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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

My main coverage and writing focuses are the transportation technology world, and government and regulations related to the trucking and freight industries, along with other website and magazine duties. New technology is always exciting—but what makes it a good story is finding out how it makes people and companies more productive.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

For the last couple years, I’ve been curating news from the PR technology community into a monthly summary I call the PR Tech Sum. However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. Welcome to 2021!

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Public Relations and COVID-19: Studies Surface Challenges, Changes and Optimism  

Sword and the Script

For example, I was part of the B2B technology PR community in 2001, and it was decimated when the so-called tech bubble burst. . * * * Some aspects of the business of PR may fade away and never return but that also presents an opportunity for existing aspects to evolve and new ideas to take root.

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Don’t Let Breaking News Steal Your PR Thunder

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I seem to recall a major client press event scheduled on October 1, 2001 at the World Trade Center, but even weeks later it was a sad footnote to the larger crisis.). Truly catastrophic events like the terrorist attack on 9/11 or key events during the 2007 financial crash, have ramifications that make PR considerations recede in comparison.

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The Top 10 PR Tech Vendors by Familiarity and Favorability

Sword and the Script

Yet when PR pros were asked an optional question about which communications technology vendors they viewed as most familiar and favorable, the press release vendors came out at top of the list of top 10. Clearly, there is a need for PR professionals to have access to better coverage of technology companies in the communications space.

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Behind the Headlines With Howard Stutz

Cision

I oversaw corporate communications for Anchor Gaming – a publicly traded slot machine developer – before the company was sold to International Game Technology in 2001. How did you get your start in corporate communications?

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Notified by Intrado is a Promising PR Software Tool that Supports 5 Central Duties in Public Relations [PR Tech Briefing]

Sword and the Script

The presenter used Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), a popular fast-casual restaurant, that started out as a hotdog cart in Madison Square Park in 2001 and went IPO in 2015, as an object of the demo. This is something to bear in mind, as a point of negotiation, if you are in the market for PR technology and get to an evaluation phase with Notified.

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