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The Making of Cision: A Brief History of 15 M&A Transactions that Consolidated a Sizable Chunk of the PR Technology Market into One Company

Sword and the Script

It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. While that’s arguably true, depending on when you start the timeline, the reality is there were several more involved in the formation of the company as it stands today.

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Forget “Better PR” — The PR Industry Needs Education

Doctor Spin

Let me explain: Table of Contents. Social media began to emerge with behemoths like Facebook, founded in 2004 and Twitter in 2006. Today, SEO (like SEM) is considered a form of marketing instead of earned and owned communication. And the list goes on: There’s inbound marketing , not inbound communications.

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The PR Industry Needs More Than Just Better PR

Doctor Spin

Social media began to emerge with behemoths like Facebook founded in 2004 and Twitter in 2006. Today, SEO is beside SEM considered a form of marketing instead of a form of earned and owned communication. And the list goes on: There’s inbound marketing , not inbound communications. But we’ve already messed up.