Cheat Sheet: Web3 Targets
January 19, 2024
11:38 am
Maybe it’s that Bitcoin made it past the $40K threshold, but for whatever reason, the suite of technologies collectively known as Web3 is making a comeback.
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Cheat Sheet: AI Awards Lists
January 18, 2024
8:09 am
Here’s a cheat sheet on AI awards. It’s a mix of emerging companies, cool tools and extraordinary individuals that set examples for everyone else.
Cheat Sheet: Forbes Staff Reporters & Editors
January 15, 2024
4:24 am
We’re told by Alex Konrad that the Forbes masthead can be found in each print issue. If you don’t have one handy, here’s a cheat sheet with the names, beats and contact info for 45 Forbes staff reporters and editors.
Cheat Sheet: Tier 1 F2F Event Contacts
January 2, 2024
11:39 am
Events grew like crazy last year, and 2024 promises to be the same. So it’s time we offer a cheat sheet on whom to approach and pitch in selected Tier 1 event operations. Unlike reporters, event influencers have no content to review.
Cheat Sheet: EdTech Podcasts
December 29, 2023
1:18 pm
We were pleased to find ten podcasts dedicated to edtech. All ten seem to be interview-based, rather than a rundown of recent events, like many other tech podcasts. This bodes well for pitching.
Cheat Sheet: IoT Targets
December 17, 2023
12:37 pm
When indie IoT journalist Stacey Higginbotham ceased publishing Stacey On IoT in August 2023, PR pros mourned. Technical and personable, Stacey was in a class by herself. Still, we have found 17 targets worth pitching.
Cheat Sheet: Workplace Podcasts
December 15, 2023
2:35 pm
We came up with a half-dozen podcasts that focus on workplace issues. Contact info included. Most are backwaters. Check out the Adam Grant one; he is affiliated with TED.
Cheat Sheet: Workplace Reporters
December 11, 2023
2:08 pm
Here’s a cheat sheet with 15 targets who cover workplace issues, ranging from real estate to DEI. Watch for our companion cheat sheet on newsletters and podcasts that cover this trend.
Cheat Sheet: Disinformation & Misinformation Targets
December 5, 2023
4:28 am
Here are 20 reporters who have covered the topics of disinformation and misinformation. Our research found that the latter term was covered a bit more than the former. There is currently no difference in the two; the terms seem to be interchangeable.
Cheat Sheet: Targets Who Cover Gen Z
November 27, 2023
2:47 pm
Here’s a cheat sheet with 19 targets who cover issues related to Gen Z. You’ll see a mix of B2B and B2C names, from newsletters to newspapers.
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Paging Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes Contributor
January 21, 2025
Dr. Diane Hamilton has posted 37 articles on Forbes’s CHRO Network page since Dec. 1. She has an active LinkedIn profile, which advertises a book she wrote. But her X feed and her personal web page both seem to be down. The Dr. happens to be founder and CEO of Tonerra, a company that specializes in content creation, among other things. Strange, then, that Tonerra has no web site of its own. If you happen to see Dr. Hamilton, ask her to call her service.
Semafor Launches Newsletter for CEOs
January 21, 2025
Today’s Press-Gazette has a fascinating interview with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, who left the FT to launch The CEO Signal, a weekly newsletter built for CEOs of companies with annual revenues of at least $500M. You can apply to receive it here.
TechCrunch Layoffs
January 15, 2025
Less than ten individuals were impacted, says a Jan. 15 report in Business Insider. Monitor Fridge Notes for the names as they become known.
‘Bloomberg Tech’ Now Open for Registration
January 6, 2025
Registration is now open for the ‘Bloomberg Tech’ F2F event, being held Jun. 4-5 in San Francisco. With the current early-bird discount, a ticket runs $1,500. There is no better way to build relationships with Bloomberg’s notoriously elusive tech reporters.
Congress to Investigate the Omnicom-IPG Deal
December 20, 2024
Well, for now it’s Jim Jordan… but such news illustrates the kind of world we seem to be headed for. Adweek has the details, subscription required.
Talk About Confidentiality…
December 10, 2024
According to Adweek, Omnicom CEO John Wren and IPG CEO Philippe Krakowsky were in merger talks for eleven and a half months before the transaction was announced this week. Amazing that it didn’t leak.