# ContentBase: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/
Covers: 2000 to July 25, 2025
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "ContentBase: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 3 product launches from ContentBase since October 2022. The latest, AI Research Assistant, became available Nov. 15, 2024. We also record 1 acquisition and 1 new company.

ContentBase sells custom online newsrooms that host a brand's news, multimedia and social content and send it to journalists. An AI Research Assistant answers journalists' questions from the newsroom's own content. Built-in analytics track views, downloads and journalist searches, and epresspack owns the product.

## Facts

- Site: [thenewsmarket.agency](https://thenewsmarket.agency/products-and-services/newsrooms-digital-products/newsroom/)
- Founded: 2000
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: not published: 'Flexible pricing, easy integration' with standard, enhanced or bespoke builds; sales-led ('Book a demo')

## Every dated launch, newest first

### epresspack acquires TheNewsMarket

Announced July 25, 2025.

epresspack (Paris) acquires TheNewsMarket, including TheNewsMarket Inc's San Francisco office, TheNewsMarket Ltd's Ahmedabad hub, the brand and 22 staff; the deal took effect on 25 July and was announced on 24 September 2025.

Source: [PR Newswire (epresspack)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epresspack-acquires-thenewsmarket-gains-a-foothold-in-the-united-states-and-accelerates-its-internationalization-302565858.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/#launch-E506

### AI Research Assistant

Available Nov. 15, 2024.

Chat search over a brand's newsroom: a journalist asks a question and gets a story summary with sources and related content, confined to the newsroom's own content. Brands see the queries journalists ask and the ones that returned nothing. Also pitched to agencies as a way to answer journalist requests.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [TheNewsMarket](https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/thenewsmarket-launches-industry-leading-ai-pr-tool/s/c5d16743-ef1c-44e5-a218-41fc266badb9).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/#launch-V088

### ContentBase launched

Available Oct. 5, 2022.

TheNewsMarket introduces ContentBase, an online newsroom platform with over 100 features, scheduled publishing, a social aggregator and unlimited CMS licences, with distribution to over a million journalists via thenewsmarket.com.

Source: [TheNewsMarket](https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/introducing-contentbase---advanced-newsroom-technology-for-outstanding-brand-communications/s/6c05ca05-faef-466c-bdf6-85bf288cd8c2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/#launch-E505

### ContentBase online newsroom platform

Available Oct. 5, 2022.

Launch of the newsroom platform: scheduled publishing, social aggregator, unlimited CMS licences, branded layouts and content distribution to journalists via thenewsmarket.com. No AI.

Features: [Distribution and newsroom](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-distribution-and-newsroom).

Source: [TheNewsMarket](https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/introducing-contentbase---advanced-newsroom-technology-for-outstanding-brand-communications/s/6c05ca05-faef-466c-bdf6-85bf288cd8c2).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/#launch-V087

### TheNewsMarket founded

Announced 2000.

TheNewsMarket, Inc., the maker of ContentBase, is described as founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco.

Source: [PR Newswire (epresspack)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/epresspack-acquires-thenewsmarket-gains-a-foothold-in-the-united-states-and-accelerates-its-internationalization-302565858.html).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/contentbase/#launch-E504

## Methodology and corrections

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