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EurekAlert!: new features and launches

We confirmed 4 product launches from EurekAlert! since May 1996. The latest, New EurekAlert! platform launched, became available July 26, 2021.

Updated . Launches from May 20, 1996 to July 26, 2021.

EurekAlert! is a nonprofit science news release platform run by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Research institutions, journal publishers, medical centers and companies pay to post releases. Approved reporters get free access to embargoed releases and email alerts, and editors review each release against eligibility rules.

Site
eurekalert.org
Founded
1996
Category
Press release distribution and newsrooms
Status
Active
Price
per release USD 198 (non-profit) to USD 1,575 (for-profit); annual subscriptions USD 1,803 to USD 9,975; PR agencies may not buy annual plans (price page updated 30 April 2026)

Every dated launch, newest first

  1. New EurekAlert! platform launched

    Available July 26, 2021.

    AAAS announces a rebuilt platform after a project begun in 2018, replacing the one built in 1996.

    Source: EurekAlert! SciComm Blog.

  2. EurekAlert! Re-Imagined platform

    Available July 2021.

    A full rebuild of the platform: a new release submission form with a WYSIWYG editor and smart keyword system, contextual tagging, multimedia licensing, traffic reporting for releases and news portals, and PIO and expert contact search.

    Features: Distribution and newsroom, Reporting and measurement, Media database.

    Source: EurekAlert! SciComm Blog.

  3. EurekAlert! Chinese

    Available 2007.

    A Chinese-language version of the site that carries bilingual news releases.

    Features: Distribution and newsroom.

    Source: AAAS (18 May 2016).

  4. EurekAlert! launches

    Available May 20, 1996.

    AAAS launches EurekAlert! as an online news service for science reporters, with embargoed releases from journals and research institutions.

    Source: AAAS (18 May 2016).

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