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Cision’s New CMO Lands In Perfect Storm of Media and Software Worlds

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Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor. In the process, I became a software product nerd. This is a company that sits at the intersection of the things I love: software, media, marketing, communications, and journalism.

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Another PR Tech Startup Gets Venture Funding [PR Tech Sum]

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It has since been acquired by an SEO software company. The company caught my eye when it said it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a reporter’s pitching preferences. The idea is helping PR understand how reporters prefer to be pitched and improve your chances of coverage. It raised a Series A round of funding for $1.1

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The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism

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Recently, I received notice from the publisher of a local business journal that the “People on the Move” section is up for sale. This fee will cover an expanded profile in print which will run even sooner – within 30 days of purchase, in addition to an online listing,” according to the publisher’s message [emphasis added].

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PR software vendors are starting to talk security in generative AI pitches [PR Tech Sum No. 46]

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The PR software community has taken note and they are responding. First is the new “PR Assistant” which will allow “PR professionals to draft press releases and personalize pitches.” This is the first time I’ve seen a PR software company introduce generative AI focused on creative content, like images.

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Can a PR Software Vendor Provide “Guaranteed” Editorial Placements? [PR Tech Sum]

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Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 Or the Longview Journal in the case of this particular announcement. The research firm Burson Taylor puts the PR software market at $4 billion , but it’s an educated guess.

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The Old “New Media” and Marketing Tools with Novel Twists [UML]

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However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. So too has the improved capacity to update podcast subscriptions over wi-fi — and without the hassle of syncing a mobile device with desktop software. Help Humanize Marketing?

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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

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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. Vocus , a provider of cloud-based PR software announces it will be acquired by GTCR for $447 million. Now imagine that world, but in software.