Former type Public Revenue SEK 975.9 Million 2012 Number of employees 1,049 Defunct 2015 | Traded as Nasdaq Stockholm: CSN Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden Founded 1931 Parent organization Infopaq International A/S | |
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Industry Mass media
Public relations Fate Merged with Vocus to form Cision Inc. Key people Kevin Akeroyd, (President & CEO)
Peter Granat, (Chairman of the board) CEO Peter Granat (25 Feb 2013–) Founder Agence Svenska Telegrambyran | ||
Cision pr campaign management software
Cision AB was a Swedish software company. Cision has offices in Europe, North America and Asia. As of 2011, it had revenues of SEK 1 billion. In October 14, 2014, Cision and Vocus announced a friendly merger of the two public relations companies. Cision relocated its headquarters to Chicago and so will Vocus from Maryland. The company is based in Chicago and the combined entity is known as Cision Inc..
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History
Cision, formerly Bacon's Information, was founded in 1932. When Bacon's was acquired by Observer in 2001, it was renamed to Cision. In October 14, 2014, Cision and Vocus announced a friendly merger of the two public relations companies. Cision based in Sweden will relocate its headquarters to Chicago and so will Vocus from Maryland. The company will be based out of Chicago and the combined entity will be known as Cision Inc.
Products and services
CisionPoint is a web-based software as a service product to build media lists, distribute press releases, manage PR campaigns, monitor news coverage and analyze results. CisionPoint is built on the Bacon's Media Database. CisionPoint offers Bacon’s Media Database and CisionPoint’s monitoring and productivity tools. There are three editions of CisionPoint – CisionPoint Enterprise, CisionPoint Professional, and CisionPoint Small Business.