Crimson Hexagon

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Crimson Hexagon
Company typeSocial media analytics[1]
software
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
FounderGary King
Headquarters
Boston
,
United States
ServicesConsumer insights, social media analytics
Number of employees
200
Websitewww.brandwatch.com
Footnotes / references
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Crimson Hexagon was an AI-powered consumer insights company based out of Boston, Massachusetts.[3] The company also had a European office in London, England.[4] The company and its nearest competitor, Brandwatch, merged in 2018, with the new company taking the name Brandwatch. [5]

The company's online data library consisted of over 1 trillion publicly available posts, and includes documents from social networks such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well as blogs, forums, and news sites.[6] The company's ForSight platform, still available to Crimson Hexagon customers post-merger, is a Twitter Certified Product.[7]

Crimson Hexagon's analysis of current events and trending topics was often featured in news articles.[8] Pew Research used Crimson Hexagon's social media analysis platform to analyze media coverage and discourse.[9] The company also partnered with the Russian government in 2013 to monitor social media trends on LiveJournal, Twitter, and Russian social media platforms.[10] In 2018, Facebook suspended their partnership with the company due to these connections. [11]

History

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Crimson Hexagon was founded in 2007 by Gary King and Candace Fleming based upon technology King developed at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science.[12] In 2012, Stephanie Newby became the company's CEO.[13]

In March 2014, the company announced its Affinities feature, which allows marketers to identify the interests of people talking about brands, products, or companies on social media.[14]

On September 5, 2018, Crimson Hexagon released the industry's first reverse image search technology.[15]

On October 4, 2018 Crimson Hexagon announced it was merging with Brandwatch.[16]

References

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  1. ^ What Is Social Media Analytics? - Crimson Hexagon
  2. ^ "Crimson Hexagon Secures $5 Million in Series B Funding". Business Wire. May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  3. ^ Alspach, Kyle (November 18, 2011). "Details emerge on Crimson Hexagon's move to Boston". Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  4. ^ Pinkerton, Eleanor (October 21, 2014). "Crimson Hexagon opens new European headquarters and joins vibrant innovation community on London's South Bank". Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  5. ^ "Social intelligence platforms Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon to merge". TechCrunch. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  6. ^ Rohr, Erin (September 23, 2014). "Crimson Hexagon Indexes 500 Billion Social Media Posts For On-Demand Consumer Insight". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  7. ^ Peterson, Tim (August 30, 2012). "Twitter Anoints 12 Partners in Certified Product Program". Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  8. ^ Goel, Vindu (March 23, 2014). "G.M. Uses Social Media to Manage Customers and Its Reputation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  9. ^ Jurkowitz, Mark (July 17, 2013). "On Twitter: Anger Greets the Zimmerman Verdict". Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  10. ^ Inc, TV Rain (2013-07-01). "Экс-глава Управления внутренней политики Кремля Константин Костин: Навальному опасно идти на выборы. Карьера Немцова закончилась на выборах мэра Сочи". tvrain.tv. Retrieved 2024-03-05. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Solon, Olivia; Wong, Julia Carrie (2018-07-20). "Facebook suspends another analytics firm amid questions over surveillance". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  12. ^ Hitlin, Paul (November 4, 2013). "Methodology: How Crimson Hexagon Works". Journalism. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  13. ^ Seiffert, Don (March 14, 2013). "Crimson Hexagon raises $3.5M in Series B financing". Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  14. ^ Latham, Melissa (March 24, 2012). "Crimson Hexagon Introduces Affinities to its ForSight Platform". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  15. ^ "Brandwatch: A new kind of intelligence".
  16. ^ "Social intelligence platforms Brandwatch and Crimson Hexagon to merge". TechCrunch. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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