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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. HARO is a name universally recognized brand, so the rebrand doesn’t make sense to me at all.

Brand 149
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Competition Among All-in-One PR Software Tools Heats Up [PR Tech Sum]

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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 summary and I’ve spent (too) many hours on it.

Software 154
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Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

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I have a hard time reconciling how private equity funds can pour hundreds of millions of dollars into PR software companies that publicly displays, well, disinterest, in the profession they supposedly serving. All this leaves me shaking my head. I do a lot of work in legaltech – and all those vendors have lawyers on staff.

Analysis 144
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What does generative AI use in PR look like? [PR Tech Sum No. 45]

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Of those that are using it (that 28%, presumably) – how is it being used? How does PR’s use of gAI compare to marketing? How is it being used? One AI tools surfaces relevant media contacts based on your pitch or press release – and strives to predict how it will be received. And now onward with this month’s PR tech sum 1.

Survey 146
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The Reykjavik Press Release—ChatGPT

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“Every once in a while I’ll sit down with a jug of Jack Daniels and a bottle of Advil and dig through old press releases to see if PR agencies have learned how to write.” — Mark Ragan This is the Reykjavik press release. 1 The press release implies that the hotel hasn’t rebranded itself yet. Let’s go to Reykjavik (Midjourney V4).

Hotels 52
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Dealmaking Sizzles Again Among PR Software Providers and Here Comes Another Side Dish of Generative AI for Comms [PR Tech Sum]

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Private “special acquisition vehicle” makes $500m+ bid for Meltwater; Truescope acquires Universal Information Service and Cision acquires Factama to “track narratives online” What a difference a couple of weeks can make. My last PR tech sum went up in early November – and there’s a lot that happened between then and now.

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

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I missed my self-imposed deadline in June as I was simply overwhelmed by events: client work – always my first priority – but also bisdev, podcast production, blog posts, and trying to get this year’s annual JOTW comms survey ready for publication. Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Give our services a try.