Articles from Meltwater

Report finds that internet users have passed the 5.5 billion mark, with 136 million new users added in the last 12 months

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces a new integration with Snap Inc., becoming the first social listening platform to provide Snapchat-specific insights for brands and agencies to inform their advertising and content strategies on the platform.

TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Torstar, one of Canada's most esteemed media organizations. This collaboration will grant Meltwater customers access to content across all Torstar news brands , both online and in print, including Metroland daily newspapers and community sites and the renowned Toronto Star.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, is proud to announce that the company is the first in its industry to receive ISO 42001 certification for responsible development and use of AI systems. ISO 42001 is the world’s first AI management system standard for organizations that have established a robust framework for managing risks and opportunities in AI systems and who meet the highest standards of information security and privacy.

The partnership empowers businesses to better identify and counter disinformation campaigns across news sites and social media platforms, providing customers with a digital immune system to protect against online threats

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces the company’s latest innovations enabling customers to save time, take action on strategic insights and better manage their important stakeholder relationships.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces the expansion of its partnership with X, one of the world’s largest social media platforms. As part of this enhanced collaboration, Meltwater has secured the rights to resyndicate X content to approved customers, making it the first partner in the western hemisphere with such privileges.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces the expansion of its partnership with Reddit, one of the internet’s largest sources of information with 100,000+ active communities and ~91+ million daily active unique visitors. This strategic collaboration will grant Meltwater customers full access to Reddit's extended firehose, enabling them to tap into the vast wealth of public conversations and insights happening on the platform.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces the launch of the Meltwater Partner Program, a fast-growing ecosystem of the top technology and services providers working together to enable organizations to be insight-driven.

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, July 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social, and consumer intelligence, today announces a new strategic partnership with Blackbird.AI, a leader in AI-driven narrative and risk intelligence, to protect customers from misinformation and disinformation that cause reputational and financial harm.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today unveiled its latest innovations as part of its annual Mid-Year Release. With its marquee release, Meltwater aims to reinvent the way that communications and marketing professionals interact with data through the new Meltwater Copilot, developed as part of a market-making collaboration between Meltwater and Microsoft.

While 74% of marketing teams are recognized as strategic partners, more than one in four marketers feel isolated from the rest of their organization.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in consumer, media and social intelligence, today announced the launch of #ExpertsWithInsights, a content creator program designed to cultivate a community of thought leaders and serve as a hub for industry insights in the PR, communications, and marketing fields. The program provides a dedicated platform for knowledge sharing, enhanced community learning and supporting marketers and communicators in developing their thought leadership.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, today announces a first-of-its-kind integration between its influencer marketing solution, Klear, and its social media management solution, Engage. This innovative offering helps customers unify their social media marketing strategies within one platform and provides cohesive social strategies by dismantling existing silos and barriers between owned and influencer marketing efforts.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces the appointment of Chris Hackney as Chief Product Officer.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announced the launch of their digital-first brand campaign - Guesswork Doesn’t Work. This campaign takes a lighthearted approach to highlighting the very real challenges that today’s PR, Marketing and Research teams face when trying to make informed and impactful business decisions. The campaign underscores the importance of data-backed strategies for teams to connect with their target audiences, understand the holistic impact of their work and ultimately drive ROI.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces a new strategic partnership with dig.human to expand and accelerate value for its clients.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces a new partnership with Social Factor, a global digital agency focusing on social CRM and strategy. With this partnership, Meltwater and Social Factor customers will be able to leverage the best of Meltwater’s social analytics and social media management solutions alongside Social Factor’s specialization in social media operations and community management.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, is proud to announce that it is the recipient of Comparably awards for “Best Company for Diversity,” “Best Company for Women,” and “Best CEO”.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces Ryan Reynolds – actor, producer and entrepreneur – as the keynote speaker at Meltwater Summit 2024, which will be held June 25-26 in New York City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of media, social, and consumer intelligence, today announced the launch of a market-making collaboration with Microsoft. Microsoft has signed with Meltwater as a provider of media, social, and consumer intelligence on a global scale. In turn, Microsoft will work with Meltwater to deliver an integrated communications insights solution, harnessing the capabilities of Meltwater's leading listening tools alongside Microsoft’s technology stack, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams. This solution will combine Microsoft’s advanced AI services with user-centric design to redefine the customer experience by turning data into dialogue, enabling better collaboration and quick action on business-critical news, market shifts, trends, and competitive intelligence. Meltwater also agreed to a multi-year commitment to make Microsoft Azure its preferred cloud platform for future Microsoft customer deployments.

New report finds that the world averaged 8.4 new social media users per second over the past year

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, the leading global provider of media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces that it has achieved ISO 27001 certification, a testament to the company's commitment to the highest standards of information security.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Owler, a Meltwater offering and the world’s most comprehensive community-powered business data and intelligence platform, today has launched a groundbreaking addition to its sales intelligence solution - Owler AI.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces the appointment of Doug Balut as Senior Vice President of Global Alliances and Partnerships. 

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces its Winter Release with new product enhancements that will help Meltwater customers be more efficient and effective through greater PR impact, better analytics and faster time to value.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces the launch of its new mChampions Community Rewards Program to enhance customer experience and provide career elevation and networking opportunities, in the Meltwater Customer Community. 

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a leading global provider of social, media and consumer intelligence, today announces the launch of its new AI Ethical Principles which guide the company's AI innovation and ensure a commitment to AI safety, transparency, and accountability within the organization and the broader industry. 

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces that it has completed the acquisition by MW Investment B.V (“the Offeror”), an entity jointly controlled by Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin”) and Altor. The offer and subsequent post-closing restructuring were originally announced on January 18, 2023 and completed on August 9, 2023. Meltwater shareholders were entitled to receive NOK 18.00 settled in cash, shares in the Offeror, or a combination thereof. As a result of the transaction, Meltwater has been delisted from trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Owler, a Meltwater offering and the world’s most comprehensive, community-powered, business data and intelligence platform, today announces the new Owler ChatGPT plugin which combines the power of Owler’s data on 15 million global companies with ChatGPT’s generative AI capabilities.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announces new AI-powered product innovations across its suite of solutions that allow customers to save time, unlock deeper insights, and take action.

Meltwater expands on 20 years of robust AI capabilities with integration of OpenAI models and advanced algorithms to deliver insights, moving away from the time and guesswork needed to make sense of billions of pieces of online data.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Owler, a Meltwater offering and the world’s most comprehensive community-powered business data and intelligence platform, today has launched a new feature to its sales intelligence solution Owler Max – Contact Data. This feature will provide its subscribers with direct access to reliable contact information of decision-makers of North American companies, making their prospecting journey more seamless and effective. 

Meltwater Provides Additional Detail on Strategic Review Process

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announced Trevor Noah, comedian and best-selling author, and Bethenny Frankel, founder and CEO of Skinnygirl, will deliver highly-anticipated keynotes at the upcoming Meltwater Summit, June 21-22 in New York City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, has been named to G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace used by more than 80 million people annually. For the second year in a row, Meltwater has earned titles in two categories, including Best Overall Software Products and Best Marketing and Digital Advertising Products.

Digital 2023 shows that people globally are becoming more discerning in their internet use

The Owler Max updates equips sales professionals with an all-in-one, easily accessible tool to sell more, sell better and sell faster 

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in social and media intelligence, today released its comprehensive audience report Birdseye Report: #Foodies on Twitter.

The report shows that while burnout continues placing pressure on employees, thoughts of finding a new place of employment have simmered

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meltwater, a global leader in social and media intelligence, has launched a customer community for the company’s 27,000 global customers. Meltwater Community is an online, self-service community for Meltwater customers to share knowledge, challenges, and experiences to build skills and advance their careers in PR, Communications and Marketing.