A rich story that's being written to this day.
Media constantly evolves and Cision has constantly evolved to stay more than one step ahead of it. Yet throughout it all, one thing has remained the same - our commitment to bringing communicators and the media together in order to get their stories out.
Our start goes back to 1892 as the advertising department of Svenska Telegrambyrån, a company providing press clipping services in Sweden. Over the years, the company expanded throughout Europe and North America, and added media contact database and media analysis to our product offering. This global company, operating throughout the world under a number of different names such as Observer, Romeiki, Bacon's and Bowdens, rebranded as Cision in 2007. Today, Cision is the market leader in PR software and media tools with operations in Europe, North America and Asia, and partners in an additional 125 countries.
Cision Canada
Since its founding by Canadian entrepreneur Ralph Bowden in 1955, Cision Canada, formerly Bowdens Media Monitoring, has grown along with the communications industry it serves. Evolving from its simple start to today - our innovative solutions help PR professionals and media effectively manage every aspect of the communications lifecycle with the tools they need to plan, connect, monitor and analyze their communications.
And tomorrow's history is being made today. While the rest of the world is still trying to figure out how to manage Web 2.0, we're helping write Web 3.0 by creating the tools that will help communicators engage with and capitalize on the Semantic Web of the future. We're stepping up our efforts to complement our core services for PR professionals with information and vital resources for members of the media. We remain committed to the same principles of innovation that have inspired us since our very beginning as a company. It's that commitment that will keep Cision the place where communicators and the media connect for the next 100 years.
Cision Canada's Timeline
- 1955 Ralph Bowden purchases Canadian Clipping Services and changes name to Bowdens
- 1983 Bowdens acquired by MacLean Hunter
- 1985 Bowdens acquires MacLean Hunter clipping service and integrates operations
- 1992 Western Press Clippings in Vancouver acquired
- 1993 Media Reach in Toronto acquired
- 1993 Merge with Montréal-based monitoring firm Verbatim
- 1994 Rogers Communications purchases MacLean Hunter
- 2000 Alberta-based Chase and Probe acquired
- 2001 Bowdens purchased by media intelligence conglomerate, Observer Group AB
- 2001 Integrate Mediascan and CaisseCartier operations as part of Observer AB acquisitions
- 2004 Verbatim and Medianor acquired
- 2006 NewsWatch acquired
- 2007 Bowdens rebranded as Cision Canada Inc.
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