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July 5, 2023
4:53 am
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Cheat Sheet: Automotive Targets
May 29, 2023
8:55 am
This cheat sheet contains 23 targets ranging from deep-tech to big picture in the world of automotive. EV edit is represented in this list, but only partially.
Cheat Sheet: AI Targets
April 17, 2023
3:18 pm
This cheat sheet is a revision of the one published in August 2022. You’ll find new names among the 21 listed. Definitely new is the appearance of generative AI examples.
Cheat Sheet: Private Equity Reporters
April 6, 2023
4:12 am
Here are 20 reporters who cover private equity as an industry or as part of their core beat. We omitted targets in which PE was a passing mention or incidental detail.
Cheat Sheet: Quantum Computing Targets
March 28, 2023
9:41 am
As a subscriber request, we refreshed our Feb. 2022 cheat sheet and got pretty much all new names — 18 in all. AI and cybersecurity are trends within the quantum category.
Cheat Sheet: The Economist
March 17, 2023
2:50 pm
Launched in 1843, The Economist has been around longer than public relations itself. For those who pitch stories, it remains as daunting as Kilimanjaro. Yet many executives insist on climbing it. What is PR to do? The publication doesn’t even offer bylines.
Cheat Sheet: Reporters Who Cover B2B Sales Topics
March 16, 2023
1:38 pm
This one is a revamp from our 2021 effort. Three targets remain from that list — the other seven are new to us.
Cheat Sheet: FemTech/Women’s Health
March 15, 2023
3:08 pm
Here’s a cheat sheet with 10 targets who cover women’s health from a digital POV. We found it tough to pin this one down to a specific publishing segment… health trades to some degree.
Cheat Sheet: Supply Chain Reporters
March 9, 2023
6:20 am
“Supply chain” remains an ambiguous term, as it was when last we examined targets back in 2021. Covid isn’t backing up the ports anymore, so there’s no coverage glut there. But supply chain is just as much a devops term these days…
Cheat Sheet: Women in Tech
March 9, 2023
4:45 am
This is an all-new cheat sheet (based on the date above) focused on women in tech. Fortune, Forbes and Fast Company continue to budget resources to the topic. Most publications cover the topic occasionally.
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BI, Wired Tricked By AI Freelance ‘Author’
August 21, 2025
This is a must-read article about both Business Insider and Wired being tricked by a phony freelance reporter writing phony stories. If BI and Wired can be fooled, everybody can be fooled.
SWMS ‘Sound Thinking’: David Strom on AI
July 21, 2025
Veteran tech journalist David Strom is working with a couple of AI developers to understand exactly the nature of his writing as it has unfolded over the years. In this edition of Sound Thinking, David shares his learnings and where everything might go.
Catch Up on SDxCentral
July 20, 2025
It’s been tough to keep track of SDxCentral this year, with the sale… management moves… Here’s a podcast and an article that will help you catch up.. thank you, Ben, for the assistance.
Layoffs at Informa Techtarget
July 18, 2025
Newly merged TechTarget and Informa this month laid off 10 percent of their employees. Check out the euphemism in the 8-K: “[the] net reduction [will be] up to approximately 10% of the Company’s current global colleague base.” That just beats all, doesn’t it?
BI Lets You Advertise Against Emotion
July 13, 2025
Using NLP software, Business Insider assesses how readers will react to its content emotionally, and then sells advertising based on that info. For example, an advertiser can choose to advertise against a story (or video) that makes you feel good or optimistic or pessimistic. This is where content is headed; and this trend may someday affect the way that you pitch.