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Is this a nostalgic goodbye to the HARO brand? [PR Tech Sum 51]

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In this edition: Cision silently rebrands HARO; Meltwater’s dealmaking continues; PR tech briefs and mentions content picks There have been so many private equity (PE) deals among PR technology companies, that it’s easy to lose track of who owns what. Yet, it’s important to pay attention to this stuff if your business buys PR software.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

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Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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The Media Relations Struggle is Real; Experts Describe What it May Mean for PR

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Where some see diminishing value in media relations others see opportunity; the best way to improve results is to use a combination of pitching, content and social media. For example, when a task gets harder in business, most leaders make a change or strive to do something different. Need help with marketing or PR?

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Media relations is getting harder…much harder (but here’s a few tips for how you can get more stories placed)

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Consider the following: Demand for media attention is high: Most top-tier writers now receive 100, 250 or 500 pitches a week for 5 story spots. Media is outnumbered: PR Pros now outnumber journalists by a factor of 6 to 1. PR pros say so themselves! This isn’t great news. Much, much tougher.

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7 Media Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse of their Mindset

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If you work in PR and engage in media relations , it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. based reporters said, “fake news is making readers more skeptical than ever about what they read and see.”. Where I had something to add, I inserted commentary denoted by italics.

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PR Tech Recommends Reporters You Should Pitch [PR Tech Sum]

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OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. This month’s roundup of PR technology news is a two-fer: there’s two months’ worth of news here. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute?

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

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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 relations (PR) professionals”. Finally, the header image was created using DALLE-2.