Cision Inc.

Cision Ltd.

Type	Public
Traded as	: CISN
Industry	Technology
Predecessor	Cision Inc. Vocus
Founded	1867 (1867)
Headquarters	Chicago, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kevin Akeroyd, CEO
Products	Marketing and public relations software & services
Services	Public Relations Services, PR Software, Marketing Resources, Media Contacts Database, Press Release Distribution
Number of employees	1,200
Subsidiaries	PRWeb HARO iContact PRNewswire
Website	www.cision.com

Cision Ltd. is a leading global public relations and earned media software company and services provider. Cision is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and serves clients worldwide. The company went public via reverse merger in June 2017. In addition to its web-based PR and earned media software as a service (SaaS) suite the Cision Communications Cloud, the company owns online publicity and media services PRNewswire, PRWeb, Bulletin Intelligence, L'Argus de la presse, and Help a Reporter Out (HARO). The company operates in the United States, Europe and Asia.

The company's stock is listed on the  (NYSE: CISN). Kevin Kennedy serves as CEO of the company, and Mark Anderson of GTCR serves as Chairman of the Board.

Cision provides public relations services to businesses, using a cloud-based, or software as a service (SaaS) model. The company helps businesses maximize their PR efforts through social media monitoring and engagement and media publicity services.

Cision's software is distributed in seven languages. As of June 2014^[update], it is used by more than 16,000 annual subscribers worldwide, including commercial businesses and governmental, educational and non-profit organizations.

The company offers three web-based packages: the "CisionMarketing Suite", the "Public Relations Suite" and a "Government Relations and Political Action Committee Suite". The Cision "Public Relations Suite" allows users to distribute press releases, access a database of bloggers and journalists, and monitor and analyze news and social media sites. The company's "Government Relations Suite" manages government contacts, analyzes lobbying activity, facilitates communication with elected officials and provides PAC compliance software for filing reports to the FEC and state elections commissions.