Business Insider Reporters Starting to Go on Camera
November 19, 2024
11:05 am
New EIC Jamie Heller has asked her reporters to start going on camera — for the BI TikTok channel — to explain the big, deep-divey
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SWMS Research: Fortune, TC, WSJ Huge Gainers on TikTok
October 22, 2024
11:38 am
Fortune, TechCrunch, WSJ, NYT and CNBC were the big gainers this year in the 2024 SWMS/TikTok Index. The index comprises 14 editorial brands, all worthy of a pitch. The year-over period studied: Oct. 2023 and Oct. 2024.
SWMS Deep-Dive, Part 1: TikTok Not Vital For Tech PR
February 13, 2024
4:12 am
Is TikTok worth the attention of tech PR pros? Based on fresh SWMS research, the answer is no, not really.
SWMS Deep-Dive, Part 2: TikTok Targets in Tier 1
February 13, 2024
4:09 am
What exactly is Tier 1 publishing on TikTok, and is it pitchable? So few PR pros know because when they do find themselves on TikTok, they are probably not visiting, say, The Economist.
SWMS Deep-Dive, Part 3: The Toxicity of Retention Editing
February 13, 2024
3:48 am
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Axios Belatedly Launches A Business-of-Media Event Franchise
June 26, 2025
Indy media business experts Brian Morrissey and Jacob Cohen Donnelly have built two very successful businesses with both newsletters and face-to-face events. Axios has noticed this and has decided to get into the event space focusing on the economics of publishing, which of course is a topic close to home. Announced this week: an Axios event coming up in September. Hosts: Sara Fischer and Kerry Flynn.
ServiceNow Throws Money at Fortune to Jumpstart AI Spending
June 24, 2025
ServiceNow has launched a special report on Fortune to jumpstart strategic spending on AI, illustrating workarounds for implementation problems, and otherwise illuminating the path to integrating AI into software operations. This is a branding exercise, of course, and perhaps is a sign that earned media is just not going get a strategic job done.
AIQ shows a big idea and how to leverage the prestige of Fortune without having to pitch stories to accomplish that same objective: you can just buy shelf space. In the case of AIQ, Fortune hired freelancer Sage Lazzaro — who used to work on staff there to create high-level content. So let’s keep an eye on this project, monitoring how well-respected it is… and whether its content gets surfaced in search engines.
The SiliconANGLE TechForward Awards: You Can Apply Now
June 22, 2025
Here are the details — Choose from 5 categories and 30+ subcategories. The awards are being promoted by Bhava Communications, an SWMS subscriber.
Check Out the LinkedIn Profile of TechCrunch’s Publisher
June 22, 2025
The guy also is the full-time “chairman” of Bally and Sassoon. On top of that, he’s also chairman of Foundry and 13 other companies. Well, 14, if you count his own private equity firm. How much time will he put into TC, understanding the subtleties of tech edit?
Big Valley Marketing’s Podcast: Julie Bort
June 19, 2025
Julie opens up to host Dave Reddy.. it’s a good listen. BVM is a SWMS subscriber.