Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic
Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … Tweets: @tedgioia , @the_spinmd , @marshallk , @dtunkelang , @rsingel , @ianchaffee , @gaberivera , @seldo , @mkakav , @gaberivera , @gamoid , @yoda , @mgsiegler , @steverubel , @ashleymayer , and @kingkool68 See also Mediagazer Tweets: Ted Gioia / @tedgioia : You can now see how tech journalists rank on leaderboards in 24 different areas. http://news.techmeme.com/... I wonder how long it will take before this come to arts & culture journalism. Mike Maney / @the_spinmd : If you're in tech PR, this will be an important tool in your stack. If you're a founder, this will likely be worth the Franklin to create your must-know list (talk to me about that). This + LittleBird + Technews + rollup your sleeves research = no excuse for off-target pitches. https://twitter.com/... Marshall Kirkpatrick / @marshallk : Techmeme now using its data to ID leading journalists on key topics. Very smart data set, very logical product. Should surface WAY less B.S. than many influencer systems https://twitter.com/... Daniel Tunkelang / @dtunkelang : Techmeme continuing to expand its footprint as the gold standard for aggregating, distributing, and measuring technology reporting. http://news.techmeme.com/... Ryan Singel / @rsingel : A brilliant triple troll: 1) any ranking of journalists leads to catty subtweets, bitter DMs and ego-tweets 2) putting lists behind a paywall means obsessed journos can't see them but won't buy them 3) being ranked high on a list means that reporter get pitched *more* Ian Chaffee / @ianchaffee : Can't rave enough about what Techmeme has built over the last decade-plus. If you're focused purely on tech media, this is undoubtedly a more affordable AND valuable service than your current list-building service. https://twitter.com/... Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera : Ok the news is Techmeme now has leaderboards with writers and pubs for 24 different topics: https://www.techmeme.com/lb Topics like Facebook, AI, VR, security, cryptocurrency, etc., etc. Also, most of these are paid downloads. If you think that's dumb, please read the next tweet. Laurie Voss / @seldo : I like that you've come up with an entire business case that allows you to monetize reporters' relentless need for validation. Mandy Kakavas / @mkakav : This is *incredibly* helpful for comms people: @ (thanks @gaberivera!) http://news.techmeme.com/... Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera : Here's the announcement post: https://news.techmeme.com/... If you read through it, you'll note we're asking for suggestions/feedback on a number of things. For instance, which topics we should add? Matt Weinberger / @gamoid : How much can I pay to have my ranking artificially inflated? Drew Olanoff / @yoda : there is literally nothing worse than hitting up a reporter about bleep blorp crypto when they cover pet tech. i've heard... https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Totally buying the report on MoviePass while I still can — congrats @gaberivera @omerhorvitz seems both obvious and useful! http://twitter.com/... Steve Rubel / @steverubel : I had a chance last week to get a look at this product. It's fantastic. The more data we can bring into PR the better. Congrats Gabe and team @Techmeme. Can we get this for @mediagazer? https://t.co/ROh2raB264 Ashley Mayer / @ashleymayer : but where's my beauty leaderboard http://twitter.com/... Russell Heimlich / @kingkool68 : I dig the fake data. See also Mediagazer