# 3BL Media: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/
Covers: 2009 to Aug. 25, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "3BL Media: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 3 product launches from 3BL Media since January 2026. The latest, Moments Ahead, became available Aug. 25, 2026. We also record 3 acquisitions and 1 new company.

3BL Media sells a sustainability and impact communications platform to companies. It publishes their press releases, blogs and multimedia to a network of partner sites and to its own wire brands, CSRwire and TriplePundit. It also gives a branded newsroom, audience analytics and an AI Visibility Tracker that scores how AI assistants see a brand.

## Facts

- Site: [3bl.com](https://3bl.com/)
- Founded: 2009
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: main plans are sales-led ('Talk to our team'); the sustainability-report announcement service ReportAlert lists $3,995 one-time and $5,995 for the Extended Visibility Package, with AI Visibility Tracker access included

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Moments Ahead

Available Aug. 25, 2026.

Forward-looking calendar of sector moments (events, policy, competitor reports, deadlines) with confidence, attention level, why it matters and a potential opportunity.

Features: [Story ideas and angles](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-story-ideas).

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-launches-moments-ahead-editorial-planning-tool-informed-real-time-intelligence/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-V002

### AI Visibility Tracker

Available May 7, 2026.

Tracks how ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini describe a brand using a reputation query library, with competitor benchmarking and a sentiment model.

Features: [AI-answer tracking](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking).

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/meet-first-ai-visibility-tracker-built-brand-reputation/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-V001

### New content editor

Available Jan. 27, 2026.

Upgraded editor supports embedded video, images, interactive data visualizations and richer formatting, at no extra cost to customers.

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-launches-new-content-editor-power-richer-brand-storytelling/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-V000

### 3BL Media acquires RealWire

Announced April 27, 2022.

3BL Media acquires RealWire Limited of Lincoln, England, an online press release distribution service launched in 2000. It was 3BL's eighth acquisition since 2009.

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/?p=48850).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-E440

### 3BL Media acquires ReportAlert

Announced Sept. 9, 2015.

3BL Media acquires ReportAlert, the sustainability report announcement service founded in 2005. It was the third acquisition in twelve months.

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-reportalert-corporate-responsibility-and-sustainability-report-announcement-service/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-E439

### 3BL Media acquires CSRwire

Announced Sept. 8, 2014.

3BL Media completes the acquisition of CSRwire, the CSR newswire founded in 1999, after its earlier purchase of Justmeans.com. Terms were not disclosed.

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-csrwire-the-corporate-social-responsibility-newswire/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-E438

### 3BL Media founded

Announced 2009.

3BL Media was founded in 2009 by former management of CSRwire to improve on the traditional press release newswire method for CSR news.

Source: [CSRwire (3BL release, 2014-09-08)](https://csrwire.com/press-release/3bl-media-acquires-csrwire-the-corporate-social-responsibility-newswire/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/3bl-media/#launch-E437

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology