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The data that is produced by sensors in oil exploration, test data in aerospace testing and manufacturing, and a wide range of industrial applications, is often needed years or decades later. Yet, engineers across these industries face a fundamental and serious challenge, as this information often becomes lost through cycles of hardware refreshes. Peaxy, Inc…. View Article
It is an ongoing complaint of journalists that PR people pitch them irrelevant material, clutter their inbox, disturb them on deadline with annoying requests, and so on. PR people complain in kind that journalists are difficult to get through to, even when when good-for-everyone excellent stories are the sure outcome of a pitch. The result… View Article
  In keeping with the ‘Pride’ theme that’s beautifully colored the streets of San Francisco for the past month, I’m proud to share a similar sense of pride as this week marks 15 years of MSR Communications: an incredible team of professionals, innovative clients, and numerous milestones achieved. From MSR’s humble beginnings in my living… View Article
It seems that the public has an impression of PR people as overenthusiastic and perhaps a bit phony. Considering our role as purveyors of a positive public image, somehow we’ve ended up with a somewhat mixed image of our own profession. While accounts from journalists of the percentage of irrelevant pitches they receive attest to… View Article
MSR Communications, an independent public relations firm that offers award-winning creative intelligence and superior communications management services to technology, B2B and consumer lifestyle companies, is pleased to announce that we have been recognized with a Business Excellence award and named the ‘Best Technology PR Firm in California’ by Acquisition International (AI) Magazine. The 2015 Acquisition International Business… View Article
For a language that has had a history of relative flexibility compared to its European cousins, English has a body of native speakers today that is particularly pedantic about the language’s “proper” use. Unlike French and Spanish with their language academies that have the last word on whether a word or a definition is in… View Article
1. Make your story newsworthy Of course, your story is important to you, but is it newsworthy to the media? When you are sharing your story with the media, whether it is in a pitch or sending out a press release, you have to find the news angle that will strike a chord with media professionals…. View Article
All your questions about sleep can be answered in a single hour with Dr. Brittany Blair this Tuesday, March 10th at 11am PST. If you’re like most people, with the time change, come Monday morning you may feel a little shift in your schedule and sleepy in the morning when the alarm buzzes. With daylight savings and a new… View Article