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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. Sources: GlobeNewsWire , Business Wire , TechCrunch , Adweek , PRWeb ). 2a) June 2, 2014: Vocus + Cision.

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Retrevo’s Good ‘n Plenty Pitch

Bad Pitch Blog

Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints. Jacobson is the Director of Public Relations at Retrevo.com and the author of 42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business. If the media is heavily reporting stories about a specific person, product, company, or trend, find a way to align your company’s current pitch with it.