Robert Powell, III// March 28, 2017//
Cision, a Chicago-based media communication technology and analytics company, has acquired Reston-based Bulletin Intelligence, which provides customized news briefings to CEOs.
Financial details about the acquisition were not disclosed.
Bulletin Intelligence has written the daily White House News Summaryfor the Executive Office of the President since 2001.
The company provides a comprehensive view of news and other competitive intelligence to high-level corporate and government leaders. Bulletin's predictive media analytics captures and measures the sentiment from news and social media channels, helping executives understand the opinions of customers, investors and regulators across the world.
Cision also is adding Bulletin Healthcare and Bulletin Media-branded services to its product portfolio. Bulletin Healthcare digitally delivers medical specialty news briefings each morning to more than a million health-care professionals, including 800,000 physicians. Bulletin Media delivers daily news customized to the professional interests of over 500,000 engineers, educators and manufacturers.
Day-to-day operations at Bulletin Intelligence and Cision will not be affected. Bulletin Intelligence's customer service, platform and network of analysts will continue to operate as normal.
Portico Capital Securities LLC served as exclusive financial adviser to Bulletin Intelligence in the transaction.