January has seen a flurry of business news, with a number of acquisitions and funding announcements. Leading the charge is Nasdaq’s sale of its PR solutions and digital media services business for $US 335 million. Talkwalker has been sold to private equity and we’ve seen funding announcements from CoverageBook and TrendKite. Meanwhile Instagram had updatedRead more
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The new year is almost underway bringing all sorts of opportunities and challenges with it. Before we get too carried away, though, let’s take a moment to look back on 2017. Here are the most popular stories among readers of the PR Measured newsletter over the past year. Looking at the list, it seems weRead more
November saw Cision reporting quarterly earnings, release a report and launched an updated insight product. Meanwhile, Brandwatch asked 25 questions on Twitter, a number of providers outlined the big trends for 2018 and Meltwater CEO, Jorn Lyseggen, has been busy promoting his new book, Outside Insight. Cision reports its 3rd quarter earnings Third-quarter earnings from CisionRead more
October saw a focus on content and influencer marketing: Brandwatch purchased BuzzSumo; Ginzamarkets acquired Withfluence; and, iSentia exited content marketing to focus on its core business. Meanwhile, September ended with a late announcement from Nasdaq, AMEC launched a new measurement guide and FIBEP has a new president. Nasdaq explores future of PR Solutions unit At theRead more
September was a month packed full of measurement activity. AMEC’s Measurement Month dominated and so we’ve focused some of the stories and developments that you may have overlooked. These included sentiment analysis releases from Talkwalker and Google, an acquisition for CARMA and the release of our Measurement Guru Report. AMEC’s Measurement Month Over anRead more
In Europe, August is usually a quiet month with a trip to the beach high on most agendas. Not so for the rest of the world. Meltwater has continued its 2017 buying spree. LexisNexis has come under fire from US newspaper publishers for copyright infringement. In Australia, iSentia has released its financials. In case youRead more
The past couple of months have seen AVEs return to the forefront of the measurement debate, and so we are dedicating today’s issue to stories you might have missed. AMEC’s campaign might be another example of measurement professionals talking about the pointless nature of AVEs, as they have for decades. Or, it might just beRead more
Acquisition news abounds as Cision picks up L’Argus de la Presse and Meltwater buys Klarity and Infomart. Both companies have been busy, with Cision rebranding ahead of its NYSE listing and Meltwater in court with iSentia in Australia. Meanwhile, Hootsuite leads social media management tools in the latest Forrester Wave and the Reuters Institute releasesRead more
The AMEC Summit 2017 was a driving force to May’s measurement news. The Summit saw a number of new initiatives being announced. In other news, Launchmetrics acquired VisualBox, Burton-Taylor estimated media intelligence spend topped $3 billion, and there were leadership changes at Cision and Ketchum. Burton-Taylor: Spend on media intelligence tops $3bn According to a Burton-TaylorRead more
The winners of the the 2017 AMEC International Communication Effectiveness Awards were announced at the AMEC Global Summit in Bangkok on the evening of Wednesday 17th May. As many readers know, I am a big fan of the Australian and Asian measurement markets. Not only have I run measurement teams and programmes in Asia, I am Australian. And so,Read more