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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

In the course of putting together the monthly PR technology summary ( PR Tech Sum ), I’ve realized that no news site has compiled a complete list of all the acquisitions around Cision. Oh, sure, there are bits and pieces, but even the Wikipedia entry , at the time of this writing, is woefully incomplete. million in funding.

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Forget “Better PR” — The PR Industry Needs Education

Doctor Spin

Social media began to emerge with behemoths like Facebook, founded in 2004 and Twitter in 2006. Their social engineering was geared towards connecting people rather than turning them into online buying machines. How Marketing Kicked Our PR Ass. Digital PR specialists must share what they do, how they do it, and why.

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The PR Industry Needs More Than Just Better PR

Doctor Spin

You and I must save the PR industry. PR is in constant flux, and our industry must evolve. Social media began to emerge with behemoths like Facebook founded in 2004 and Twitter in 2006. Their social engineering was geared towards connecting people rather than turning them into online buying machines.

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

and the social media bandwagon has rolled out of many towns because most of us are now used to using social media. The media industry has also adapted – albeit slowly – its practices to use it as a credible source/resource to help find leads and qualify stories. Image credit to: Luigi Diamanti.