Public Relations Industry Analysis – Q1 2015

The first quarter of 2015 is coming to a close and Cision (GTCR) has made another acquisition: Viralheat. The #FutureofPR now has the social media monitoring component accounted for along with the best of Vocus, Visible Technologies & Gorkana. Cision announced this information on March 23rd  providing a detailed FAQ and for that we thank …

Acquisition Fever in Public Relations

  The first quarter of 2014 saw big names on the selling block   January - Gorkana and Precise speculated to be on the market for buyers. February - Cision - Blue Canyon Holdings AB makes a cash offer to shareholders. March - Vocus begins process to find a buyer. Salience Insight acquires US operations …

Cision, Vocus & Meltwater Oh My!

UPDATE May 20, 2014: Today Cision held an extraordinary general meeting; below are resolutions which were adopted:  -- It was resolved that the board of directors shall consist of five directors, with no deputy directors; -- In light of the short period in time between the extraordinary general meeting and the annual general meeting 2014, …

Gorkana + Precise Media = Lots of £ & $ and happy Clients

UPDATE June 10, 2014: Kantar Media's parent WPP has purchased a majority stake in Precise. PRWeek UK ran the story here. WPP has made a solid move, providing Kantar Media a fantastic media monitoring and reporting component to their offering.  The combined offering if lead by Precise's workflow and reporting supplemented by Kantar's rounded media …