earnings from Meltwater and Q4; PR tech people on the move and more. Some gas stations have...Read More
Voice Interface for Public Relations? Meltwater Wants to Build its Own Siri [PR Tech Sum No. 30]
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 No. 29]
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 No. 28]
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
The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum No. 13]
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 Software Vendors Wrestle with Cybersecurity [PR Tech Sum No. 9]
Welcome to the first PR technology summary (PR tech sum) of 2020. For those new to it, the PR tech sum, it’s a monthly roundup of all the news coming from the vendor community that develops and sells PR technology....Read More
